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John Stossel's Take
by John Stossel

01/18/11

Managing regulatory bureaucracy is like pushing string. Regulators want to regulate. Just last year, federal bureaucrats alone added 80,000 pages of brand new rules. It?s intuitive to believe regulation protects us and makes commerce fairer. I once believed that. But then I became a consumer reporter and I watched regulation fail. Now I know it almost always does more harm than good...

http://tinyurl.com/62vmt9t


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Future of Freedom Foundation Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

01/18/11

If you want to get a sense of why foreigners hate the U.S. Empire for its arrogance, elitism, and pomposity, just take a look at the following two editorials by the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Yes, I know that these two newspapers are not owned and operated by the U.S. government but the mindset expressed by the editorial writers easily mirrors that of Empire officials...

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2011-01-18.asp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/01/18-1

ACLU: Court Rules Government Can Continue To Suppress Detainee Statements Describing Torture And Abuse

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/01/18-8

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DoJ veteran: ?Dangerous precedent? in letting Bush officials walk

Raw Story

01/17/11

In a rare blistering attack on the Department of Justice, a career veteran of the agency recently told Raw Story that the Obama administration handing Bush-era officials 'a get out of jail free card' sets 'a dangerous precedent' that could encourage other offenses by future leaders. J. Gerald Hebert, a former acting Justice Department chief who served the government's enforcement wing in various capacities between 1973 and 1994, said in an exclusive interview that the failure of federal prosecutors to charge former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) with even a single crime was indicative of a greater problem...

http://tinyurl.com/4od4js4


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/01/18



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/01/18-5
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/holland/holland39.1.html



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US public pensions face a shortfall of $2,500 billion that will force state and local governments to sell assets and make deep cuts to services, according to the former chairman of New Jersey's pension fund.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/41129099



JPMorgan Chase overcharged troops on mortgages

The bank also tells NBC News that it improperly foreclosed on more than a dozen military families.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/41043127/ns/business-real_estate/



State Budgets: Year Ahead Looms As Toughest Yet

If 2011 is hinting at a national recovery, there is little sign of it in statehouses across the country.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/15/state-budgets-year-ahead-_n_809521.html



Texas: Thousands of Job Cuts May Be Just the Beginning

With some top state leaders warning that Texas' dire fiscal situation will lead to the loss of several thousand state jobs, House budget writers will release their first draft budget today - and big job cuts may be just the beginning.

http://bit.ly/gj920F



Deep layoffs take effect in struggling NJ city

About 335 workers, representing one-sixth of the local government work force, lost their jobs, according to Mayor Dana Redd. It was worst in the public safety departments, where nearly half the police force and close to one-third of the city's firefighters were laid off.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110118/ap_on_re_us/us_camden_layoffs



Detroit may close half of its schools

Detroit Public Schools would close nearly half of its schools in the next two years, and increase high school class sizes to 62 by the following year, under a deficit-reduction plan filed with the state.

http://bit.ly/f3EKpq


From Information Clearing House



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By Bill Boyarsky

Republicans have their biggest statehouse majority in more than 80 years, and they're taking orders from a man who wants to take government and "drown it in the bathtub."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27288.htm



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By Richard Wolff

Until the 1970s, US capitalism shared its spoils with American workers. But since 2008, it has made them pay for its failures.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27289.htm



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