Now for something completely different, socializing your 401K

Rush Limbaugh was talking about this today, so I had to check it out.
From Investment News, here.

Congress mulls major 401(k) changes
By Sara Hansard
October 7, 2008, 5:18 PM EST
A wide range of sweeping changes to the 401(k) system were proposed Tuesday at a hearing on how the market crisis has devastated retirement savings plans.
Chief among them [...]

Big Brother and YOUR environment

Big Brother is attempting to control your electricity. Only during “emergencies” now, but what will that lead to?
CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN’
Big Brother to control thermostats in homes?
Proposed mandate would grant utility companies unlimited remote access to regulate temperatures

Add thermostats to the list of private property the government would [...]