On AlterNet: federal government
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Allen St. Pierre, NORML. October 19, 2009.
Department of Justice memo formalizes what marijuana advocates had been pushing Obama to do for some time.
Philip Longman, Washington Monthly. April 10, 2009.
Think government can’t fix the auto industry? Then how did it manage to fix the railroad industry -- twice?
Barbara O'Brien, AlterNet: PEEK. April 7, 2009.
The Bush Administration may be over, but federal agencies like OSHA are still staffed and run by Bush hires. And that's a problem.
Christopher Hayes, The Nation. April 4, 2009.
A tax loophole could let the ten largest paper companies rake in a whopping $8 billion. Where's the outrage?
Dean Baker, The Guardian. March 5, 2009.
Obama recognizes that the public is way ahead of the pundits in seeing that the federal govt. is the only thing capable of generating a recovery.
David Borden, Paul Armentano, Huffington Post. September 10, 2007.
How does the federal government reconcile its propaganda on the dangers of pot with the huge number of people who rely on marijuana's medicinal powers? Pretend they don't exist.
Adam Howard, AlterNet: Video. August 17, 2007.
Pastors and other religious representatives could become secret police enforcers who teach their congregations to "obey the government."
Nomi Prins, Newsday. June 21, 2007.
The government can do more to make borrowing for college tuition a benefit, not a burden.