Matthew Campbell: Steve King opposes Treasury program to catch rich tax evaders
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on April 18th, 2010 4:47 am by HL
Matthew Campbell: Steve King opposes Treasury program to catch rich tax evaders
Latest remarks made by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) in a Fox News interview last week have further highlighted his failure to represent his Iowa constituents….
Arianna Huffington: Sunday Roundup
For companies putting profits over people, paying fines for breaking the law has become part of the cost of doing business. So, in the week following the deadliest mining accident in 40 years, it was business as usual for Massey Energy: the company received 130 “significant and substantial” safety violations — those that present a direct risk to the health and safety of workers. That’s why it was great to hear the president raise the possibility of criminal prosecutions resulting from the West Virginia tragedy. He should do the same for Wall Street. Otherwise Goldman Sachs will end up writing a big check for its investment fraud and quickly return to gaming the system. Only criminal prosecutions will finally bring true accountability to corporate America and restore the moral underpinnings essential for a healthy free enterprise system.
Judge H. Lee Sarokin: Would Jesus Have Joined The Tea Party Movement?
It is difficult to know whether or not the Tea Party Express is a grass roots creation, a production of Fox News or a concoction by a public relations firm to make money. But no matter its origins, it seems to have coalesced around some basic concepts.