Nothing goes right these days for President Bush and congressional Republicans.

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Much cash goes on salaries and pensions, leaving little or nothing for public investment.

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"What the web has taught us is that you can take nothing for granted - those who sit back and hope it goes away will lose, " he said.

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Nothing fancy here: If the price of something goes up, the BLS simply makes it count for less in the CPI relative to everything else.

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