Pigford’s Original Black Farmers Unhappy Over Massive Fraud – Media Ignores – Big Journalism
Remember when Rachel Maddow got all tough and bipartisan when asking NBFA head John Boyd to explain his letter to President Obama saying, in short: “We got you elected so pay up [with Pigford]?”
Do you recall that bit New York Times exposé wherein the murders associated with the Pigford case were discussed?
What about the White House Press Corps asking President Obama if he knew how racked with fraud Pigford had become? Remember when the media grilled Shirley Sherrod and asked her what her involvement was with Pigford and if this was the reason Tom Vilsack fired her so quickly, to keep this story from getting out and upsetting the apple cart that was to be its passage?
Remember Lawerence O’Donnell’s segment asking who exactly is getting paid and who lobbied for whom?
No, you can’t remember because it never happened.
via Pigford’s Original Black Farmers Unhappy Over Massive Fraud – Media Ignores – Big Journalism.
Soak The Rich (And Leave Us All Poorer) – Investors.com
Who is richer — the architect in Monterey, Calif., who makes $250,000 a year and pays $700,000 for a modest house while picking up the full tab of $40,000 a year for his daughter at a private liberal arts college, or the engineer in Utah making $100,000 a year with a house twice as large at half the cost, with a son on a need-based scholarship at the university?
via Soak The Rich (And Leave Us All Poorer) – Investors.com.
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New York City To Bill Motorists Who Crash and Need Aid – WSJ.com
Attention New York City motorists: If you get into an accident and need the Fire Department to come to the rescue, expect a bill.
Facing serious budgetary constraints, Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration has decided to join a growing number of municipalities around the country that are charging motorists involved in accidents for emergency-response services.
This so-called “crash tax” or “accident tax” has left bill recipients in other places around the country outraged, and a number of states have banned the practice.
The FDNY plans to start sending out bills July 1. A vehicle fire or any other incident with injuries will cost $490. A vehicle fire without injuries will cost $415. And incidents without fire or injuries will cost $365. These charges apply to every vehicle involved in the incident.
via New York City To Bill Motorists Who Crash and Need Aid – WSJ.com.