Wealthy lawmakers increased their riches as U.S. economy sputtered in '09 - TheHill.com

Wealthy lawmakers increased their riches as U.S. economy sputtered in '09 - TheHill.com: "The wealthiest members of Congress grew richer in 2009 even as the economy struggled to recover from a deep recession.

The 50 wealthiest lawmakers were worth almost $1.4 billion in 2009, about $85.1 million more than 12 months earlier, according to The Hill’s annual review of lawmakers’ financial disclosure forms.

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It is disgraceful for any elected official to become wealthier while conducting business for the people. You know they received inside information, preferential treatment, and benefits that the average citizen would never be able to attain. They should be ashamed.

Glenn Beck’s Rally | FrontPage Magazine

Glenn Beck’s Rally | FrontPage Magazine: "There is no figure on the public scene who has done more to educate millions of Americans as to the nature of this neo-communist left than the leader of Saturday’s demonstration: Glenn Beck. It is because of his exposure of the Democrats as progressive wolves in “liberal” sheep’s clothing that Glenn Beck is at top of the liberal hate lists; it is for the same reason that hundreds of thousands of conservatives across the country answered his call. That is the political dimension of what transpired on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

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Political Wisdom: Glenn Beck’s Rally - Capital Journal - WSJ

Political Wisdom: Glenn Beck’s Rally - Capital Journal - WSJ: "While Beck’s rally emphasized belief in God, Obama’s generally emphasized himself as a savior of the American people. This, I believe, was the contrast the talk radio and television personality was trying to achieve. Beck’s rally, and the speakers who addressed the crowd, were continually thanking God and Beck for bringing such an inspiring crowd together.

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Postage Cost

My company is dealing with the ever increasing costs of the USPS mail as they keep dumping their responsibility onto the business community. They are now pushing all the responsibility for keeping addresses current to the companies that send out direct mail. We now have more record keeping to do for return mail and then we have to keep for two years.

Using USPS to deliver mail will be more expensive and the delivery will get worse. I do not look forward to postage increases, an increase in the cost of postal equipment, having to devote so much attention to the training of in-house mail personnel, and the amount of paper-work that USPS will push on businesses. USPS wants M-F delivery to keep their losses under $20 billion this year.

If the government ever takes over health care I dread ever getting sick enough to go to a hospital and/or a doctor. I wonder if our experience with USPS would for-tell how our health would be managed by government bureaucrats?