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Presidential Lecture Series: Professor Stephanie Kelton debunks the national debt

Lisseth Aguilar October 17, 2018
Kelton described the debate over the national debt as a “bipartisan chorus,” since both parties in Washington agree that having such a high debt will produce dangerous economic consequences for future generations. Contrarily, she argues that deficits are necessary for economic growth.
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Few health exchange plans accepted at SB Hospital

Ryan Wolf February 25, 2014
Stony Brook University Hospital will currently accept only one plan on the New York state health insurance marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act after reaching agreeable terms with just one company.
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Youth voting drops off after initial fight for a voice

Danny Awalt Jr. October 8, 2013
The year was 1971 and the United States had been at war in Vietnam for the duration of the past decade. The draft was in full effect and able bodied young men over the age of 18 were enlisted into the U.S. military to serve in the war effort. Overseas, our soldiers, sailors and Marines were fighting a drawn out counter insurgency war against guerrilla fighters in the jungles of Vietnam.
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Plain packing: Is it time the Government butt out?

Brittany MacDougall October 9, 2012

Smoking is bad for you. It causes cancer, emphysema, ruins your skin and can cause gross black stuff to grow on your lungs.  You shouldn’t do it. We get it. Yet people still choose to smoke, and many...

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