We knew it could happen, even though they said it wouldn't. The government is using our money again to haul private companies' hindquarters out of the fire - this time it's troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. ...more

July 16, 2008

Quit complaining. That's the message from the Pentagon and Congress to defense companies that cry foul when they don't win contracts. ...more

May 25, 2008

Recently, the county commission decided to dismiss action on a proposed impact fee stimulus package. Charitably, it was not a good policy. A number of factors clearly illustrated that it would have jeopardized the local economy rather than stimulated it. That concept energized the following brief history of how such concepts affected working people in this country. Over a hundred years ago, President Teddy Roosevelt busted the robber barons. They had a stranglehold on workingmen. They dictated the price they paid for labor. Men worked 12 hour days, seven days a week for low wages with no vacations or sick leave. They worked till they dropped, 365 days a year. In the next 100 years, through bloody wars, goon squads and sheer persistence, working conditions improved. The '30s and '40s were pivotal decades in that slow process of working people earning a "piece of the pie," but they had to struggle to maintain the progress so bitterly fought for. The idea of "helping" the developers and construction industry "stimulate" the economy triggered recall of that history. Unions were formed to help workers collectively demand and earn better wages and work conditions. They gained those rights, but had to fight to keep them. In the '50s, the U.S. Congress passed laws to correct a flaw "discovered" in the wages and pension package. ...more

May 2, 2008

Many industries wish to buy out their employees who are making a living wage, and to fill the many thousands of job buyouts with "slave labor" at half the living wage. ...more

February 21, 2008

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act of 1982 that was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan. ...more

December 9, 2007

Why isn't the U.S. Congress, "both parties," promoting democracy? Are they lackeys for world government? Are we just a step away from what is happening in Pakistan? The U.S. government is violating the rights of states. They need to enforce the people's constitution and enforcement of United States laws; after all we are a government of the "United" States. ...more

November 22, 2007

Alan R Waishkey of Port Richey says freedom is under attack. ...more

October 24, 2007

Start Sharing The Cost Regarding 'Children's Health Insurance Bill Justified President's Veto' (Our Opinion, Oct. 4): ...more

October 13, 2007

Jean Rogers of Oldsmar says today's leaders don't care about people. ...more

September 4, 2007