Senators Move to Restore Estate Tax at Reduced Rate
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 18th, 2010 4:32 am by HL
Senators Move to Restore Estate Tax at Reduced Rate
Pensions Padded Despite IL Deficit Crisis
Steve Schmadeke, Chicago Trib
Adding Insult to Injury in the Gulf
Gov. Bobby Jindal, Washington Post
By now, everyone no doubt realizes that I am not a fan of the pace at which the federal government has worked to contain the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Sadly, federal officials were slow to act and overly bureaucratic. They have never really understood the urgency of the situation down here. I'm not raising a question of motive; it's simply a function of the federal government being a slow-moving albatross. The only way to attack a crisis like this is with the urgency of a military mind-set. Even after the well is finally capped, the damage done to our environment, to the…