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By now almost everyone knows about the housing loan giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, but another wasteful government-sponsored enterprise is Farmer Mac, or the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Co. Farmer Mac buys …
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49 minutes ago
Last week, Congress passed landmark mental health parity legislation. For 113 million people in group health plans, their mental health coverage must now be provided on par with the coverage they receive for other …
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13 hours ago
The Dow is plummeting. We are in the throes of an historic financial meltdown because Wall Street and George Bush gambled with our future. Families are struggling with a long-running economic squeeze, the totality of …
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17 hours ago
We are in the midst of a global water crisis. Across the globe, 900 million people live without access to clean drinking water, 2.5 billion people are without access to improved sanitation, and every 15 seconds a child …
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17 hours ago
. . . Or for those who preferred the “rescue package,” the Members of Congress listed below are a group who saw the light. Or they were strong-armed by their party leadership. Or they horse-traded their support for …
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