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Liberal Democrats Have Promised to "Die in the Ditch" to Make a Consumer Financial Prot... - 0 views

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    Where to put the new Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA), which will centralize the writing and (to some degree) enforcement of federal financial regulations on such things as mortgages, savings accounts, and consumer debt. Should it be an independent agency, like the Securities and Exchange Commission, or a subunit of the Treasury Department or the Federal Reserve?
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More Offshore Drilling Exempted From Regulations | The Seminal - 0 views

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    27 waivers or exemptions from in-depth environmental studies were given to Gulf Coast oil companies...AFTER the BP oil spill in April 2010? Does anyone know what these 27 waivers consisted of? Were they substantive, either individually, or as a whole? What agency or agencies granted them?
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MMS Allowed Drilling Without Permits, Pressured Scientists to Suppress Safety / Environ... - 0 views

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    The federal Minerals Management Service gave permission to BP and dozens of other oil companies to drill in the Gulf of Mexico without first getting required permits from another agency that assesses threats to endangered species - and despite strong warnings from that agency about the impact the drilling was likely to have on the gulf.
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Why U.S. Financial Markets Need a Public Credit Rating Agency - 0 views

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    "Pollin, Robert | Heintz, James | Diomande, M. Ahmed Why U.S. Financial Markets Need a Public Credit Rating Agency Publication Date: 7/10/2009"
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t r u t h o u t | The Politics of Lying and the Culture of Deceit in Obama's America: T... - 0 views

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    Lies and deceit cause the death of democratic politics, critical thought and civic agency. Contempt for 'truth' is evident in the wild West of FOX News. It's evident in Bush's 'Clear Skies Initiative,' enabling greater industrial air pollution. Language is neutered. Meanings are indeterminate. As Orwell said, "war is peace, freedom is slavery, and ignorance is strength."
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Failure of a Democratic-Capitalist Alliance? - 0 views

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    "The baseness, hypocrisy and corruption of these twin political agencies of Wall Street and the ruling class cannot be expressed in words.
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Feds Let BP Avoid Filing Blowout Plan For Gulf Oil Rig - 0 views

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    "BP didn't file a plan to specifically handle a major oil spill from an uncontrolled blowout at its Deepwater Horizon project because the federal agency that regulates offshore rigs changed its rules two years ago to exempt certain projects in the central Gulf region"
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