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The president's top economic advisers took some heat today over jobs and the economy from both parties. At a House hearing, Republican Jerry Lewis of California charged, the administration is spending and taxing too much. And Democrat Marcy Kaptur of Ohio complained, the president's aides were out of touch, as unemployment in parts of Ohio tops 15 percent.

REP. MARCY KAPTUR, D-Ohio: We have more cities poor in this country than any other state now. Our food bank lines are growing longer. Twenty-five percent of our food banks and food shelters turned away people last year.

Travis Smiley Show
March 15, 2010
Tavis: Tonight, though, we kick off this week with - there he is - Michael Moore. The Oscar-willing filmmaker out with his DVD for "Capitalism: A Love Story." The new version features more than 80 minutes of extended and deleted scenes. Here now a look at "Capitalism: A Love Story."
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http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/201003/20100315_moore.html?v...

Tavis: Michael Moore joins us tonight from New York City. Michael, good to have you back, as always, sir.

‘Toyota Way’ Under Recall

Toyota’s ‘lean management’ and ‘just in time’ production model is the toast of business schools, but 8.5 million faulty cars have taken the bloom off the rose.
By Joseph B. Atkins
http://www.populist.com/10.5.atkins.html
A century ago, Frederick W. Taylor, the mechanical engineer whose book The Principles of Scientific Management influenced generations of business owners and managers, had this to say about American working people:

Part 1
Michael Lewis writes about a handful of Wall Street outsiders who realized the subprime mortgage business was a house of cards and found a way to bet against it. Steve Kroft reports.
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/60_minutes/video/?pid=tmtM8hJqDNUynIT4vQmNg...
Part 2
Michael Lewis talks about the current situation on Wall Street, the large bonuses still being paid and his predictions for the future of the industry. Steve Kroft reports.
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/60_minutes/video/?pid=BQuHL8OsUizEBb6rreSNN...

Quote from article:
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=526928
Let us take a look at the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards enacted by the federal government in response to the Arab oil embargo. Lately, supporters have sought to increase these standards in the name of fighting climate change. They have neither reduced our dependence on foreign oil nor saved the Earth.

Toledo Blade Letter to the Editor March 10, 2010
Drive foreign while out of work
http://www.toledoblade.com/article/20100310/OPINION03/3100329
People wonder why the city trash fee and taxes have to be raised, why America is owned by China, why our children face cutbacks in schools, and why police and fire face cutbacks.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out why we lost thousands of jobs from Chrysler, General Motors, Ford, their suppliers, and many other manufacturers. Fewer people in the work force equals less tax collecting.

The afternoon Toledo AM radio entertainer has found his nitche. I find the similarities in these two characters truly frightening!

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/03052010/watch.html
March 5, 2010
Bill Moyers sits down with former insurance executive turned public health advocate Wendell Potter, who argues that all is not lost in the healthcare bill and details what he likes about the legislation.

As Democrats in Congress and the President move forward on health care reform, giant health insurance companies are back in the news, and they aren't winning many friends.

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FACT CHECK: Did Annabel Park work for the Obama campaign?

Group countering Tea Party movement growing in strength
http://www.todayonline.com/World/EDC100304-0000089/Coffee-Party-wakes-up...

Mar 04, 2010

http://www.freep.com/article/20100303/BUSINESS01/100303045/1319/Official...
WASHINGTON – About ten Toyota owners have complained to U.S. auto safety regulators that their vehicles suffered some kind of sudden acceleration after being repaired under Toyota’s two recalls for the problem.

The complaints highlighted by safety advocate Sean Kane drew a quick response today from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which said it would investigate.

Some thoughts as "Toyota week" kicks off on Capitol Hill:
By Mike Thompson (Blog)
http://www.freep.com/article/20100224/BLOG24/100223068/0/celebrate/Toyot... (MORE)

Japanese auto unions seek pay hikes in annual wage talks
Wednesday 18th February,
TOKYO —
http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/japanese-auto-unions-se...
Japanese auto unions presented wage-hike demands to the management side Wednesday, effectively beginning this spring’s annual labor-management wage talks amid the global recession. The labor unions, belonging to the Confederation of Japan Automobile Workers’ Unions, are seen as a pace-setter for each year’s labor-management wage negotiations.

Last Updated: February 24. 2010 12:07PM
DPS privatizing bus service
Plan saves financially strapped school district $50 million; 289 drivers to lose jobs
Tom Greenwood and Oralandar Brand-Williams / The Detroit News
http://detnews.com/article/20100224/SCHOOLS/2240342/1026/DPS-privatizing...
Detroit -- Detroit Public Schools' move to privatize bus service for thousands of students will mean nearly 300 drivers will lose their jobs with the district, but savings of about $50 million over five years.

A Fourth Leg For Conservatives' Big Table
By RICHARD A. VIGUERIE 02/22/2010
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=521876&Ntt=vigu...
On Feb. 17, most of the leaders of the traditional conservative movement gathered in Arlington, Va., to plan strategy, and issued a statement of conservative principles. However, the conservative movement is rapidly changing and significantly expanding because of the addition of millions of Tea Partyers.

Driver, Victims Talk About Toyota Crash
02/22/2010
On June 10, 2006 Koua Fong Lee was returning from church with his family when his Toyota Camry hit an Oldsmobile at a St. Paul, Minnesota intersection, killing the driver and a passenger in the Oldsmobile. Lee is now serving an eight-year-sentence for vehicular homicide, but he has always maintained that his brakes didn't work. (ABC News) (VIDEO)
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/toyota-flaws-free-convict-9906986&tab=94...

More from the independent Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur
http://dailybail.com/home/rep-kaptur-sticks-an-ied-inside-paulson-and-th...

~An investigation into how campaign cash is corrupting America's courts~
February 19, 2010
(VIDEO)
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/02192010/watch.html