Word: dollarization
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...truth is, no one needs government officials to put a dollar value on his or her life or on the lives of loved ones. We consider ourselves priceless. So should...
...contradiction lies at the heart of the quadrennial presidential-nominating conventions. These most grand celebrations of the democratic process are, in fact, private affairs, organized for club members of the political parties, not the general public. The best after-hours events are thrown for corporate sponsors and high-dollar donors, not voters, and the best hotel rooms are saved for official delegates from key swing states. The general public is not welcome too near the convention halls, let alone on the convention floors...
...they return this fall, according to a recent survey by the School Nutrition Association. The reason? Skyrocketing costs for nearly every basic food item schools rely on for meals - including a 17% increase in the price of milk and bread since last year. "You can only stretch the food dollar so far," the association's president-elect, Katie Wilson, told members of the House Education and Labor Committee Wednesday. "We simply don't have the funds to continue on with this...
...there's a reason he had so much success, particularly with younger voters. "They're idealistic. They like consistency. They like principle," he said. For a sense of his hard-line heart, consider the fact that his signal issue was the gold standard--returning to the peg the dollar used before 1971 as a bulwark against inflation and federal mismanagement. That would mean scrapping the Federal Reserve, for starters. While Barr talks about shrinking the size of government, Paul wants to tear the entire global financial system limb from limb...
...paid professionals make up the bulk of her clientèle; they fork over between $300 and $500 per hour for services ranging from a "sensual tie and tease" to "severe bondage and domination torture." Her clients' high-powered lives make them eager to submit. "They're running multimillion-dollar companies and make decisions all day, every day," she says. "They genuinely want to be submissive. They want somebody to treat them like...