Word: raiding
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These provisions not only place other companies at a disadvantage, but also create a drug-induced stupor where industries do not need to make the changes necessary to stay competitive and productive. And most importantly, the subsidies raid the public purse to benefit narrow interests. At a time when we are told that the government does not have the money to fully provide for Head Start, the Americorps, Charter Schools, and real welfare reform, a budget that authorizes a $600 million tax credit for cattle-raising is an insult to all Americans...
...that the federal action was justified may come in for serious revisionism. In an article in the May issue of the religious journal First Things, Dean Kelley, a respected legal scholar, reviews the records of the siege and questions the need for and the ferocity of the initial government raid. The government's actions at Waco's cataclysmic finale, Kelley notes, also raise problems...
...situation is similar in some of the old Soviet republics and satellites. Both former communists and former dissidents are fighting daily to maintain or reimpose state control of the media. In Tajikistan, beset by civil war, the government suppressed all independent media. In Armenia police habitually raid editorial offices. In Romania journalists are often under surveillance. In Slovakia a proposed law would provide one- to five-year jail sentences for journalists who "demean" the country from abroad. In Poland, the Czech republic and Hungary the situation is better, but everywhere governments exert pressure by controlling paper supplies, distribution facilities...
...publicly noted that "black helicopters" operated by the Federal Government -- a common demonic image in militia lore -- have harassed Idaho citizens. Representative Steve Stockman of Texas sent a concerned letter to Attorney General Janet Reno in March when he heard rumors that the Federal Government was about to raid local militias. "A paramilitary-style attack against Americans who pose no risk to others ... would run the risk of an irreparable breach between the Federal Government and the public," wrote Stockman...
Assistant FBI Director Larry Potts, who is heading theOklahoma City investigation, was promoted today by Attorney General Janet Reno to Deputy Director of the FBI, the agency's second highest position. Less than a month ago, he received a written reprimand for his mishandling of the fatal 1992 raid on the Idaho home of Randy Weaver. Potts was also in charge ofthe Waco siege...