This week, the House passed a bill that imposes further regulations on financial firms - on executive pay which is bad enough in itself, and to add insult to injury, on the way those firms and employees do business. The bill is "aimed at preventing financial firms from adopting compensation systems...
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Despina Karras
on 08-02-2009
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It has now been 190 days since the stimulus bill was passed. Back in February, President Obama spoke before Congress and stated , "the recovery plan and the financial stability plan are the immediate steps we're taking to revive our economy in the short-term ." Today, Vice President Biden...
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Despina Karras
on 07-26-2009
Filed under: stimulus package, deficits, universal health care, public healthcare, economic crisis, government, Freedom, government option, federal government, health care benefits, health care reform, health care debate
$18,000,000 to redesign a website that was lunched less than 5 months ago… that makes sense! ABC News reports: For those concerned about stimulus spending, the General Services Administration sends word tonight that $18 million in additional funds are being spent to redesign the Recovery.gov Web...
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on 07-09-2009
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President Obama wants to add yet another czar, a Health Choices Commision czar this time, to the growing list of these unelected officials that are handpicked by the President and go through absolutely no confirmation process. A Virginia paper recently asked, " how many czars can fit into the West...
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Despina Karras
on 07-07-2009
Filed under: health care, universal health care, socialized health care, public healthcare, regulation, government, Heritage Foundation, transparency, Freedom, insurance, government option, federal government, Obama promises, czar, state rights