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Remember when there was a federal usury rate that controlled and capped all loan and credit card interest rates? Remember when you could deduct all the interest you paid -- not just the interest paid on your mortgage -- on your tax return? COMMUNITY VIEWPOINT: PAVED stresses economic development Many of you associate the revival of the Pahrump Arts & Recreational Complex (PARC) project, formerly the Fairground, with PAVED (Pahrump Alliance for Valley Economic Development). Where you stand depends on where you sit WASHINGTON -- On Dec. 6, 2007, while she was away from the Senate pursuing the presidency, Sen. Hillary Clinton asked Majority Leader Harry Reid to introduce her bill S. 2426 to prohibit funding for implementing any agreement with Iraq "involving 'commitments or risks affecting the nation as a whole,' including a status of forces agreement," unless Congress has approved such an agreement. The "commitments or risks" language is from State Department criteria for when congressional approval should be sought for international agreements. Letters to the Editor COMMUNITY VIEWPOINT: Masters of the art of political war I still can't believe I'm doing this. But fair is fair -- and the only fair thing to do is give credit where credit is due. So today I'm gonna tip my hat to -- the teachers union. |
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