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Swiss banks and American tax dollars

Swiss banks and American tax dollars

January 6, 2010 by LD Jackson · 15 Comments 

As I was having lunch yesterday, I was speaking with a coworker and he began to tell me about a story he watched on 60 Minutes from CBS. It was the story of Bradley Birkenfeld, a Swiss banker who is an American and who had came forward to the Justice Department. It turns out he was [...]

House passes health care reform 220-215

November 8, 2009 by LD Jackson · 1 Comment 

Throughout the day Saturday, one could never tell what was about to happen. First, there was news that President Obama would be traveling to Capital Hill to woo Democrats who were thinking about voting against the health care legislation Nancy Pelosi was trying to pass. Then came word from Speaker Pelosi that the vote on [...]