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Politics Today: Obama Talks Jobs
Breaking News: CBS News —
... Shear , "For Some WH Aides, Public Service Has Its (Six-Figure) Rewards" Los Angeles Times' Josh Drobnyk , "Iraq war veteran will lead effort to reverse 'don't ask, don't tell'" Congress Associated Press' Henry C. Jackson , "Franken to give Democrats a boost on key issues" Pioneer Press' Rachel E. Stassen-Berger , "Supporters give Al Franken a victory rally long time in coming" New York Times' Carl Hulse , "What's So Super About a Supermajority?" Wall Street Journal's Brody Mullins and T.W. Farnam , "Congress's Travel Tab Swells" CQ ...
Bank CEOs Have A Lot To Learn About Spending Taxpayer Money
Dealbreaker —
... was Nancy Pelosi this year. Before spending 1 day in Afghanistan visiting US troops, the Pelosi clan spent 8 days preparing for the journey to Kabul by touring Italy racking up $58k on hotels and meals alone.
Vik and Kenny take notice- the next time you have to appear in front of the taxpayer spending all-star team, at least do something like head to Washington via a 2-week stint in St. Barths under the guise of getting a feel for the Caribbean banking environment.
Congress's Travel Tab Swells [WSJ]
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Afternoon Links (July 2, 2009)
The Daily Bail —
Big Government and the 4th of July
A Declaration of Independence from Big Government (history lesson)
Congress Continues Abusing the Public Purse
SEC Staffer Warned About Madoff But Was Ignored
Morgan Stanley Likely to Post Loss from Taking Less Risk
Golfer Vijay Singh Finally Stops Wearing Stanford Financial Logo
Big Pay Packages Are Back on Wall Street
Treasury to Announce 9 Managers for Toxic PPIP Plan
Justin Fox on The ...
Happy Independence Day
UpsideTrader —
... apartment sales down over 50%. 26 years of beach beauties from Vanity Fair Goldman Sachs VS, Rolling Stone The back scratching has started with the bank stocks , more choreography from the liars. Gimme back my nest egg, a new look at the capital gains tax . Peggy Noonan on our founders and our greatest living historian. Did the EPA gag a climate skeptic? Time for Israel to blast Iran? The meaning of Ricci . This is no wonder when Pelosi spends a day in Afghanistan and six in Italy,maybe there’s a ...
