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Why I Scrapped (metaphorically) the Obama Bumper Sticker off my car

I just read a seed entitled I Peeled the Obama Bumper Sticker Off My Car Today.  It was a very cutesy and misleading headline (I'm not saying it violated any CoH--it was just very very well done.)  The author peeled off his 2008 bumper sticker to put on a 2012 bumper st …

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Minimum wage increase proposal risky

Your odds of being unemployed after graduation if you remain in Connecticut are potentially about to get much worse. Democrat Christopher Donovan, the Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives, has proposed raising the state's minimum wage drastically.

In Iraq, the last to fall: David Hickman, the 4,474th U.S. service member killed - The Washington Post

Hickman, 23, was killed in Baghdad by a roadside bomb that ripped through his armored truck Nov. 14 — eight years, seven months and 25 days after the U.S. invasion of Iraq began. He was the 4,474th member of the U.S.

Grassley calls for Resignation of AAG on Senate Floor

I suspect one of two things have happened. 1) Breuer is puposefully taking the fall and will be rewarded by some other high profile position for his support of the annointed one or 2) Holder, Obama and others really are as dumb as they appear.

The Super Committee Failed To REDUCE ANY DEBT

    I think many people, including myself, gave little hope that this bi-partisan group of legislators would come-up with the first band-aid for our $16 trillion dollar debt. And, fail us they did.

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Household Debt in the US Reaches 88% of Our Economy

    In the twenty-first century debt has become overpowering as a cultural overhang. Young and middle-age are further in debt now than any other time in our development.

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Citizens United Going Down? Democrats Introduce Constitutional Amendment To Overturn Ruling

The Supreme Court may treat corporations like people who can spend whatever they want on elections, but the American people don't have to accept it, said Democratic senators who proposed a constitutional amendment Tuesday to retake control of campaign spending. The amendment,  …

The Coming Derivatives Crisis That Could Destroy The Entire Global Financial System

Most people have no idea that Wall Street has become a gigantic financial casino.  The big Wall Street banks are making tens of billions of dollars a year in the derivatives market, and nobody in the financial community wants the party to end.  The word "derivatives" …

How to Reform Medicare: First Stage to Fix the Current Program

Abstract: Medicare spending, a major driver of the federal debt, is expected to jump from $522.8 billion in 2010 to $932 billion in 2020.

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