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To Survive, Americans Must Assert Themselves as Economic Patriots

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 03.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Sen. Sherrod Brown, Year End Bonuses, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, $700 Billion Bailout, United States Council for International Business, Congress, Corporate Jet, Business Roundtable, “Buy America”, Infrastructure, Unemployment, Wall Street, Bernie Madoff, Stimulus Package, Government Accountability Office, Economy, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

To survive this economic catastrophe, Americans must stand up to the likes of the Chamber and the Roundtable and call them out for being economic traitors to the United States of America.

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Bush's Midnight Regulations Value Profits More Than People

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 01.29.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Labor Department, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Public Citizen, Greenhouse Gas, George W. Bush, Regulation, National Marine Fisheries Service, Beryllium, Afl-Cio, Barack Obama, Clean Air Act, Midnight Regulations, Charlie Gibson, Silica, Gao, Endangered Species, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ABC News, President Bush, Government Accountability Office, Worker Exposure to Toxic Materials, Labor Regulations, Worker Safety, Osha, Labor Rights, Workers' Rights, Truck Driving Regulations, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

The legacy of George W. Bush's final days in office will be degradation of the environment, endangered species and the safety of working people.

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The Surge "Success" Debunked

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Refugee International, General Petraeus Surge, Shi'a Truce, Iraqi Benchmarks, United Nations, Internally Displaced Persons, US Congress, Sunni Ethnic Cleansing, Department of State, Ngo, Muqtada Al Sadr, The Surge, Unhcr, Justice and Accountability Law, Iraqi Refugees, Ehtno-Sectarian Violence, Sadrist Shi'A, Department of Defense, Siic, Kurds, Constitutional Review Committee, Abdul Al-Hakim, Baghdad, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, John McCain, Government Accountability Office, Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, Basra, Kirkuk, Ethnic Cleansing, Badr Corps, Marine Corps General Jones, Population Shifts Baghdad, Ucla, Kenneth Katzman, Congressional Research Service Report, Second Largest Refugee Crisis, Shi'a Militias, Center for American Progress, War on Terror, De-Baathification Law, Sons of Iraq, Second Presidential Debate, Transparency International, Crc, 2008 Presidential Race, War in Iraq, International Crisis Group, Sigir, Msm, Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, Peshmerga, Maliki, Sectarian Violence, Dr. John Agnew, General Petraeus, Sunni Awakening, Icg, Krg, Igos, Isf, Idp, Politics News
Luis Carlos Montalván

Iraq remains a powder keg. "The Surge" has done little to increase security, a state of civil war remains and regional conflict threatens greater problems for the future.

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Report: EPA Lets Electronic Waste Flow "Virtually Unrestricted"

Josie Garthwaite | Posted 10.23.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Recycling, Technology, Lead, Congress, Toxic, E-Waste, Computers, Epa, Gao, Government Accountability Office, Green News, Green News
Josie Garthwaite

According to the report, other used electronics "flow virtually unrestricted, even to countries where they can be mismanaged."

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Representation Without Taxation: Study Says Most Corporations Avoid US Income Tax

AP | JENNIFER C. KERR | Posted 09.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Corporate Responsibility, Carl Levin, Gao, Government Accountability Office, Income Tax, Tax Evasion, Corporate Greed, Business News

WASHINGTON — Two-thirds of U.S. corporations paid no federal income taxes between 1998 and 2005, according to a new report from Congress. The s...

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Deregulation Defrauds Americans

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 07.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Fair Labor Standards Act, Gregory D. Kutz, U.S. Labor Department, Ronald Reagan, Economy, U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, Federal Reserve, Fannie Mae, United Steelworkers, Freddie Mac, Bush Administration, Washington Post Columnist E. J. Dionne Jr., Ben S. Bernanke, U.S. Congress, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Gao, Bear Stearns, U.S. Rep. George Miller, Indymac Bancorp, Government Accountability Office, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

For decades, conservatives have vilified the word regulation. This has brought us corporate slavery approved by the U.S. government and panic lines of depositors outside banks.

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From Staffer to Contractor: Stopping the Pentagon's Revolving Door

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Government Spending, Pentagon, Bernie Sanders, Senate, Gao, Government Accountability Office, Politics News
Sen. Bernie Sanders

The need for more aggressive scrutiny is abundantly clear. GAO has identified $295 billion in cost overruns -- the Pentagon can't balance its books or keep track of its vast inventory.

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White House undermines EPA on cancer risks, GAO says

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cancer Risks, White House, Gao, Government Accountability Office, Epa, Environmental Protection Agency, Gao Report White House Cancer Risks, Gao Report Cancer Risks, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is undermining the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to determine health dangers of toxic chemicals...

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Secret Military Gear Found For Sale On eBay, Craigslist

Information Week | Thomas Clayburn | Posted 04.19.2008 | Business

Read More: F-14s, Night-Vision Goggles, Body Armor, Military Gear Craigslist, Gao, Military Gear eBay, Ebay, Craigslist, Government Accountability Office, Body Armor Vests, Business News

Sensitive military items are being offered for sale through eBay and Craigslist, the Government Accountability Office said in a report issued Thursday...

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Gov Credit Cards Used To Pay For Lingerie, iPods, $13K Dinner

Washington Post | Dan Eggen | Posted 04.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Gao, Credit Care Misuse, Government Credit Cards, Purchase Card Abuse, Purchase Card, Credit Card Abuse, Government Accountability Office, Business News

The Washington Post reports: Federal employees used government credit cards to pay for lingerie, gambling, iPods, Internet dating services, and a $1...

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Government Auditors Issue Scathing Review Of Pentagon's Weapons Budget

Washington Post | Dana Hedgpeth | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Pentagon Weapons Systems, Gao, Government Accountability Office, Government Auditors, Pentagons Cost Overruns, Pentagon Budget, Politics News

Government auditors issued a scathing review yesterday of dozens of the Pentagon's biggest weapons systems, saying ships, aircraft and satellites are ...

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GAO Questions Bush Administration's Iraq "Benchmark" Report

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administraion, Warwire, Gao, Iraq, Iraq Budget, Iraq Government, Iraq Benchmark Report, Government Accountability Office, Politics News

The Bush administration, in its last so-called Iraq "benchmark" report, used questionable financial data to assert that the Baghdad government was mak...

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