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Edward Snowden is an American hero who has significantly raised public awareness about the United States' government's threat to global freedom by using extreme and illegal measures of surveillance.
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Bill Daley, White House Chief Of Staff, Pressed About Lack Of Jail Time For Wall Street Culprits
By Sam Stein HUFFINGTON POST Daley’s past work on Wall Street makes him, perhaps, not the best spokesman for the administration on this front — serious-minded observers would dispute his claim that the law signed by the president ends too-big-to-fail. … Continue reading
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Senate Dems Consider Health Care Fix That Could Hit Poor Consumers The Hardest
By Sam Stein HUFFINGTON POST “It would cause a significant number of people, through no fault of their own, to have a significant liability at the end of each year,” said Ron Pollack, the founding executive director of Families USA, … Continue reading
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SOLUTIONS: The Rich MUST Pay Much Higher Taxes
How Democrats Can Become Relevant Again (And Rescue the Nation While They’re At It) By Robert Reich HUFFINGTON POST Republicans offered Democrats two more weeks before the doomsday shut-down. Democrats countered with four. Republicans held their ground. Democrats agreed to … Continue reading
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Will banksters get away with it?
As economist James Galbraith testified to Congress: “…the study of financial fraud received little attention. Practically no research institutes exist; collaboration between economists and criminologists is rare; in the leading departments there are few specialists and very few students. Economists … Continue reading
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It’s the Inequality, Stupid
By Dave Gilson and Carolyn Perot Mother Jones A huge share of the nation’s economic growth over the past 30 years has gone to the top one-hundredth of one percent, who now make an average of $27 million per household. … Continue reading
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Introducing The ‘American Dream’ Movement
Photo Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/donnabellasangels/3364865064/ By Van Jones HUFFINGTON POST In the past 24 months, those of us who longed for positive change have gone from hope to heartbreak. But hope is returning to America — at last — thanks largely to … Continue reading
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Who is more valuable: One hedge fund manager or one teacher?
By Robert Reich HUFFINGTON POST Last year, America’s top thirteen hedge-fund managers earned an average of $1 billion each. One of them took home $5 billion. Much of their income is taxed as capital gains — at 15 percent — … Continue reading
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Retiring Boomers Find 401(k) Plans Fall Short
By E.S. Browning The Wall Street Journal They were a gold mine for money-management firms. In 30 years, the 401(k) went from a small program to a multi-trillion-dollar industry supporting thousands of financial planners and money managers. The 401(k) generation … Continue reading
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Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill Protest
Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill Protest from Matt Wisniewski on Vimeo.
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