Obama plan brings cries of class warfare...
President Barack Obama's first federal budget
lays out the most far-reaching agenda for American life
since Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society." But paying for it by
having upper-income earners shoulder much of the cost is
already provoking cries of "class
warfare" in Congress.
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North Carolina insurance head: Higher Beach
Plan rates necessary...restrict
or stop homeowners' insurance writings in this state," state
Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin said. Times-News
(Hendersonville, NC) (02/23)
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Tennessee’s Democratic Governor Weighs
Rejecting Stimulus Funds...Bredesen
is concerned that accepting $141 million for Tennessee’s
unemployment insurance would force the state to expand the
program and leave state ...
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CONGRESS: BIG BUCKS TO CANOES & TATTOOS...
Congress went on a pork-a-palooza
yesterday, approving a massive spending bill with big bucks
for Hawaiian canoe trips, research into pig smells, and
tattoo removal - all while the nation faces an economic
crisis.
The
Last Insurer Standing...All
insurers have scaled down writing new policies in Louisiana
and other gulf states after Hurricane Katrina. The chaos all
started with Hurricane Andrew ...
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Alabama Insurance law toothless, useless...Current
Alabama auto insurance regulations are a joke. A person can
buy a car, sign up for auto insurance, receive an insurance
card, drive the car out of ...
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THE RICH: Take everything they earn, and it still won't be
enough...President Obama
has laid out the most ambitious and expensive domestic
agenda since LBJ, and now all he has to do is figure out how
to pay for it. On Tuesday, he left the impression that we
need merely end "tax breaks for the wealthiest 2% of
Americans," and he promised that households earning less
than $250,000 won't see their taxes increased by "one single
dime."
