When government was working right, it produced needed regulations

Update: Workers dying at the hands of Congress and Agencies " “Rules Lag As Factory Dust Explosions Kill Workers Combustible dust has been linked to at least six deaths at factories this year, but tighter...

Don’t want hair in your soup, but turn back the clock

I understand “business” not wanting too much federal regulation. However, let’s consider recent history. Wall Street ran amuck without proper regulation and screwed investors worldwide. Manufacturers complain...

Financial Reform – that was efficient legislating

We all hope that the content of the overhaul will have desired effect. You have to give Congress credit for getting it done. Republican foot dragging was probably just the “right” balance that the Democrats...

Internet Regulation

What part of the Internet requires regulating? That is a critical question and a place to start? Like the March of Dimes Charity, the FCC seems to be in search of a mission since their duty to regulate telephone communications and cable television is presumably complete....

White House Sends Volcker Rule To Congress

" The Obama administration waded into negotiations over Wall Street regulations Wednesday, calling for limits on the size of financial institutions and insisting that consumer protections remain a central objective...

Horses left the barn all over the farm

Obama called for legislation to corral bankers after he loaned them money to keep them from failing. Then, they paid themselves huge salary bonuses, enough to pay for the reconstruction of Haiti for God’s...

Online gaming leaving UK shores

Ladbrokes have added their name to the list of companies taking their online gambling operations overseas and thus depriving the UK treasury of millions of pounds in taxes.A terse statement from their chairman...

Playground weed killer suffocates human cells

Scientists say the are "astonished" by new information showing human cell-death  from ''inert" properties in the top-selling weed killer in the U.S., and call for...

Obama's Food Police HR 875

THE OBAMA FOOD POLICE...H.R.875 NEW BILL BEING PASSED!!!IS THIS THE CHANGE YOU THOUGHT HE PROMISED?THERE ARE MANY LAWS BEING PASSED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS IN THE WHITE HOUSE! ONE OF THE MOST HEINOUS IS CALLED H.R.875 PLEASE GOOGLE THIS AND LEARN FOR YOURSELF. IT IS A BILL THAT...

Doctors call for Weight Loss Industry Regulation

Governments should be regulating the diet industry, to help keep Canadians from falling prey to all the misleading claims of fad dieting, says this week's Canadian Medical Assiciation Journal.   "Although...

CRTC Set to Upgrade 911 System for Cellphone Industry

In a move that will surely have Canadians feeling a lot more safe and secure, industry regulator CRTC has announced plans to upgrade Canada's increasingly outdated 911 system for the cellphone industry. ...

$50bn Fraud Revelation. A Tip of the Iceberg Causing a Recession?

The Bernard Madoff revelation – The LARGEST EVER FRAUD [ alledged ] in ELECTRONIC TRADING costing Investors some $50 Billion and all UNDER THE EYES of the US Securities and Exchange Commission [ SEC ]. The same person whom was a former chairman of the Nasdaq Stock Market...

G20: Hail to the Location Louts

Fred Harrison's latest effort to enlighten us."The G20 leaders meeting in Washington this weekend want us to believe that they are setting a new course for the global economy. They are in fact setting up the next...

From empire to democracy by Howard Zinn

This would never happen in Australia, first, because we have a surplus, and second, because we have excellent prudential regulation, with the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority - which, to paraphrase the...

Meltdown ends US superpower status: Germany

"The US banking crisis is an "earthquake" that will cost the US its role as "superpower in the world financial system", German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck said on Thursday. Making a statement on government policy to legislators in Berlin, Steinbrueck said the Group...

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