Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said higher-income Americans should be taxed to pay for additional troops sent to Afghanistan and that NATO should provide half of the new soldiers.
People Read the article and if you live in California I suggest you drop all your beloging and "Flee for Your Lives", and this may seem dramatic to you but can you see the TAXES the Democrats will levee to keep from cutting the services.
Gold prices climbed for the sixth straight session on speculation that the dollar will decline, boosting demand for the metal as an alternative investment.
In October, the Hong Kong bankers discovered some gold bars shipped from the United States were actually tungsten with gold plating. This is the exact same Modus Operandi as the silver clad zinc dimes from 45 years ago.
The Fed in the past has resisted calls to release information, only to relent. In the 1990s, for instance, after pressure from Congress, the Fed began releasing transcripts of its interest-rate deliberations after a five year lag.
Under the banner of increasing Federal Reserve transparency, Congressman Ron Paul has sponsored a bill that would subject the Fed's monetary policies to an audit by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The bill is a veiled attempt to undermine the Fed's independence.
"Unless something changes, it (the state's budget situation) will get worse every year. There is no end in sight, even in a recovery. It is a structural problem," he said.
Michigan and California are likely to face a fresh round of budget woes when federal stimulus funds used as a fiscal crutch dry up, finance directors for the states said Friday. What do both states have in common for more than Twenty Five years? Come on Guess?
A UN spokesman said the organisation understood there was a "high degree of frustration" among residents of Cuidad Juarez but he stressed that the Mexican government would need to approach the Security Council before any decision was taken about deploying peace-keeping troops …
We build'm and they blow them up! We spend a million or more per MRAP! They use 100 bucks of fertilizer and 30 bucks of c4!
"The state budget is going to need a lot of attention for years to come," Genest told the Times. California already faces a $7.4 billion deficit for the fiscal year that begins next July 1, and that gap will probably widen as long as unemployment stays high.
"Something is broken and needs fixing," said Gerald Eisman, director of the Institute for Civic and Community Engagement.
Cuts are inconceivable at this point. With a $26 billion deficit, what is there to cut? Two-thirds of California's budget goes to education and health care.
Voters next year may be asked to throw California's parks system a financial lifeline under a proposed ballot measure filed Tuesday. The measure would establish a trust fund that could be spent only on state parks, urban river parkways, wildlife, natural lands and ocean conserva …
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner released regulations permitting and authorizing mileage verification for pay-as-you-drive, without dictating what form such plans must take.
Californians like me will see less money in their next paycheck because, like it or not, we're being forced to give an interest-free loan to the financial basket-case of a state we live in.
The state budget deficit in California could hit $7 billion in the current fiscal year, according to state finance officials, in part because of recent court decisions blocking state funding cuts
Why is it that the LA TImes publishes opinion Pieces when they really are propaganda plays. They demand common sense yet when looked at with some skepticism are totally devoid of any logic. Excerpt
Reporting from Los Angeles and Sacramento - Starting Sunday, cash-strapped California will dig deeper into the pocketbooks of wage earners -- holding back 10% more than it already does in state income taxes just as the biggest shopping season of the year kicks into gear.
If the world's eighth-largest economy were a member of the proper religious order, it'd be time to call in a priest to administer last rights.
Companies in the S&P 500 will report a ninth straight quarter of declining profits, the longest streak since the Great Depression, before returning to growth in the final three months of the year, analysts' estimates compiled by Bloomberg show.
California's Budget man Chiang interviewed on CNBC today claims the state government should have never stopped meeting to solve the problem.
The US dollar fell against its Swiss, Japanese and European counterparts during Monday's early session as a surge in Asian and European equities forced investors to opt for higher-yielding assets, triggering strong buying across the board.
SACRAMENTO — It's one more wrinkle testifying to the unprecedented nature of California's budget woes: Tens of thousands of state workers — nearly all of them, in fact — are working under labor contracts that expired more than a year ago, their futures left in limbo as unio …
To hear his enemies talk, you might think Paul Offit is the most hated man in America. A pediatrician in Philadelphia, he is the coinventor of a rotavirus vaccine that could save tens of thousands of lives every year.
A billboard showing President Barack Obama wearing a turban has sparked a lot of attention at the suburban Denver used car dealership that put it up.
E-mails from some of the world's leading scientists show collusion to manipulate data "proving" climate change. Those research grants must look mighty tempting in Obama's failed economy.
The Army says there will be an outside review of how body armor for its soldiers is tested.
Gold prices climbed for the sixth straight session on speculation that the dollar will decline, boosting demand for the metal as an alternative investment.
In October, the Hong Kong bankers discovered some gold bars shipped from the United States were actually tungsten with gold plating. This is the exact same Modus Operandi as the silver clad zinc dimes from 45 years ago.
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Boy, this Ron Paul guy must be a genius AND a great debater. But what action has he taken to help this country's affairs. He also seems to be a great analyzer, after the fact. But you've got to do better than talk a good game. Be proactive, that will garner you a bigger following. Forgive me, but I must be missing something about Ron Paul. Where and what is he doing now?
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