Re: Query- Eisenhower veto

I'm trying to locate text about a veto by President Eisenhower. A Google search didn't do it for me. Eisenhower vetoed a bill to deregulate natural gas (or deregulate a portion of the industry). Eisenhower supported the bill but my recollection is that after congress passed the bill it was

Michael Moore

I had been meaning to say a few words about Michael Moore after watching Bowling for Columbine on DVD, so I am glad the subject has come up on the Marxism list. Moore has come under attack from various sectors of the left from time to time. For example, the social-democratic Dissent magazine ran

Re: pensions legislation

Companies say that if nothing is done they will be forced to pour cash into their pensions next year. How tragic, that way they'd be forced to create longer term growth strategies instead of focusing on short term quarterly earnings announcements. Or say, contribute to employee pension plans

Re: Query- Eisenhower veto

Wow! Thanks, Yoshie. This is way beyond what I had hoped for. Gene Coyle Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: I'm trying to locate text about a veto by President Eisenhower. A Google search didn't do it for me. Eisenhower vetoed a bill to deregulate natural gas (or deregulate a portion of the industry).

Re: Query- Eisenhower veto

Yoshie has a track record for this sort of service. On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 10:23:23AM -0700, Eugene Coyle wrote: Wow! Thanks, Yoshie. This is way beyond what I had hoped for. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail

support for living wage in San Diego

Dear Friend: This fall, San Diego City Council will decide the fate of the city’s living wage ordinance. The outcome of this decision will not only lift thousands of families out of poverty, but will also have a significant impact on the national movement, as San Diego is extremely conservative

Cancun's wake

[poor Zoellicknot!] Brussels urges shakeup of 'medieval' WTO Charlotte Denny, Larry Elliott and David Munk in Cancun Tuesday September 16, 2003 The Guardian The European Union yesterday urged a radical overhaul of the World Trade Organisation after the embarrassing collapse of

Monbiot on Lamy, WTO

A threat to the rich Forcing the poor countries to walk out of the Cancun trade talks may rebound on the west George Monbiot Tuesday September 16, 2003 The Guardian Were there a Nobel Prize for hypocrisy, it would be awarded this year to Pascal Lamy, the EU's trade negotiator. A week ago, in

Re: Monbiot on Lamy, WTO

I still think that Iraq/Afghanistan was a factor. The US has less to bribe and its threats probably seem less threatening. Wouldn't it be wonderful if there were a socialist globalization? But stalemate is probably the best we can ask for now. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department

Re: Monbiot on Lamy, WTO

Though we shouldn't underestimate the significance of the fact that stalemate was led by the government of a socialistic party, PT. Ahmet Tonak I still think that Iraq/Afghanistan was a factor. The US has less to bribe and its threats probably seem less threatening. Wouldn't it be

Turkey: We are all billionaires

Poverty line rises to TL 745 million - ANKARA - Turkey's poverty line went up to TL 745 million and the hunger line to TL 581 million as of August, a survey conducted by leading public worker' union Kamu-Sen said. Following the most