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The most telling reaction I have encountered in the row over excessive expenses claims by British lawmakers came from a London taxi-driver. "I am sick and tired" he said "of hearing them excuse themselves by saying that what they did was OK because it was within the rules.
There is a quiet if somewhat skeptical reappraisal taking place in the middle-class suburbs of South Africa. More and more people are expressing their support for newly-elected President Jacob Zuma. It’s an important development because it was many in the middle-class, regardless of race, who were most opposed to Zuma becoming president of South Africa
The budget that just passed both houses of Congress has given the prospects for health-care reform this year a big boost. With the inclusion of procedural language that would make it impossible for opponents to filibuster, it will now take a simple majority to pass the Senate, rather than 60 votes, simplifying the political arithmetic considerably. But that is only the beginning
Britain’s finance minister on Wednesday said the country’s economy is facing its worst year since World War II as he unveiled measures including higher taxes for top earners in an annual spring budget aimed at countering recession. Laying out his government’s strategy for investment and financial cuts for the coming year, Treasury chief Alistair Darling warned of further tough times ahead, insisting there were “no quick fixes” to the current crisis.
President Obama touted his tax cut Wednesday as an important component of his plan to right the U.S. economy and put working families on a more prosperous path. “My administration has taken far-reaching action to give tax cuts to the Americans who need them while jump-starting growth and job creation in the process,” Obama said
Conservatives are showing they know their way around the Internet just as well as liberals, as hundreds of organized "tea party" protests are planned across the nation Wednesday. The protests are in part a backlash against what some view as excessive government spending and bailouts. Heralded on videos and blogs, the movement also appears, in part, a reflection of a general anger among people who contend the government takes too much from their pocketbooks
Richard Friedman lost more than $3 million to Bernard Madoff’s investment scheme. Following the disgraced broker’s guilty plea Thursday, Friedman said he hopes Madoff lives a long time. “He is going to be sentenced for 150 years
They’re generally healthy and have a long life ahead of them. The health insurance industry even calls them ‘the young invincibles.’ So, what’s the problem Young adults, ages 19 to 29, are the largest age group of uninsured people across the country. For Maryland resident Bree Honey, all she can do for her chronic back pain right now is to exercise at the gym where she works and take Tylenol PM instead of other medicine she needs.
The joke told around Ireland’s watercoolers and in its office canteens in January went like this: “What’s the difference between Iceland and Ireland?
The Conservative Political Action Conference ends Saturday with radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh delivering the keynote address and the naming of the winner of a poll for best 2012 GOP presidential candidate. In the absence of a clear GOP leader, a political ad airing Friday put out by supporters of President Obama implies the conservative radio host has himself become the de-facto head of the Republican Party. The ad argues that the Republican leadership in Congress is following Limbaugh’s lead in opposing the Obama administration’s $787 billion stimulus package.