Democrats want to take all our money and return to us one dime out of each dollar.
Republicans want to take all our money and give it to corporations and the wealthy.
Neither is acceptable!
Campaign 2010
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The most effective way to restrict democracy is to transfer decision-making from the public arena to unaccountable institutions: kings and princes, priestly castes, military juntas, party dictatorships, or modern corporations.
Noam Chomsky, M.I.T. emeritus Professor of Linguistics
Barak Obama has already started on re-staffing ideas for the Department of Justice. His transition team has begun looking into all the problems they expect to face with this endeavor. This will be a huge task, according to this article; “Political considerations affected every crevice of the department during the Bush years, from the summer intern hiring program to the dispensing of legal advice about detainee interrogations, according to reports by the inspector general and testimony from bipartisan former DOJ officials at congressional hearings“. Evidently, the Office of Legal Counsel will be the first nut to crack. According to the article, OLC was a source of information on how to handle many controversial policies. Continue Reading » »
Today CNBC said President Bush signaled the Democrats that he would be open to another stimulus package but only if they would include the new trade agreements in the bill. The agreement includes Columbia, Panama and South Korea. The trade agreement has been on Bush’s agenda for quite some time, and he seems intent on getting it pushed through before his term ends in January. Continue Reading » »
From the Washington Post: “The White House is working to enact a wide array of federal regulations, many of which would weaken government rules aimed at protecting consumers and the environment, before President Bush leaves office in January. The new rules would be among the most controversial deregulatory steps of the Bush era and could be difficult for his successor to undo. Some would ease or lift constraints on private industry, including power plants, mines and farms.” Lobbyists are standing in line at the White House to get their wishes.
Because of these regulatory rule changes, Matthew Madia, a regulatory expert said “They want these rules to continue to have an impact long after they leave office”. Continue Reading » »
Just days after AIG received $85 billion of free taxpayer money, several executives spent $440,000 on a lavish vacation. Included in that was $23,380 for spa visits. All this was revealed during the House Oversight Committee hearings yesterday. After snubbing their noses at the committee, the executives walked out of the hearings, called their pal Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and ask for & got another $38 billion; obviously with no questions asked. Continue Reading » »
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