 | How to tackle violence and mental illness in schools Jan 16th 2013, 20:48 As part of the gun control initiatives President Obama announced today, the administration is pushing for greater access to mental health services, especially for adolescents. Specifically, the White House wants $50 million to train new mental health professionals, $25 million for school-based trauma treatment and violence prevention programs, $25 million for state-based mental health programs targeting youths ages 16 to 25, $15 million to train teachers to deal with mental illness, and $40 million to help school districts direct students to the mental health services they need. Read full article >>   | | Lots of smart Republicans are terrified of the debt ceiling Jan 16th 2013, 20:19 One dimension of the debt-ceiling debate that hasn't gotten enough attention is how split Republicans are on the idea. While the working assumption in Washington is that the GOP will try to hold the debt-ceiling hostage in return for some (heretofore unspecified) spending cuts, quite a few influential Republicans are begging and pleading with the party to find another strategy, warning that it's a hostage Republicans can't shoot and that the two possible outcomes are 1) an embarrassing cave or 2) an economic disaster that the public blames on the GOP. A partial list: Read full article >>   | | Obama wants universal background checks for gun buyers. Would that work? Jan 16th 2013, 18:46 One of President Obama's major proposals for cracking down on gun violence is to make sure that everyone who buys a gun undergoes a background check. "The law already requires licensed gun dealers to run background checks, and over the last 14 years that's kept 1.5 million of the wrong people from getting their hands on a gun," Obama said Wednesday. "But it's hard to enforce that law, when as many as 40 percent of all gun purchases are conducted without a background check. That's not safe. That's not smart." Read full article >>   | | READ: Obama's plan to reduce gun violence Jan 16th 2013, 17:07 President Obama unveiled his policy proposals for reducing gun violence on Wednesday. Here are the 10 big strategies he's pursuing: * Require criminal background checks for all gun sales.
* Take four executive actions to ensure information on dangerous individuals is available to the background check system.
* Reinstate and strengthen the assault weapons ban.
* Restore the 10-round limit on ammunition magazines.
* Protect police by finishing the job of getting rid of armor-piercing bullets.
* Give law enforcement additional tools to prevent and prosecute gun crime.
* End the freeze on gun violence research.
* Make our schools safer with more school resource officers and school counselors, safer climates, and better emergency response plans.
* Help ensure that young people get the mental health treatment they need.
* Ensure health insurance plans cover mental health benefits. Read full article >>   | | Banker pay is (finally) falling Jan 16th 2013, 15:46 There aren't many things that James Gorman, the Australian born, swagger-filled chief executive of Morgan Stanley, and the sharpest critics of the banking industry can agree about. But here is a big one. Read full article >>   | | Wal-Mart's promise to veterans: Good news or good P.R.? Jan 16th 2013, 15:28 In this economy, one might think news that a company that plans to hire 100,000 veterans would be met with nothing but heaps of praise. But given the company in question is Wal-Mart Stores, that's not quite the case. On Tuesday at the National Retail Federation show, Wal-Mart U.S. president and CEO Bill Simon announced that the retailing behemoth "will offer a job to any honorably discharged veteran within his or her first twelve months off active duty." The company expects the number of hires to reach 100,000. Read full article >>   | | No, inflation still isn't a problem. Jan 16th 2013, 14:38 There's still a lot wrong with the U.S. economy. Unemployment remains stubbornly high, just under 8 percent. Growth remains too weak to bring that rate down very quickly, which adds up to fairly dim hopes for the 12 million-plus Americans who are currently looking for work but can't find a job. Read full article >>   | | What top Republican economists say about the debt limit Jan 16th 2013, 14:07 While many economists sympathize with the Republican Party's skepticism of government and support of free markets, a division has emerged over efforts by congressional Republicans to use the upcoming debt ceiling deadline to force President Obama to agree to deep spending cuts. Read full article >>   | |
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