“Labor” Day. The first labor celebration was on September 5, 1882 in New York City. Organized by the Central Labor Union. By 1884, the CLU urged other labor organizations in other cities to join them in “Labor Day” events. According to the Department of Labor, Congress officially declared the first Monday in September to be a national holiday – Labor Day. Labor Day should be observed with a street parade to exhibit to the public “theread more…
I asked the question a few days ago about whether Cindy McCain should need to reveal her tax returns (which are filed separately from Sen. McCain’s). I just found a more in-depth article about Sen. McCain and his wife’s family fortune, that’s worth a few minutes to read. I’ll just pull out one small segment of the article in which they attempt to make John McCain sound like a pauper of sorts (I would love toread more…
From the Boston Globe:…the governor’s spokesman, Joseph Landolfi, said, “It is clear that paying for healthcare reform will pose a much greater fiscal challenge than was anticipated by the previous administration. We are committed to making health reform a success by aggressively pursuing cost savings and efficiencies in the healthcare system, as well as working with legislative leaders to review options for additional state revenues so that we can continue to afford this important initiative.” Theread more…
Mike Huckabee Total Raised: $6,651,956.62 Total owed (debt): $97,676.18 Cash on hand (12/31/07): $1,896,445.64 Loaned to himself (4th Q): $0 Loaned to himself (total): $0 Other loans: $0 Mitt Romney Total Raised(4th Q): $27,247,333.22 Total owed (debt): $35,350,000.00 Cash on hand (12/31/07): $2,431,447.01 Loaned to himself (4th Q): $18,000,000.00 Loaned to himself (total): $35,350,000.00 Other loans: $0 John McCain Total Raised(4th Q): $9,969,292.21 Total owed (debt): $4,516,030.08 Cash on hand (12/31/07): $2,948,427.85 Loaned to himself (4thread more…
