by Girish Anand | Jan 20, 2009 | Federal Labor Law, State Labor Law
Unemployment insurance was commenced in 1935 as a bridge between jobs, but this recession seems to be testing the limits of the system and revealing some inherent cracks. First, not all states run their unemployment programs the same or use the same eligibility...
by Girish Anand | Jan 20, 2009 | Health Care Reform, Uncategorized
I found this interesting. It was on some far-left (the author called himself progressive, but he was way off the spectrum) blog, and it’s a list of who’s received the most in campaign donations from the insurance industry, to wit: John McCain (R-AZ)...
by Girish Anand | Jan 19, 2009 | Health Care Reform
A group calling itself Physicians for National Health Program (PNHP) has issued a press release revealing the failure of Hillarycare as it was resurrected in Massachusetts by former Governor Mitt Romney (who somehow has now seen the light of his transgressions from...
by Girish Anand | Jan 19, 2009 | Federal Labor Law
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) branch of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a $2.6-billion-a-year agency. It is also the paper-jammed and -backlogged agency formerly known as the INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service). Ask...
by Girish Anand | Jan 18, 2009 | Federal Labor Law
The liberal media are all over themselves anointing Barack Obama as not only the second FDR but also the second Abraham Lincoln (which Obama seems to be vainly promoting himself). Since for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, the blogosphere is...