> I just had to stop myself the other day from running inside one of those check cashing places. I wanted to stop a young family from signing their lives away. Those check cashing places really entice people to come in and get money. They put out toys, crayons with coloring books, and candy for the children. It just makes me upset that people fall prey for these check cashing places and stay in a revolving circle of poverty. After all we know about these check cashing places, it is hard to believe that Republican congressional candidate, Steve Stivers, a former bank lobbyist, supports their existence. Stivers even voted against lowering the interest rates of these businesses from over 300% to 28%. What kind of a person would vote against lowering interest rates on businesses that prey on the poor? Steve Stivers.
* Republican leader John Boehner has called in big business (lobbyists) to help him write the GOP policy agenda (The Hill). I can see it all now. If Boehner becomes Speaker of the House, he'll call in insurance lobbyists to write insurance legislation, bank lobbyists to write bank laws, Joe Barton and his oil tycoon friends to write the energy bills, etc., etc., etc. Boehner plays golf with his lobbyist friends on a regular basis. I'm sure that Boehner and his lobbyist pals are just excited with the possibility of screwing over the American people again with a pro-business, anti-worker legislative agenda.
Anyone who has ever worked should thank labor unions for the gifts they've given the American worker: weekends, fair pay for fair work, safe work places, lunch time, breaks, overtime pay, and other benefits too numerous to mention.
* I wonder how the people of Ohio's 12th district are feeling about their member of Congress, Pat Tiberi. Tiberi, a Republican puppet of Boehner's, doesn't do a thing without Boehner's permission. I've seen Boehner and Tiberi at the Columbus airport----- an overly-tanned Boehner with Tiberi, following close behind. Don't the people of Ohio's 12th district want someone who represents their wishes and doesn't have to consult with Boehner before opening his/her mouth?