Category: Civil Rights & Economic Justice
Creighton University senior and Creighton Whiteclay Awareness president Dave Fuxa read the following statement at the January 22,2013 news conference in Omaha announcing a student-led boycott of Anheuser-Busch products:
Good morning.
My name is Dave Fuxa. I am a senior at Creighton and the president of Whiteclay Awareness, a group founded on supporting the indigenous of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Today I am before you to announce our next step.
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by Hendrik Van den Berg
UNL Professor of Economics
Even with Congress’ three-month lifting of the debt ceiling, sometime this spring we will again bump into this arbitrarily set limit on how much total debt the U.S. Treasury is allowed to incur. Congress has routinely voted to raise the ceiling, but each vote to raise the ceiling meant politicians could again argue about raising the debt limit a few months or years later. To many people, the debt ceiling debate may seem like just another contrived case of partisan posturing. Unfortunately, the argument over the debt ceiling has grave implications. This brief explanation of the debt ceiling will take you into politics, modern money theory and our children’s future. So, yes, the stakes in the debt ceiling debate are high.
First, Some Background on the Debt Ceiling
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On Wednesday, February 6, 2013, the Revenue Committee of the Nebraska Legislature will be holding a hearing on the first of the governor's tax overhaul bills. LB 405, introduced by Senator Beau McCoy on behalf of the governor, would eliminate corporate and individual income tax. Tax revenue lost to the state from the income tax, would be made up by eliminating an array of current tax exemptions such as those allowed for non-profit organizations, religious organizations, prescription drugs, medical equipment (including oxygen, mobility devices and prosthetics), hospital rooms, dorm rooms, agricultural seed, machinery and chemicals, and others.
If you would like to contact the Revenue Committee regarding this bill, committee members are:
Senator Galen Hadley, Committee Chair: (402) 471-2726, ghadley@leg.ne.gov.
Senator Tom Hansen: (402) 471-2729, thansen@leg.ne.gov
Senator Burke Harr: (402) 471-2722, bharr@leg.ne.gov
Senator Charlie Janssen: (402) 471-2625, cjanssen@leg.ne.gov
Senator Beau McCoy: (402) 471-2885, bmccoy@leg.ne.gov (the bill's introducer)
Senator Pete Pirsch: (402) 471-2621, ppirsch@leg.ne.gov
Senator Paul Schumacher: (402) 471-2715, pschumacher@leg.ne.gov
Senator Kate Sullivan: (402) 471-2631, ksullivan@leg.ne.gov
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By Robert G. Gard and John Johns,
Special to CNN
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Editor's note: Lt. Gen. Robert Gard is the chairman of the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a former executive assistant to two secretaries of defense. Brig. Gen. John Johns is a former director of human resources development for the Army General Staff. He taught at the U.S. Military Academy and lectured at the Air War College, the Army War College, the U.S. Military Academy, and the Naval Academy. He serves on the board of advisers for the Council for a Livable World.
(CNN) -- A strong U.S. military is indispensable to our national security. As retired military officers, we have dedicated our careers, on active duty and retired, to that end. We have been involved in crafting and teaching national security strategy, of which military strategy and use of military force are vital components.
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Disaster Capitalism at its Finest
by Hendrik Van den Berg
UNL Professor of Economics
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