Tag: advice

April 16, 2015 0

Under what circumstance does McConnell’s message to foreigners to do less on climate change help America rhetorical question?

By News Desk

Tweet Slate has a good article on Republican politicians siding with America’s foreign rivals when Democrats run the executive branch, multiple times throughout the years. The latest version of this is Mitch McConnell’s advice to foreign countries that "Considering that two-thirds of the U.S. federal government hasn’t even signed off on the Clean Power Plan and 13 states have already pledged to fight it, our international partners should proceed with caution before entering into a binding, unattainable deal." Ignore for the moment that these international commitments are voluntary, not binding

February 8, 2014 0

Bank of America and City Official Fraud Enters the Detroit Bankruptcy Equation; Fair Settlement Reviewed Again

By News Desk

Before answering, let’s take a look at the charges as presented in Democracy Watch: Swaps, COPs & Lingering Questions . In 2005, the city of Detroit faced a monumental dilemma: It desperately needed to borrow more than $1.4 billion to help shore up its two pension systems, but doing so would far exceed the legal limit on the amount of debt it could amass