Politics & Government - 11 October 2006

"More than 650 economists, including five winners of the Nobel Prize for economics, called Wednesday for an increase in the minimum wage, saying the value of the last increase, in 1997, has been 'fully eroded.'"

The above quote comes from the following article:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061011/ap_on_bi_ge/minimum_wage

So why do Republicans still resist this? Does Bush know more than 5 Nobel Prize winning economists?

2006-10-11 07:46:01 · 8 answers · asked by Steve 6 in Politics

2006-10-11 07:44:58 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Can I have neon accent lighting on my car in Delaware? I went to delaware.gov but couldn't find anything. I cannot have it in PA.

Thanks

2006-10-11 07:43:46 · 3 answers · asked by jgbarber65 3 in Law & Ethics

2006-10-11 07:43:39 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

foreign national has valid us visa and was convicted in absentia in another country that has an extradition treaty with us

2006-10-11 07:42:26 · 8 answers · asked by davidamith 1 in Immigration

I cancelled my BT Broadband after 3 days as I was unhappy with their dreadful customer support service. I was told that if I cancelled I would be liable to pay for the whole 12 month contract! Is this lawful? I went ahead and cancelled anyway as I don't believe this is legally valid.

2006-10-11 07:40:19 · 10 answers · asked by ady baby 2 in Law & Ethics

Just a tiny chicken and egg problem. You wouldn't make a dime of that without the government enabling you to make it.

* Printing the very dollar bills with which people trade.
* Public roads.
* Rural electrification.
* Government subsidized telephone wiring.
* Satellite communications.
* Police protection.
* Military protection.
* A criminal justice system.
* Fire protection.
* Paramedic protection.
* An educated workforce.
* An immunized workforce.
* Protection against plagues by the Centers for Disease Control.
* Public-funded business loans, foreclosure loans and subsidies.
* Protection from business fraud and unfair business practices.
* The protection of intellectual property through patents and copyrights.
* Student loans.
* Government funded research and development.
* National Academy of Sciences.
* Economic data collected and analyzed by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

2006-10-11 07:40:05 · 14 answers · asked by notme 5 in Politics

They want to be able to work legally..but not have the burden of becoming citizens and paying taxes and insurance and learning English...she said it

Is this the definition of a gimmie gimmie leech....hell yes

2006-10-11 07:37:28 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

2006-10-11 07:36:59 · 16 answers · asked by RainingInMyHead 1 in Law & Ethics

for absolutely EVERYTHING that goes wrong?

Even though the fact remains that statistically he was known as a great president?

Does it feel good to not let the Neo-conservatives running the country take any responsibility for their actions?

Does it feel good to use Clinton as a scapegoat for everything, even though Bush has been in office for 6 years?

By putting the blame on Clinton every time something goes wrong…does it feel good because it makes Bush seem like less of a moron?

2006-10-11 07:36:14 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

What a dismal failure his entire administration has been.

2006-10-11 07:35:41 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

On lets say November 4th,,maybe the 5th?

2006-10-11 07:35:25 · 10 answers · asked by stephaniemariewalksonwater 5 in Politics

This is a HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION. Answer it in a hypothetical context. I had to delete the last one because nobody got it. About two thirds said how much they hate Republicans and the other third said how much they hated Democrats.

What I'm trying to get an idea of is how many people have their own coherent ideology, and how many people blindly cling to a party without even caring why.

For example, I'm voting Democrat this fall (instead of for a third party like I usually would) because I think it's important to get the Republicans out of office before they turn us into a police state.
However, if the Democrats were doing this, then I would vote Republican in a heartbeat, because the Constitution is more important to me than the name of a Party!

2006-10-11 07:35:22 · 5 answers · asked by A Box of Signs 4 in Politics

2006-10-11 07:34:34 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I mean north korea is saying loud and clear...WE ARE MAKING A NUCLEAR AND WE ARE GOING TO BOMB THE SH*T OUT OF U....whereas Iran is saying that its nuclear projects are not to be meant for war purposes but this BUSH is concentrating on Iran rather that n.korea which showed obvious war intentions for the nuclear projects its even trying to have an atomic bomb?!

2006-10-11 07:34:32 · 6 answers · asked by Ahmed Jadalla Bushra Badawi 4 in Politics

I mean, ex communist countries and other countries who want to join Europe work hard to be a part of Europe and are trying to change their system. America was fighting communism with force and they managed nothing, while other countries willingly and freelly follow Europec(accepting democracy and western way of life...)

