In a sit-down interview with CBS Evening News’ Katie Couric that aired Sept. 22, Sen. Joe Biden tried to make a historical comparison between political leadership during the trying economic times of today and yesterday. But he got some of his history wrong. Biden told Couric: “When the stock market crashed, Franklin D. Roosevelt got on the television and didn’t just talk about the, you know, the princes of greed.” There are several things wrong with that statement. First,... Click to Read the Full Post
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November 20, 2009
The 2009 forecast for turkey sale receipts to farmers is $3.8 billion.
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