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Robert Parry broke many of the Iran-Contra stories in the 1980s for the Associated Press and Newsweek. His latest book, Secrecy & Privilege: Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq, can be ordered at secrecyandprivilege.com. It's also available at
Amazon.com, as is his 1999 book, Lost History: Contras, Cocaine, the Press & 'Project Truth.'
Thursday, May 25, 2006 Birth Burden: The mortgage you didn't know you had (3 comments)
U.S. Comptroller General David M. Walker, however, thinks elected officials should be talking about "the birth burden," the $156,000 that represents each American's share of the $8 trillion federal debt, plus $35 trillion in unfunded spending promises. Every child born in America receives this dubious legacy: a $156,000 IOU. GOP Evil Regime Class War!!
Thursday, May 25, 2006 Abramoff: "Appropriations Comm. an 'earmark favor factory' " (3 comments)
Fiscal conservatives hoped Congress would tame pork projects, in view of recent corruption scandals involving former Rep Randy Cunningham, (R-CA) and lobbyist Jack Abramoff. "We have one of our former members in jail right now for basically selling earmarks. He was able to get his earmarks through the legislative process without being challenged."
