By Michael Ruhl, University of New Mexico – Talk Radio News Service
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) speaks after President Obama’s address to Congress about the speech and the general state of the economy.

Congressman Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.) says “I think it was the 17th State of the Union I’ve heard, and I thought under the total circumstances facing this country, it was the best” and Pomeroy says it was a grand slam, home run of a speech.
by Suzia van Swol and Candyce Torres, University of New Mexico-Talk Radio News Service

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America Saves and the American Savings Education Council discussed possible opportunities to save money in the current economic climate. The group has been taking surveys of America’s savings habits and progress. In the past year the unemployment rate has increased by 60%, and even with this fact the survey found that savings habit have not changed as much as one might think. America Saves found that “3/4 of the American public say that they spend less than their income and save the difference, while 7/10 have sufficient savings for unexpected spending, and 3/5 have a saving plans with goals, and 1/2 have spending plan that allows them to meet their savings goal.” In the latest polls, however, there have been some “indications of recession.” For example, the “proportion of home owners that have paid down or paid off their mortgage debt has gone down 5%.”
America Saves aims to “take action to bud wealth not debt.” The group offers tactics and ideas for savings on their website www.americasavesweek.org. Dallas Salisbury, the Chairman of the American Savings Education Council said that the ultimate goal is for American people to have “financial choice and financial freedom.”

Coffee Brown, University of New Mexico, for Talk Radio News
Entrepreneur T.Boone Pickens points out the advantages of natural gas, the ease of conversion, and the possibility of ending dependence on foreign oil.

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