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The Republicans in Congress voted "no" on health-care reform. They voted "no" on extending unemployment benefits during the worst recession since the 1930s. They voted "no" on protecting consumers from greedy banks. The only issue on which the Republicans in Congress will vote "yes" is continued tax cuts for those wealthy individuals who have been untouched by the Great Recession.
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First, it was 228,000,000. Then, 380,000,000 eggs were recalled when hundreds of people were sickened with salmonella. All the eggs were produced by a single company in Iowa.
This illustrates the danger when too much production is concentrated into a very few large companies. While the egg recall was an issue of health and life, it is not much different from the danger to livelihoods and economic strength when too much control of an industry is concentrated into a very few large companies. That latter danger was illustrated by the near-collapse of the financial and automobile industries under President George H. W. Bush, an economic disaster that still afflicts the United States.
Big is not necessarily better.
On the same page inside the Los Angeles Times "Business" section on 27 March 2010, two articles had conflicting headlines: "Stocks edge higher as pessimism grows" and "Optimism grows as 4th-quarter earnings soar".
Both optimism and pessimism are growing at the same time? This only proves that no one really knows future economic trends. They can only guess. Predicting the economy often requires the reading of burnt goat entrails.
Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation.
Copyright © 1997 by David Ross(or never tried to deal with a health insurance claims department)
Computer software engineer specializing in requirements analysis and testing. Advocate of software life-cycle methods that minimize errors and prevent budget overruns, schedule slips, and dissatisfied end-users through up-front analysis, ongoing reviews, and formal verification. Proficient with software for platforms including stand-alone main-frames, desktop PCs, and client-server networks. Experienced in technical management and, for small organizations, top-level management.
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If you are an unemployed professional, OPEN is an effective government program that can truly help you.
When I turn on the faucet, water comes out. At night, the street lights come on. Our streets are swept, and our joint school and public library continues to operate. Both children and adults enjoy themselves in our community's parks. Our public schools are as good as any other schools — public or private — in California. Deputy Sheriffs patrolling our streets and judges in our courtrooms keep our community's crime rate very low in a county with one of the lowest crime rates in the nation. Mail is delivered six days each week. In Oak Park, government is working; it is not our enemy.
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