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Well, maybe the Republicans are minimizing the impact because of heir desire to:
a. Have women be topless because of the heat
b. Bring business to the Medical and Pharmaceutical Industry for skin cancer treatment.
New research reveals that the majority of Americans support stem cell research and therapeutic cloning from in vitro fertilized embryos to cure cancer or treat heart attacks.
From the article:
The study, “U.S. attitudes toward human embryonic stem cell research,” published this month in Nature Biotechnology, was conducted by Univ. of Nevada, Reno faculty members Mariah Evans (lead author) and Jonathan Kelley, who surveyed a large, representative national sample of 2,295 respondents in 2009. Their most significant findings include:
- More than two-thirds of respondents approved of using therapeutic cloning (nuclear transfer of the patient’s own genes) and stem cells from in vitrofertilized embryos to cure cancer or treat heart attacks, while only about one in six respondents did not approve. Therapeutic cloning remains banned in the U.S. today. About one in six respondents had mixed feelings or was undecided.
The study, “U.S. attitudes toward human embryonic stem cell research,” published this month in Nature Biotechnology, was conducted by Univ. of Nevada, Reno faculty members Mariah Evans (lead author) and Jonathan Kelley, who surveyed a large, representative national sample of 2,295 respondents in 2009.
Like most polls, this should be taken with a grain of salt, but it’s still worth noting.
” … Another recent study in Michigan showed that the current federal minimum wage — a paltry $7.25 per hour — would need to be doubled to cover basic expenses for a single adult worker and more than tripled to cover the same expenses for an adult worker with children. …”
” … In 2005, Bachmann told the Minnesota state Senate that abolishing the minimum wage could “wipe out unemployment completely.” When Good Morning America‘s George Stephanopoulos asked her for evidence to back up that claim today, Bachmann struggled to find an answer, initially dodging the question before finally referring to the minimum wage as a regulation that is “inhibiting job growth” and saying it needed to be examined:
STEPHANOPOULOS: Let me try this one more time. So you’re saying the minimum wage is one of those regulations you’d take a look at? You’d try to eliminate it?
BACHMANN: Well, what I’m saying is I think we need to look at all regulations. Whatever ones are inhibiting job growth, that’s what we need to look at.
STEPHANOPOULOS: And the minimum wage is one of them?
BACHMANN: All regulations, George. I think every department, we have just too much expansion of government, and what we need to do is tamp that down so the American people can keep more of what they make. …”
Here Is The Full Story and Video:
http://www.truth-out.org/michele-bachmann-advocates-abolishing-minimum-wage/1309440840
