Last Updated: May 19, 2008
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Issue no. 822
Editorial
Editorial: Want lower oil prices? Stop speculation!
Pages 2-3
Running low on fuel over the ocean
Making inflation disappear – on paper!
Speculation: Financial products based on starvation
Delta-Northwest merger– new job cuts planned
Pages 4-5
Box: There are none so stupid as those who will not remember
Myanmar: The catastrophe is natural, the misery and dictatorship are not!
45 years ago in Birmingham: A turning point in the Civil Rights struggle
Chinese earthquake hits the poor harder than the rich
Pages 6-7
Riveting TV – The Wire: Seasons 1-5
American Axle strike: At a crossroads
Auto: Jobs bank no longer safe
Page 8
Corporations avoid paying taxes – and it’s legal
LA schools: Lead in the fountains
Another useless task force
May 19, 2008
The new Foster Care Task Force for the State of Michigan will waste $300,000 pretending to come up with solutions to foster care problems.
There are no magic formulas. More foster care workers are needed, and more money is needed for services for the kids themselves.
Current problems stem from years and years of the legislature pushing state workers to do MORE with LESS.
You can only do LESS with LESS.