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His administration also lobbied hard to introduce a tax on goods and services, arguing that it needed to diversify its revenue base in case a major source of income, like government land sales, took a hit. But the proposal was roundly opposed by almost every segment of society. Retailers reckoned...
Forget 4/20. This year it’s all about 4/22 (aka “Earth Day”). “The good thing about Earth Day is that environmental activism can be dismal in a way, but it’s a good time to celebrate the earth...
In 2006, hundreds of New Orleans businesses claimed that the area's depleted workforce could not match their hiring needs, despite the fact that unemployment rates reached 8.9% in the city and 16.8% in surrounding suburbs following Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. Instead of hiring local residents, employers brought in...
Immigration experts are not convinced, noting that in post-Katrina New Orleans, businesses regularly used these temporary guest-worker programs to evade hiring U.S. labor at higher wages and with benefits. The Department of Labor (DOL) requires U.S. companies wanting foreign labor to first prove that "no persons in the...
The same can be said for the other small but nonetheless well-calculated initiatives Bush announced before heading south this week, like a regional health-care training center and a fund to underwrite home mortgages. Advocates in the region hope those sorts of new approaches will be just the start...