Bear Stearns shareholders were saved from owning a bankrupt company, JP Morgan got the Fed to guarantee its risky investment, the Unitary Executive Unclear on the Concept is proposing fake regulations and less of them, stocks shot up on news of massive job losses, and “foreclosure relief” bills are doing very little for consumers but [...]
Clearly, since LegalPad picked it up, I wasn’t the only one who noticed this quote in a piece about the Spitzer scandal: Melissa Gira Grant, another former sex worker, says, “A mid-range online escort who books her own clients makes $200 to $300 an hour.” In San Francisco or Los Angeles, she might charge $300 [...]
Read the whole post over at Bitch Ph.D., but it’s Mr. B for the win: Well, sir, let me tell you. I was in the military for twelve years, and the government provided *my* health care. And it was first rate. Share and Enjoy:
La Lubu posts the text of a kick-ass speech she gave at the April 2006 Workers’ Memorial. Share and Enjoy:
Insurance companies in Washington state are panicking over an initiative that would subject them to triple damages for denying a legitimate claim. It is true, as the McTools point out, that this will encourage more lawsuits; what they don’t want to spell out is that it increases lawsuits because victims are not at a financial [...]
Athenian Abroad reads the Federal budget so you don’t have to, but should. The series: Estimating the true fiscal gap Eliminating tax loopholes, especially for the wealthy Deconstructing the fantasy of spending cuts without tax increases And a series of links for further reading. Share and Enjoy: