Bellingham Raid

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New Orleans   Like Greek oracles many of us read the tea leaves and look for animal sign in Washington to try and puzzle out what the Obama Administration is really doing and where it is really going.  This is especially true in trying to figure out the future of the “tier 2” issues like immigration …

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Tax the Rich

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New Orleans        President Obama announced that in order to pay the piper for health care and for expanding the tax credits to lower income, working families, he was going to advocate a very simple solution:  tax the rich!   Well, not exactly TAX THE RICH, but more just equalize some of the taxes on the …

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Citizen Stock

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New Orleans        All weekend the national papers, radio, and television tried to get a handle on what the notion of nationalization might mean when thinking about the banking and auto industries.  Word flowing out of the negotiations with Citi indicates that the US might have as much as a 40% stake in the company …

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