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• How do we keep candidates from lying over and over?

  Mon Jan 30, 2012
  • 435 Representatives, 100 Senators, 1 President, 1 Vice President. These are the people elected to represent the nation and provide for the common welfare of us all. No where in the U S Constitution are references to political party, liberal, conservative, or even socialist.

• Gingrich daughter's teen work may have violated law

  Wed Jan 18, 2012
  • There should be realistic limts to what a child can be paid to do, number of hours etc. Should be no different than Actors!!!

• Vote: How would you improve the tax code?

  Tue Jan 24, 2012
  • A progressive tax is still best especially for the high earners, long term investments should be taxeed lower than income

• The week's buzz: We aren't the median

  Fri Dec 16, 2011
  • I could live on $30K/yr but I could not live the way I do now. Cell phones and cable TV would have to go as well as one car.

• We are the median: Burdened by student loan debt

  Wed Dec 14, 2011
  • I put off college for 30 years while building a career that eventually paid for both a BS and MS degree as employment benefit.

• Regulator defends bonuses at Fannie, Freddie

  Thu Nov 10, 2011
  • And what is the alternative?

• Regulator defends bonuses at Fannie, Freddie

  Thu Nov 10, 2011
  • These people are not executives they are Federal Employees and should be paid according to the same scale. Even elected officials have limits and do not receive "bonus" payments.

• Wal-Mart rolls back health care benefits

  Fri Oct 21, 2011
  • Many already do.

• Banks drop debit card fee, but the switch is on

  Wed Oct 19, 2011
  • the greatest aspect of our business structure in the US is that the consumer can exercise choices. I do bank with BofA, and I have sufficient funds in the accounts to avoid all of the current and future fees.

• That's rich: Only the wealthy would benefit from Cain's 9-9-9 plan

  Tue Oct 18, 2011
  • Before everyone gets too "excited" (either way - for or against): 1- The tax policy center does not provide any background information about how they "scored" the plan or even what the plan was that they scored. 2. Herman Cain really hasn't provided any of the "nuances" within the plan.