Sen. Inhofe Calls for Inquiry Into ‘Suppressed’ Climate Change Report
The 98-page report, co-authored by EPA analyst Alan Carlin, pushed back on the prospect of regulating gases like carbon dioxide as a way to reduce global warming. Carlin’s report argued that the information the EPA was using was out of date, and that even as atmospheric [...]
Mr. Popular? Ron Paul Wins Supporters to Fed Sunshine Bill
Paul, as of Tuesday, has won 245 co-sponsors to a bill that would require a full-fledged audit of the Federal Reserve by the end of 2010.
If this passes, which I sincerely hope it does, I will be very surprised if we actually get transparency. There’s too [...]
House passes energy overhaul bill 219-212 – CNN.com.
Make no mistake. This will INCREASE unemployment as companies already on the brink now have another reason to move overseas where you can pollute as much as you want without consequence.
I like clean air as much as the next person. I also like being able to work, pay [...]
Unemployment hits record 12.1 percent
South Carolina’s May unemployment rate again soared, reaching 12.1 percent from a revised 11.4 percent in April, according to the state Employment Security Commission.
Greenville County reported a jobless rate of 10.2, jumping from 9.4 percent in April. In May, 23,576 people were out of work and actively searching for a job. [...]
It’s the end of healthcare as we know it. We simply cannot afford it AND government run healthcare means innovation will die along with many more patients.
June 12 (Bloomberg) — Health-care overhaul legislation being drafted by House Democrats will include $600 billion in tax increases and $400 billion in cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, [...]
New York Lawmaker Calls on CBS to Fire Letterman for Palin Comments
Again, this is politicians getting involved in matters of private enterprise. If “customers” of CBS and Letterman’s show don’t like him, they will let him know. Assemblyman Kolb’s opinion is no more or less important than anyone else’s, but he’s way overstepping his bounds [...]
IRS Considers Taxing Personal Use of Work Cell Phones as ‘Fringe Benefit’
WASHINGTON — The IRS is weighing a proposal to deem one-quarter of employees’ use of work cell phones as personal use and therefore subject to tax as a fringe benefit.
The proposal is one of several options the [...]
Key House Democrat Wants More Government Say in Executive Pay
Rep. Barney Frank says excessive compensation packages for top corporate executives played a key role in the country’s financial crisis, and he wants to reign in that pay.
“I believe that the structure of compensation has been flawed,” [...]
US government seeks to rein in executive pay – Yahoo Finance.
Democrats and administration officials agreed that companies across the private sector need to adjust compensation practices to avoid damaging the economy.
Gene Sperling, a counselor to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, said administration guidelines call on all publicly held companies to link compensation to long-term performance, not [...]
No deal yet to buy land for 9/11 memorial – CNN.com.
(CNN) — The government is delaying legal action against Pennsylvania landowners who haven’t yet agreed to sell their land for a memorial to victims of United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11, 2001, federal officials said Friday.
The government has been negotiating with several landowners since [...]