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It was only about time before big business would begin to show their true colors.   They cried foul and begged for help form taxpayers in order to receive a bailout.   They bought favors to get those enormous tax breaks and cuts in 2003 and their incomes skyrocketed after they fired workers and downsized, yet still they want more so now they claim that the new regulations has forced them to downsize again and raise fees on debt cards. According to an article by Eileen AJ Connelly and Dave Carpenter of the Associated Press titled Bank of America debit fee is only the latest , Angela Malerba, who works in public relations in Boston, carries a debit card because she likes to know when she buys something that she has enough in her account to pay for it. But paying $5 a month to use her own money? That's too much.   So when Bank of America starts charging the fee next year, Malerba figures she'll rely more heavily on her credit card. Or, in a strategy that seems almost qu...

I received this email from Mitch Stewart of Organizing for America which informed me of this new development in the Healthcare debate that was not covered by cable news except for the Rachel Maddow Show.   Republicans say that the Affordable Care Act is not a good thing for America and if that is the case President Obama has put the ball back into their court by standing behind a proposal from Senators Ron Wyden of Oregon, Scott Brown of Massachusetts, and Mary Landrieu of Louisiana. The new bipartisan proposal -- the Empowering States to Innovate Act -- would allow states to implement health reforms that work for them starting in 2014 -- three years sooner than the date originally laid out in the Affordable Care Act.   Now knowing the history of Republican thinking, it would not surprise me that none of these Republican Governors will take up this challenge and craft legislation that would maintain the principles of the Affordable Care Act but fit the need of each state ...