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...Whatever the solution, the needle come back around to pointing to the a nationalization of the American banking system. There is too little equity left in the banks for them to trade for government assistance...
...service to the community." He then grabs a sheaf of papers from his desk. The printouts, which look like massive Excel spreadsheets, are a list of ready-to-go water projects in Minnesota. Stabbing at the sheets, Oberstar points to one item, a smallish request to build a sewage system for a tiny town in Minnesota. "I suppose someone from New York City or Los Angeles would say, 'What the hell are you doing that for? That's a sewer to nowhere! Why should we provide funds to them?' Well, because their wastewater is currently going into a creek...
...just one small piece of the broader, potentially trillion-dollar stimulus plan, but it's one that Oberstar swears has the best shot of fixing the economy. "We are facing a worldwide economic, financial meltdown," he says. "And these measures taken so far by Treasury to stabilize the bank system itself, free up credit, are either not working or working so slowly that there is no trust in the credit system. And you need something much bigger. You need to put people to work...
...Oberstar's heart; he's been trying to get a photovoltaic roof installed atop the Energy Department since 1977. "We could cut that electricity bill 40% with photovoltaic facilities," he says. There are also funds for green transit, like buses that run on natural and propane gases, hybrid systems or batteries, and money to build a more efficient system of loading and unloading shipping cargo directly onto train tracks, as is already done on the Yucat?n Peninsula in Mexico and in Mobile...
Application for Admission. Visitors from any country that is a member of the U.S. Visa Waiver Program - such as the U.K., Australia, France or Italy - must now fill out an online application at least 72 hours before departure as part of the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA). Visitors don't necessarily need to have exact travel plans when they fill out the form, so U.S. Customs recommends they apply as soon as they begin considering a visit to the U.S. The travel authorizations are good for two years. But if visitors get a new passport or change their name...