806 articles related to "government"

Is This India"s Finest Hour?

Travelling around India this month, in blinding contrast to the evident levels of stark poverty that can be seen in a great number of its citizens, something in the air tells one that India is pulsing with energy for change. For throughout the next h...

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Amendment One Vote NO

We’ve heard the made up speeches “we’ll Stop Nafta,Create Jobs, Cut Taxes, Balance the Budget,Reduce Drug Costs, cut insurance costs, fix Social Security and Work for the Taxpayers"! Yeah, right!What they fail to tell you is all the monies take...

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State Governments: Immobile, Going Broke and High On Wine

Many state and local governments are heading towards financial insolvency as a result of their state employee pension and retiree medical liabilities. Consider an article from the October 18, 2010 issue of Businessweek magazine: - According to a stu...

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Local Government Politics - How To Be Effective?

So, you have an issue with your local government. How can you most effectively convey your message? Without being able to effectively convey your message not just to the governing body, but your fellow citizens, your job of swaying public opinion and...

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World Federation of Trade Unions Calls for April 1st Action

Unions affiliated to the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) met in Lisbon in December to discuss the world financial crisis and advance a set of demands. The assembled WFTU affiliates set Wednesday, April 1, 2009 as an international date for wor...

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WE THE PEOPLE... What Does It Really Mean?

As a child growing up in America I was taught from a young age that our nation was a nation ruled by the PEOPLE. I was told we elect representatives to serve us in political office and they are to do the will of the PEOPLE. I'm still told this t...

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Don't Mess with Texas. Or Some Parts of Texas, At Least.

I was lucky enough to be evacuated by family, escaping Lake Ponchatrain's water before it flooded into the city. If not, then I fear I might've ended up bused, or flown, to Texas. Out of all the many other cities and states that displaced N...

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Nuclear Energy - The Green Solution

The United States with less than 5% of the world's population consumes roughly 25% of the world's energy. Some might argue that this is egregious, while others would say that it is simply a yardstick by which the world's largest econom...

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U.S. Passport Primer A Guide to the New Passport Regulations

Thanks to new federal passport proposals, the cost of a Caribbean cruise, a Cancun honeymoon, or a Vancouver theater weekend could be going up. The security-related changes, scheduled to take effect over the next 2 1/2 years, will affect Americans wh...

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The Leo Wanta Saga, Pt 24: Disturbing Twists and Turns in Release of Wanta Money and $4.5 Trillion for American People

Ambassador Leo Wanta's righteous quest to repatriate $4.5 trillion back into the U.S. economy has taken a twisted and disturbing turn for the worse, according to Michael C. Cottrell, treasurer of AmeriTrust Groupe, Inc., the corporation formed t...

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