That’s the American Legislative Exchange Council, and here‘s a fairly current list.
And here, just for a giggles, are the organization’s top five anti-environment “model” laws.
And thanks, DickG., for the links.
You can’t fuel an overheated economy without some collateral damage, and in China, those damaged as so often the children of parents who leave to make money in factories.
Right here.
Meanwhile, Walmart’s stock has fallen after news of a bribery coverup in Mexico.
You can watch the documentary, “Koch Brothers Exposed,” at 7 p.m. Monday, May 14, at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Storrs, 46 Spring Hill Road, south of the UConn campus.
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You can read more about the documentary here.
And thanks, Cynical, for the head’s up.
The White House has put out this handy-dandy chart where you can find out how many rich people pay less taxes than you.
As I’m just sending my taxes off today, I have my numbers right in front of me: Nearly 49,000 millionaires paid less than I did, in 2009.
Meanwhile, the [...]
A Connecticut resident recently received a letter from the office of the Secretary of State giving an opinion on the authority of a corporate entity to vote in a town meeting or any other municipal-type setting. You can read the letter here:
I am particularly struck by this:
…the Connecticut General Assembly, [...]
This yielded this — a $2.15 billion loss to Goldman Sachs, his former employer.
Ouch. That’s gotta hurt. Guess the pen’s mightier than the market, and the sword.
And aristocrats who needed a dependent class. Douglas Rushkoff writes at CNN:
The debt crisis is not entirely President Bush’s or President Obama’s fault. It’s not even Congress’ fault. It actually resulted from a short-term “fix” to the economy made about 700 years ago.
And thanks, DickG., for the link.
You can see the advertisers right here.
In all the furor, Newt Gingrich’s Super PAC, Winning Our Future At the Expense of Half the Population, is staying with Limbaugh.
And just between us girls? I don’t even want to know what ol’ Rush is measuring in the photo, [...]
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