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RWF MI~State Senators sponsor Bills to control public health care costs 12/21/2009

12 hours ago ago from Northern Light

Subject: State Senators sponsor bills to control public health care costs Date: Monday, Dec. 21, 2009 LANSING Three cost-controlling measures designed to help ensure taxpayer dollars are spent more efficiently were recently introduced in the MI Senate, said sponsors Sen. Mark C. Jansen and Sen. Alan Sanborn. Senate Bills 1046 and 1047 and Senate Joint Resolution P are short- and long-term cost-controlling measures for the ...

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Plunder! New Book Exposes Power of Unions

20 hours ago ago from La Canada Flintrdige Real Estate

Last month, the Legislative Analyst Office predicted a budget shortfall for California's next fiscal year so large it shocked even seasoned observers. The projected $20 billion shortfall is larger than the entire state budgets of all but a handful of other states. The LAO also excoriated the continued use of budget gimmicks, including unrealistic assumptions of new revenue and accounting tricks employed to effectively borrow from future ...

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Privatisation: Three Things to Remember.

13 hours ago ago from Horner's Corner

Plenty of  people seem to have forgotten, or never to have grasped, what actually happens when you sell off public assets to the private sector. So as a public service I offer you these three key things to keep in mind the next time you hear some wiseacre banging on about the efficient private sector and the  inefficient state': (1) Cost to the taxpayer It has been calculated that, in the course of the Thatcher-era privatisations the ...

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So Far, 25 States Have Emptied Their Unemployment Funds

3 hours ago ago from Crooks and Liars

You have to love how utterly shameless these Republican oligarchs are. In the middle of a massive recession, a Republican governor is complaining about "Rolls Royce" unemployment benefits in Indiana. By "Rolls Royce," I assume he means anyone who's getting enough money to pay for heat is living too damned high on the hog. Maximum weekly unemployment benefit in Indiana: $360. But that's not even news, is it? That the party that so ...

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Retirement benefit accounts will be transferable between provinces

22 hours ago ago from Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Front Page of the Day Retirement benefits accounts will be transferable between provinces Posted by Eric Mu, December 23, 2009 11:36 AM The Beijing News December 23, 2009 By law, Chinese employers are required to contribute to a state-administered retirement pension plan for their employees, who will be eligible for the benefit after paying an monthly premium for an accumulated 15 years. This arrangement, ...

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