Will the last one out of Michigan please turn out the... nevermind, we couldn't pay the power bill anyway. picked by gnikgnok 3 years ago

Barack Obama, the US president, has said his government will impose a salary cap of $500,000 for senior executives at companies receiving federal economic bailout funds. picked by madmaximad 10 months ago

Everyone in the US needs to sit down to read this. Our Federal Government might actually all agree on something at the same time.

*Not a joke. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Not our government,silly. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Culture Secretary Andy Burnham today has announced that he is intending to introduce legislation to force ISPs to police internet traffic looking for illegal downloads if they don't take voluntary steps to do so themselves. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

Many people assume that marijuana was made illegal through some kind of process involving scientific, medical, and government hearings; that it was to protect the citizens from what was determined to be a dangerous drug. picked by wags273 2 years ago

The Scottish government launched radical plans to tackle alcohol abuse.

The move will make Scotland one of the few places in the world with a minimum price for alcohol. picked by spocksmyhomeboy 9 months ago

The crippling blow dealt this week to FutureGen will make it harder for the utility sector to slash carbon-dioxide emissions and keep coal in the mix over time as a cheap electricity source. picked by mahler87 2 years ago

Some taxpayers will have to wait for their tax stimulus payments from the government, even if they had their tax refunds issued through direct deposit. picked by sbcea 2 years ago

That's more important than asking what the private sector does better, IMHO. picked by RANROC 3 years ago

Packages containing 10,000 yen (40 pound) bills have been found this week in men's toilets at government offices throughout Japan, baffling officials as to why and who would do them such service. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A Houston, Texas woman says she was gang-raped by Halliburton/KBR coworkers in Baghdad, and the company and the U.S. government are covering up the incident. picked by muppet 2 years ago

A leaked Italian government report concludes "aliens testing secret weapons" are responsible for a series of strange, spontaneous fires that erupted from appliances and other home furnishings all over the village of Canneto di Caronia three years ago. picked by Proverb 2 years ago

“…man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts.” -Ronald Reagan
Every politician on earth claims to support freedom. The problem is so few of them understand the simple meaning of the word. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Veterans returning home from war are surprised to receive "bills" from the government for lost or damaged property. Ridiculous. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

Mark Klein, a retired AT&T technician, helped connect a device in 2003 that he says diverted and copied onto a government supercomputer every call, e-mail, and Internet site access on AT&T lines. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Kinda conspiracy-esque, but he does have an interesting point. picked by gammerus 3 months ago

This is scary stuff picked by hypersapien 2 years ago

WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 22,000 veterans have sought help from a special suicide hot line in its first year, and 1,221 suicides have been averted, the government says. picked by TraumaMamma 1 year ago

Medical care in the United States is derided as miserable compared to health care systems in the rest of the developed world. Economists, government officials, insurers, and academics beat the drum for a far larger government role in health care. Much of the public assumes that their arguments are sound because the calls for change are so ubiquitous and the topic so complex. Before we turn to gove... read full post picked by shuallyo 4 months ago