806 articles related to "government"

When We Help Immigrants, We Help Ourselves

The inflow of immigrants has always been witnessed in developed countries. Mainly immigrants come from underdeveloped countries to developed countries for a better lifestyle, higher wages, and peace. Governments worldwide are trying to make their pol...

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The Lies and Conflicts Of Interest That Are Our Political Class and Banks

Consider the sleazy, conflict of interest behavior of our political class that has occurred over the past year or so: - In the middle of the TARP bank bailout discussion and debate, the Associated Press reported that Congresswoman Ginny Waite Brown ...

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What Good Is Your Blackberry, Mr. President, If You Never Use It?

Just days after becoming President, I recall a picture of President Obama at the White House, using his Blackberry smart phone. The accompanying article swooned over how tech savvy this President was. Great, but it seems that the President rarely use...

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Our taxes going down the drain...

High steel prices have led to an increase in manhole and drain cover theft across the UK. In fact, metals in general are high on the priority list for thieves with white vans and scrap metal establishments of ill repute. It is not unknown for large b...

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The Responsibilities to Society Which Come With Being a Citizen

To seriously discharge our duty as a citizen in the broadest sense signifies being a man or woman who thinks and acts in the public realm and the public good. Allow us to check out to define what we indicate by the actions of a great citizen. A exc...

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2010 - Memorable and Forgettable Political Quotes From Our Politcians

As the year draws to an end I thought it would be a good idea to review some of the mostly inane quotes that our political class graced us with this past year. They are either memorable or forgettable but most of them are a sad commentary about the i...

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What Are The Requirements To Apply For U.S. Citizenship Based On Service In The Armed Forces?

Anyone who is serving currently in the U.S. armed forces or has served in the U.S. armed forces has the eligibility to apply for U.S. citizenship based on certain special provisions under the Immigration and Nationality Act or INA. According to U.S. ...

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Heal Our Republic: Change Our Electoral System

Consider the presidential election system we have today: Every state has a number of electors, equal to their amount of representatives and senators, who vote for the President of the United States. In most states, every elector goes to the candidate...

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Will Corruption Continue to Hold Back Brazil

Corruption has, for a long time, been an unfortunate characteristic of Brazil and a concern of international investors and business people. With the most prominent forms appearing in the country's political system, below are some short descripti...

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Start a New Economic Engine

Is the prosperity motor idling, anticipating some double clutching to shift back into gear, or have the pistons seized requiring us to undertake a massive overhaul of our economic engine? On the one hand the markets are rallying, companies are earni...

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