EDITORIAL: A protected class
The National Taxpayers Union reports that beginning in 2015, unsuccessful Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards, who has made millions as a trial lawyer (and will presumably do so again), will receive an estimated $15,500 per year pension, forever, as reward for his six years in the Senate.
Lawmakers with more than 20 years at the trough -- who were grandfathered in when the last federal pension reform was enacted in 1984 -- do even better. Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle's 26-year political career ended with defeat in the November elections, but as a consolation prize he will enjoy an eternal pension that starts this year at $121,233.
EDITORIAL: 'Stolen election' lives
Democrats used the ceremonial congressional count of the country's electoral votes Thursday as a chance to rise and complain about missing voting machines, unusually long lines and other problems which they insist plagued some Ohio voting districts (many in minority neighborhoods) on Nov. 2.
In the end, Mr. Bush carried Ohio last year by 118,000 votes, far more than even the most inspired hallucinator could argue had been "stolen" through any of the listed inconveniences.
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EDITORIAL: A protected class
The National Taxpayers Union reports that beginning in 2015, unsuccessful Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards, who has made millions as a trial lawyer (and will presumably do so again), will receive an estimated $15,500 per year pension, forever, as reward for his six years in the Senate.
LETTERS: Designed to placate rather than reform
To the editor: So, UNLV is sponsoring a conference to discuss property tax options. The list of participants is impressive if you are looking for ways to justify collecting more taxes; unimpressive if you are looking for permanent property tax relief.
EDITORIAL: 'Stolen election' lives
Democrats used the ceremonial congressional count of the country's electoral votes Thursday as a chance to rise and complain about missing voting machines, unusually long lines and other problems which they insist plagued some Ohio voting districts (many in minority neighborhoods) on Nov.
