Irrational exuberance as Congress fights budget limits
Editorial warns irrational exuberance fueled debt and a shrinking surplus as Congress returns to face a weakened economy. It urges restraint on spending and warns against further tax cuts while defending education and defense funding amid a reduced surplus and looming budget battles.
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Wall Street
Congress
White House
Democrats
Congressional
Senate Budget Committee
House Budget Committee
House
Senate
Bush
Allen Standard Publisher Staff Listing Card
The Allen Standard announces its editorial and publishing team including Scott B. Hunter as Publisher and Jeffrey B. Wallace as Editor. Art Zappa serves as Advertising Director with Ellen Priest as Circulation Director and James R. Bennett Jr. as Pressroom Supervisor.
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Scott B. Hunter
Jeffrey B. Wallace
Art Zappa
Ellen
Priest
Garth R. Groshans
Timothy E. O'Briant
James R. Bennett Jr
Myrtle Beach bans sale of hermit crabs in stores
Danielle Moore of PETA argues hermit crabs suffer in captivity and rarely live beyond four years. She cites painted shells, displacement, and capture from the wild. urges other resort towns to follow Myrtle Beach in limiting or banning hermit crab sales.
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Myrtle Beach
Dale Earnhardt
Virginia Beach
Florida
Caribbean
Junior
Tropics
Herman
Councilwoman Susan Giddings Praised by Aiken District Residents
A letter thanks Aiken County Council Member Susan Giddings for her continuous hard work in the district. The writer commends her Christian faith, sincerity, dedication, and responsiveness to residents' requests.
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Giddings
Aiken County
Susan Giddings
Ms. Giddings
Hopelands Concerts Brighten Summer in Aiken
Residents applaud Hopelands Gardens Monday night concerts featuring the Aiken Community Band. The review praises the band's professionalism and the three trumpeters during the Bugler's Holiday, calling Hopelands a summer treat that defies local bickering and traffic worries. The writer looks forward to next season’s concerts.
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Hopelands
Hunter's Glen
Woodside
Whiskey Road
Aiken
Hopelands Gardens
Aiken Standard Seeks Letters to the Editor
The Aiken Standard welcomes Letters to the Editor and asks for brief submissions with the writer’s signature, mailing address, and daytime and home telephone numbers. Editing and condensing apply. Send to Letters to the Editor, P.O. Box 456, Aiken SC 29802. Email swallace@aikenstandard.com or fax to 803-648-6052.
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Aiken
S.C
Swallace
Aikenstandard.com
Workers abused by unions and forced dues on Labor Day
The piece argues that federal labor laws compel union dues and exclusive representation under the NLRA, limiting workers rights to choose or avoid unions. It cites CWA v Beck, claims of forced political spending, and alleges union officials punish objectors with dismissals and intimidation. Stephan Gleason of the National Right to Work Defense Foundation comments on alleged abuses.
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National Labor Relations ‘Act
Ctive A
Vnion
NLRA
Harry Beck
Communications Workers of America Union
National Right To Work Foundation
US Supreme Court
CWA
Beck
Big Govern
al Gore
Big
Benefth
Iowa
Jean Green
United Airlines
California
Berry
Francisco Alcazar
Oxnard
United Farm Workers Union
General Motors
Shucheng Huang
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Huang
America
Stefan Gleason
National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation
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