Blank check companies--a risky investment vehicle born in the 1980s--are making a comeback as of late, according to Business Week.
But some Measure 50 supporters and TV viewers contend that Reynolds American should be listed as the sole sponsor since the tobacco company is, to date, the sole contributor to Oregonians Against the
Blank Check. Reynolds American has contributed about $1.8 million.
VersaCheck
blank check stock can be purchased in many CompUSA and Office Depot stores.
Writing for the majority, Sandra Day O'Connor asserted, "A state of war is not a
blank check for the President when it comes to the rights of the Nation's citizens."
It isn't as easy as returning a
blank check to the rightful owner.
In last Spring's highly charged enemy detainee cases, it refused to write the executive branch a
blank check for wartime detention powers.
The process works like this: A customer first signs a
blank check and hands it to the cashier.
Opponents have criticized the tax as an unfair penalty for success, a
blank check for spendthrift politicians, and a bloodsucking leech feeding on wage earners and businesses.
Politicians have given the president a military
blank check. The church, however, can never write a moral
blank check.
report, I'm not willing to give the nursing home industry a
blank check," said Grassley.
According to The Washingtonian magazine, a
blank check with stock options and a signing bonus drew the 60-year-old Causey to PlanetGov.com despite counteroffers from the Post, which he joined as a messenger in 1957.
The federal government, working through the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), should be encouraged to make sure that new or amended regulations permit the design flexibility needed and desired to accommodate a variety of resident preferences, without providing the provider community a
blank check that cannot be controlled.
[4] While waiving a copayment may represent the highest ideals of medical altruism in selected cases, it can also represent a marketing ploy or a source of unjust enrichment for unscrupulous and greedy physicians who use health insurance as a "
blank check" to secure payment for excessive and unnecessary services.