Posted on 03/12/2010 8:14:18 AM PST by LSUfan
South Dakota is the latest state to have adopted terror-free investment policies that target companies doing business with Iran. It joins some 18 other states and the District of Columbia. Observers say these states can teach the UN Security Council a thing or two when it comes to punishing Iran. The South Dakota law will force its state controlled pension fund to divest itself from companies doing business in Iran.
Right now there are three other states with similar bills to that of South Dakota; Alaska, Pennsylvania, and Mississippi. While the other two are gaining traction, Holton says he is particularly frustrated with the effort in Mississippi where one state representative, Johnny Stringer has refused to even give the bill a hearing. A request for comment to Stringer's office was not returned.
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I’d investigate the Stringer clown for illegal ties to Iran.
South Dakota is the latest state to have adopted terror-free investment policies that target companies doing business with Iran.
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