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Dennis Rehberg on Gas Prices: Choosing Speculators Over Consumers
It’s always been abundantly clear that Dennis Rehberg is more interested in those who make millions than those who struggle to make ends meet. While you and I are struggling with gas prices that seem to have no ceiling, Representative Rehberg says we shouldn’t tinker with a “free market” that has brought us to such [...]
Continue reading...Senator Baucus: Ahead of the Curve on Health Care? I Think He’s Already Struck Out
11. May 2008
Senator Baucus certainly deserves credit for one thing. Being able to make this remark to a reporter about increasing access to health care without bursting into laughter must have taken a remarkable degree of self-control: “I want the Finance Committee to be ready, to be ahead of the curve,” he said. “That’s why I’ve begun hearings, [...]
Continue reading...The Internet Giant Wasn’t the Only Yahoo in the Committee Meeting: Nazis Everywhere!
7. November 2007
There’s no doubt that Yahoo, the Internet search that no one in their right mind ever uses, behaved despicably when turning over data to the Chinese government that was used to jail a political dissident. It’s a relatively simple equation: the company decided that it would be profitable to do business with the Chinese government, [...]
Continue reading...Minimum Wage: An Inside View
17. September 2007
So the new minimum wage has been in effect for over nine months now, and I thought I'd offer some thoughts: Last summer I was making seven dollars an hour. With minimum wage going up a dollar, I am now making…eight dollars an hour. But I'm paying more for everything, right? Nope. Prices are the local [...]
Continue reading...As Much as I’d Like to See Wal-Mart Sued…
6. January 2007
…I don’t want to see them sued this, badly. Seems they accidently let a swear word through their censors on an Evanescence CD. “”I don’t want any other families to get this, expecting it to be clean. It needs to be removed from the shelves to prevent other children from hearing it,” said Mr [...]
Continue reading...Max Baucus: Montana’s Joe Lieberman on Trade?
5. January 2007
It’s hard not to admire Senator Baucus waiting until the first week of Congressional session to offer the Bush administration another blank check. In a Wall Street Journal love letter to “free” trade and unfettered Presidential power, Senator Baucus once again has forgotten that the people he represents are more important than the multinational corporations [...]
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