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Leaving developing economies outside emerging international security regimes would both widen the gap between the developed and developing worlds and create new opportunities and sanctuaries forterrorists to exploit. The United States should help countries jointhe fight against terrorism by promoting free trade agreements,ensuring that foreign assistance programs do not perpetuate badpolicies, and better organizing U.S. efforts to offer technicalsecurity assistance.

Congress continues to allocate funds to produce weapons that the Pentagon itself says it doesn't need.

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

Senators should reject a "stimulus" bill that is based on 1933 economics and ignores 75 years of research and evidence about how growth is created.

The Bush tax cuts did not cause the budget deficit because the budget would have still fallen into deficit due to national security, runaway spending, and economic factors. The national debtis not large enough to raise interest rates. Lawmakers should bemore concerned for the $42.9 trillion in unfunded Medicare andSocial Security costs over the next 75 years.