Don’t cut a deal that cuts Social Security (opinion) The Nation ...“They will cut Social Security not openly but by stealth — through a cruel cut known colloquially as the chained CPI...”
Fiscal Fail: Government Agencies Plan Few Significant Changes For January, Despite Cliff Hype Huffington Post ...for the vast majority of the population, life on the other side of the cliff will be no different than life on this side. Those most likely to get hit, however, are the jobless, who would see unemployment benefits cut off. (They would be eligible for back benefits once a deal is cut...
Failing to Prosecute White Collar Crime Guarantees a Weak and Unstable Economy … and Future Financial Crashes The Big Picture ...Failing to prosecute criminal fraud has been destabilizing the economy since at least 2007 … and will cause huge crashes in the future. After all, the main driver of economic growth is a strong rule of law...
Canada Clears $15 Billion Chinese Takeover of an Energy Company TradeReform ...Canada on Friday allowed a Chinese state-run oil giant to move forward with $15 billion takeover of a domestic energy company, but the government indicated that such deals might not pass muster in the future....
A Battle In Michigan For The American Dream (opinion) The Seattle Medium ...Workers won’t take this assault quietly, nor should they...
California high-speed-rail brawl hits House floor Politico ...At issue is a House provision adopted in late June on a highly partisan vote triggered by the California Republican delegation. It would bar any new federal money from going to the Brown-backed California High-Speed Rail Authority...
Postal workers continue hunger strike against proposed delivery cuts The Hill ...Six former and current postal workers, part of a group called Communities and Postal Workers United, are calling the strike “six days starving to save six-day delivery.” Their goal is to stop Congress from reducing postal delivery to five days a week...
Formal Reprimand Issued To Flatulent Federal Worker The Smoking Gun ...The employee is being represented in connection with the reprimand by a lawyer for his union, AFGE Local 1923...
