Just Too Perfect: Who Needs Minimum Wage and Child Labor Laws?

Oy. Not content with erasing labor from Maine's labor-rich history, our idiot Teabagger governor and his GOP cronies want to roll back child labor laws so kids can work longer and later - who needs school? - and create a $5.25/hour "training wage." Slavery revival is next. This guy is an embarrassment.

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Goldman Sachs in Japan: Don't Worry, Be Happy

With radiation levels in Japan soaring, noble executives at Goldman Sachs have made their priorities clear to employees inexplicably worried about nuclear plants exploding around them. Stay put, they say, or it will look bad. Meanwhile, analysts have cut growth forecasts there and see "limited upside from current market levels." What planet do these people inhabit, and can we move it further away from Earth?

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