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...Fitzgerald revealed that the investigation, begun in 2003, involves many more suspects than the two thus far charged - Blagojevich and his resigned chief of staff John Harris. Reports are surfacing that the probe is widening beyond the governor into the dealings of his brother Robert, who ran his campaign fund. The motion also noted that "thousands of phone calls were intercepted between late-October 2008 and early-December 2008," that confidential witnesses were used as part of the case and that "multiple witnesses have come forward in recent weeks to discuss their knowledge of criminal activity." Holderman, in a separate...
BJORK tries to save Iceland with investment fund named ... BJORK...
...downturn has settled on one man: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. International sanctions have tightened during Ahmadinejad's fiery presidency, resulting in oil exports dominating Iran's economy even more than normal. According to energy analysts and economists, Ahmadinejad has also spent billions of dollars from Iran's Oil Stabilization Fund, which is supposed to act as a safety net during an oil crash, to pay for social programs for his millions of supporters, most of whom are poor - though there is little public accounting for where the money has gone...
...past 50 years, arguing for tax increases to fund the expansion of federal programs has been a political death wish. Lyndon Johnson could not sell the public on tax increases to pay for his War on Poverty when the Vietnam War intruded. Jimmy Carter failed to close the deficit through higher taxes in the late 1970s. And Ronald Reagan made tax cuts the down payment on every election since. George W. Bush, of course, imitated Reagan in cutting taxes, thereby creating huge new budget deficits. Voters are still willing to permit the government to expand its share of GDP, particularly...
...hadn't until I became a candidate and I was informed that I'd be the first Gen Y Congressman, so I actually started a leadership PAC as a candidate that was titled GOP Generation Y Fund. So I've tried to play off that to my benefit and to the benefit of other young candidates who might be running in the future...