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Toyota

Since the Dilly, Dally, Delay & Stall Law Firms are adding their billable hours, the Toyota U.S.A. and Route 44 Toyota posts have been separated here:

Route 44 Toyota Sold Me A Lemon



Friday, December 19, 2014

RSN: Banks Are Allowed to Deduct 75 Percent of Fines Imposed by Justice Department, A Big Safety Net and Strong Job Market Can Coexist. Just Ask Scandinavia




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Banks Are Allowed to Deduct 75 Percent of Fines Imposed by Justice Department
Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs. (photo: Getty)
Lynnley Browning, Newsweek
Browning writes: "A big chunk of the hundreds of billions of dollars banks have paid in settlements to various federal agencies and regulators since 2010 is deductible from the taxes banks and lenders pay."
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A Big Safety Net and Strong Job Market Can Coexist. Just Ask Scandinavia
Neil Irwin, The New York Times
Irwin writes: "Some of the highest employment rates in the advanced world are in places with the highest taxes and most generous welfare systems, namely Scandinavian countries."
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"Worst Congress Ever," by the Numbers
Jonathan Topaz, Politico
Topaz writes: "This Congress has been singularly unproductive, shutting down most government functions for two weeks last fall, passing the fewest bills in memory and lurching from crisis to crisis, to the great ire of most American voters."
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Michigan Republicans Want Professor Fired for Saying She Hates GOP for Being Intolerant
Jack Lessenberry, Michigan Radio
Lessenberry writes: "There's a reason college professors historically were given tenure. It was so they couldn't be fired for politically unpopular views."
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US Announces Protections for Transgender Workers
Krishnadev Calamur, National Public Radio
Calamur writes: "The Justice Department is broadening a civil rights law to include protections for transgender workers, a reversal from how the Bush administration interpreted the measure."
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By 2050, US Coastal Cities Could be Threatened by 30 or More Days of Flooding Per Year
NOAA
Excerpt: "By 2050, a majority of U.S. coastal areas are likely to be threatened by 30 or more days of flooding each year due to dramatically accelerating impacts from sea level rise, according to a new NOAA study, published today in the American Geophysical Union's online peer-reviewed journal Earth's Future."
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