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Congressman Bachus: Congress Should Not Bail Out Mortgage Industry
May 2, 2008
The subprime mortgage fiasco has put the nation into what many financial experts are calling the worst financial crisis since the 1930s...
 

 
Tax Reform Shouldn't Give with One Hand and Take With the Other
April 25, 2008
Tax reform that helps lower-income households is laudable; the real goal should be comprehensive tax reform that is fair to all...
 

 
A Closer Look at Alabama’s Income Gap
April 17, 2008
A recent study by the liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the organized labor-backed Economic Policy Institute reports that Alabama has the second widest income gap in the nation...
 

 
Alabamians Work 99 Days a Year Just to Pay Their Taxes
April 10, 2008
For most Americans, April 15th is “Tax Day,” the day every year that millions file their income tax returns...
 

 
Research Shows Pre-K Benefits Don’t Last
April 3, 2008
In Alabama, many advocates of pre-kindergarten programs are selling a promise they can not keep...
 

 
Bingo Casinos Are A Bad Bet For Alabama
March 28, 2008
In the current legislative session, Rep. Marcel Black (D-Tuscumbia) has introduced a bill to legalize high-stakes bingo gambling at dog tracks in Birmingham and Mobile with plans to use the revenue to help fund Alabama’s Medicaid program...
 

 
California Court Ignites New Battle Over Home Schooling
March 20, 2008
On February 28, 2008, a three-judge panel from California’s Second District Court of Appeals ruled that parents without teaching credentials cannot home school their children...
 

 
Jefferson County on Verge of Making Bankruptcy History
March 14, 2008
A fiscal tragedy is being played out in Alabama and most Alabamians are completely unaware … Jefferson County, the state’s most populous county, is on the verge of bankruptcy...
 

 
Senate Bill Does Not Fulfill Promise
March 7, 2008
If you ask the average Alabamian why the Democrat leadership in the State Senate refuses to ban “all PAC-to-PAC transfers” as promised, they would probably say it’s because they don’t want the public to know who is funding their campaigns...
 

 
Senate Bill on Climate Change Will Affect Your Check Book
February 27, 2008
For those of you who are eagerly awaiting your economic stimulus check from the IRS, you may want to put it in a savings or investment account rather than spend it...