Democrats in the U.S. House have been conducting hearings on proposals to confiscate workers’ personal retirement accounts — including 401(k)s and IRAs — and convert them to accounts managed by the Social Security Administration.
- Carolina Journal Online
Wow, seriously? Change.gov, and just two days after the election. Like I've said, this guy is masterful. And, he's got an agenda and he's going to get it rolling.
Joe the Plumber realized instant fame because of a single simple question he posed to Senator Barack Obama. Barack Obama was campaigning and Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher asked him if his tax plan would increase his taxes (should he be fortunate enough to earn $250K a year).
Big acquisitions are overseen by the Congress. There are two centuries of legal precedent and good reason for this kind of commercial power mitigation. In the US, people are suppose to be protected from the government and thus its powers are limited, as well as the wealthy citizens that may abuse their influence. One method of doing this is monopoly legislation and corporate oversight by the Congress.
A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday
reversed a lower court's decision ruling in Miss Simpson's favor. A
U.S. District Court magistrate judge in 2003 ruled that the county's
policy violated the Constitution by stating a preference for a set of
religious beliefs. - Washington Times