New Orleans This is Giffords herself talking about Palin’s targeting and health care vote: As Giffords says below: “there are consequences to these kinds of actions.” “Arizona has become the mecca of prejudice and bigotry,” said Keith Olbermann, quoting the Pima County Sheriff who is investigating the murder of 6 persons in Tucson on Saturday. The …
Category: Health Care
Gold Hidden in Dodd-Frank
New Orleans Wow! A seasonal surprise!! It turns out that there were a couple of pieces of gold hidden in the hills and valleys of the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Act that I had overlooked and that have international impact. Retailers are required to report annually on the origin of minerals used in products from war-torn …
Freezing Private Sector Exec Pay
Toronto Sharing the pain is taking on a new meaning in Ontario, Canada’s biggest province, where there are 1 million public employees now enduring a proposed 2-year wage freeze as part of the Liberal party government anti-recessionary measures, and recently the Finance Minister publically agreed that some of these same wage controls should extend to …