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Showing posts with label 000. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

The Maddow Blog - Labor pain in Maine


The Maddow Blog - Labor pain in Maine

Posted on Faceboook by: The Rachel Maddow Show
Taking down that labor mural comes with a very exact price.
Labor pain in Maine
maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com
Maine Gov. Paul LePage's tantrum over a labor department mural depicting (gasp!) the history of labor in his state may now cost taxpayers about $37,000.

Monday, March 28, 2011

County Executive Scott Walker's $25,000 dirty deal with Bears-Stearns

County Executive Scott Walker's $25,000 dirty deal with Bears-Stearns

Posted on Facebook by: 540,000 To See Scott Walker out of WI, January 2012
http://www.mcguigan.org/Column-Bears-Stearns-Walker-25000.html

Is there any limit to how many scandals and dirty deals we have yet to learn about Walker? It's been 41 days now and new stories keep coming to light at the same rate as when this whole thing began, you think the controversy would have slowed down for Walker and the rest of... the GOP but if anything there's more material each day for us to talk about.

“This is Economic Treason”: 500,000 March in London Protesting Public Spending Cuts and Corporate Tax Dodgers

“This is Economic Treason”: 500,000 March in London Protesting Public Spending Cuts and Corporate Tax Dodgers

"As many as 500,000 protesters marched in London on Saturday to protest Britain’s deepest cuts to public spending since World War II. The protests come after U.K. officials estimated corporate taxes would be reduced even as it tackles a $235-billion deficit and plans to cut more than 300,000 public sector jobs. Meanwhile in the United States, protesters gathered in 40 cities on Saturday to oppose tax cuts for the wealthy amid budget cuts to public services."

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Anti-cuts march swells to 400,000 | World news | guardian.co.uk


Anti-cuts march swells to 400,000 | World news | guardian.co.uk

"Barber is expected to tell this afternoon's rally in Hyde Park that there is an alternative to the "brutal" spending cuts, which have already led to the threat of 170,000 council job losses and another 50,000 elsewhere in the public sector."