Archive for the 'Government' Category
This year Senator Clinton received 18 million votes from her supporters. Though she ran a good campaign she somehow found herself behind in a battle against the most liberal and least qualified of all party candidates, Barack Obama. And even as she quickly closed the gap on him and was about to overtake his lead, [...]
Tags : hillary, clinton, john, mccain, republican, democrat, barack, obama
Surely most of us have been in a financial quagmire at some point in our lives and learned that borrowing your way out is not the answer. Not Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling.
As the global recession lumbers closer, the government has announced its latest attempt to cope; re-writing the rules. With less money coming in [...]
Tags : politics, government, gordon brown, labour, tax, finance
‘One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly’. Nietzsche.
The UK is set to introduce their first ever End of Life care strategy to enable people to have more choice about how and where they die. The government is expected to fund this strategy with a 286m pound investment over a [...]
Tags : end of life care, marie curie, cancer care, chronic illness, caring, terminal illness, dying,
The Road Traffic Act 1991’s definition of dangerous driving states that ‘a person who causes the death of another person by driving a mechanically propelled vehicle dangerously on a road or other public place is guilty of an offence.’ The ambiguity has forced the Sentencing Guidelines Council (SGC) to redefine the term ‘dangerous driving’ to [...]
Tags : dangerous driving, driving laws, road safety, careless driving, car accidents, motor vehicles
Thank Heavens for George Bush! With elections coming up, neither Republicans nor Democrats want to appear soft on terrorism, genocide, nuclear detonation in urban areas, nor overdue parking tickets. Both parties agreed to take care of you, me and Grandma Jones and make sure that all the telecommunication companies are free to work [...]
Tags : Freedom, liberty, free enterprise, politicians, election, Entrepreneur, government
Common news reports in the United States so far: The average gasoline price will approach $5 per gallon this summer! Americans face increasing energy bills! Power outages are becoming more common in cities all across America! Food prices are at an all time high!
For what people around the world consider the [...]
Tags : politics, government, oil, gas, gasoline, environmentalists, food, prices, congress, energy, idiotic
Women have been making headlines in politics across the globe.
There was once a time when having a woman in a powerful political position was unheard of. Those days are gone, for the most part. There always will be people who oppose the idea, but they are becoming the minority.
Margaret Thatcher paved the way for the [...]
Tags : Spain, Tenerife, politics, Margaret Thatcher, Hillary Clinton, women, government
The comically complicated PSA (Personal Savings Account) legislation bouncing around Congress will raise taxes, increase investment risk, and expand the size of government. Let’s stop applying Band-Aids to spouting arteries. We are looking for a guaranteed retirement benefit program, and organizations capable of providing one. Additionally, we want the new program to reduce taxes, create [...]
Tags : Social Security,tax reform,retirement plan,benefits,savings,politics,taxation,government,PSA
World audit in their 17th Democracy Audit of the Millennium announce that: out of 150 countries audited, (all those with a million or more population);
The opportunity to cast a vote can be quite meaningless unless there are transparently honest elections, with genuine voter choice of parties and people. We are confident that all of those [...]
Tags : newnations, world audit, Geo-politics, Politics, Country Reports,Transitional Economies, democracy
The deregulation of an industry only happens once, but in the case of energy (electric and natural gas services) it is a slow-release process migrating from state to state.
Energy deregulation revolves around the concept of allowing competition into the market place, giving consumers a choice of electricity and/or natural gas suppliers.
The $220 billion energy [...]
Tags : natural gas, energy deregulation