2006-10-11 07:32:24 · 8 answers · asked by nelli 4 in Other - Politics & Government

2006-10-11 07:31:55 · 19 answers · asked by me 5 in Immigration

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061011/ap_on_re_as/koreas_nuclear;_ylt=AueXmIJ3spT2BoDqAfvSxVhvaA8F;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--

2006-10-11 07:31:39 · 17 answers · asked by ? 5 in Politics

This latest kidnapping was of an American who was teaching in a Palestinian refugee camp.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061011/ap_on_re_mi_ea/palestinian_american_missing

2006-10-11 07:25:43 · 4 answers · asked by Brand X 6 in Politics

Amending & reworking the constitution a must! Legitimizing Political/Voting Capitalism for the legal majority absolute! Eliminating the abusive corporate wealthy class by leveling the playing field. With legal majority rule & control everyone will have the influence to rid our society of what does not work! Bad government Bad products & Bad service etc.

2006-10-11 07:22:38 · 10 answers · asked by bulabate 5 in Other - Politics & Government

How much incompetence, corruption, failed policy, dead Americans, sex scandals, lies, hypocracy, debt & dyslexia does it take for conservatives to realize that Bush is a total f-ing miserable failure?

2006-10-11 07:21:22 · 11 answers · asked by Good Times, Happy Times... 4 in Elections

Can someone please tell me what two hipanic girls beating on another girl has to do with border hopping? Sure i know their parents work hard and don't have time to spend with them so they get angry. But all races go through that. When i saw that video. I just thought two pissed off girls beaten the **** out of another, not CLOSE THE BORDERS CHILDREN ARE GETTING BEATEN UP! Can someone enlighten me on this.

2006-10-11 07:21:17 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

would you be willing to give up all of your petroleum consumption? it would mean short term blackouts and shortages as alternative resources are streamlined and advanced in efficiency - but it would mean no more dead U.S. troops - would you be willing to participate?

(of course this is a "black and white" type of scenario - in reality the switch over to alternatives will not be that drastic or severe)

2006-10-11 07:20:57 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I bought a house a year ago and a guy comes around regularly and checks the electronic water meter on the outside of the house. We got a note from our water company saying they needed to come inside and check the inside meter because the outside meter was not working. Keep in mind, it had been working for a year just fine and they had been billing us monthly about what we used to pay at our previous residence so we thought nothing was out of order. When they checked the inside meter, they said the inside is showing 400,000 gallons more than the outside meter. They said they would bill us for it. We said that we are not paying for that and there is no way we used 400,000 in a month (the last time the meter was read correctly). We do not own a pool or anything like that. They said that we would pay for it or they would shut our water off. This is crazy. Any advise? Obviously if I had the money for a lawyer, I wouldn't worry about the bill.

2006-10-11 07:20:37 · 5 answers · asked by jgbarber65 3 in Law & Ethics

Not that it matters, for surely she has given most of her money to charity.

2006-10-11 07:18:42 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

'internet news', 'blogs' and other news . Do you realize that because of the internet, there are countless unreliable 'news stories' exposed to you EVERYDAY?. EVERYDAY!. We didn't have to fight that. Our news wasn't perfect, but far more accurate, and we could check the sources many times.

2006-10-11 07:15:25 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

I just recently got into pistol shooting. I was looking into buying a pistol, and currently looking at a few, and I was wondering about a accessory on the Colt Combat Commander, what the piece is called on the grips, here is a picture, it's the third picture down the page on the right http://www.sightm1911.com/lib/review/colt_combat_commander.htm I was wonderin' if you could be able to tell me what it's called, and if you can use it on other guns than the colt combat commander.

2006-10-11 07:14:18 · 9 answers · asked by gpdw1 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

Or do you go by what everyone tells you? Honest answers please.

2006-10-11 07:13:03 · 16 answers · asked by supernerd 2 in Politics

I got wrote up for an incident that another co-worker did not?

2006-10-11 07:12:32 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

get arrested in md back in 98 for dist the peace, bailed out, never went back to md since- is this still in the system

2006-10-11 07:12:19 · 13 answers · asked by jimmyluger 3 in Law Enforcement & Police