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...government is much more responsible for this mess than Wall Street is, by failing to reform government-backed mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2005 and by allowing subprime mortgage loans to be made to unqualified buyers. Forrest S. Walters, Erie, Pennsylvania...
...child, Ifill lived in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts church parsonages, as well as federally-subsidized housing in Buffalo and Staten Island...
...There is definitely a significant level of frustration judging by the conversations I've had with former colleagues," says Pat Toomey, a former GOP Congressman from Pennsylvania who now heads the conservative group Club for Growth. "Who's in leadership will depend on the outcome of elections. They may go very well in November - which isn't looking very likely, but if they do, Boehner and Blunt might be able to stay...
...dwellers do the fighting and hourly wage work now." Klein insults our intelligence, our work ethic and our values when he suggests that we live in a place where "myths are more potent than the hope of getting past the dour realities." Oh, I forgot - like our brethren in Pennsylvania, we embrace guns and religion to escape the harsh realities of our existence. Steve Mohr, BUCYRUS, OHIO...
...Campus employees are threatening legal action against the ban. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 13, which represents 2,500 system employees, and the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties (APSCUF) plan to file an unfair labor practice suit, arguing that to prohibit smoking without negotiations first violates employee contracts. "The system, no matter how politically correct the idea of a smoking ban is, should have negotiated the policy with the union," says APSCUF president Steve Hicks, adding, "[It] was insensitive to not recognize the impact on their largest constituent group - the students." PASSHE...