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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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14 Senators – a song by Ken Lonnquist (written 2-18-2011)
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Gambling On Hunger: Amid A Food Crisis, Why Do Republicans Want To Keep Regulators At Bay?
By Zach Carter and Ryan Grim HUFFINGTON POST Big price spikes are good for traders holding onto wheat or oil contracts, allowing them to stuff more money into their wallets while families struggling to make ends meet thousands of miles … Continue reading
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Russ Feingold Launches ‘Progressives United’ To Combat Corporate Influences In Politics
By Amanda Terkel HUFFINGTON POST Things were like this 100 years ago in the United States, with the huge corporate and business power of the oil companies and others. But this time it’s like the Gilded Age on steroids. WASHINGTON … Continue reading
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When Democracy Weakens
By Bob Herbert The New York Times So what we get in this democracy of ours are astounding and increasingly obscene tax breaks and other windfall benefits for the wealthiest, while the bought-and-paid-for politicians hack away at essential public services … Continue reading
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For-Profit College Recruiters Taught To Use ‘Pain,’ ‘Fear,’ Internal Documents Show
By Chris Kirkham Huffington Post Newly-released internal training documents from several for-profit colleges illustrate a culture that encourages recruiters to increase enrollment by focusing on emotions such as “pain” and “fear” to attract low-income students who are struggling with adverse … Continue reading
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Gap Between Rich And Poor Named 8th Wonder Of The World
The Onion “It’s breathtaking,” said Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, a longtime champion and benefactor of the rift’s conservation. “After all we’ve been through in recent years, there’s no greater privilege than watching it grow bigger and bigger each day. … Continue reading
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Should GE’s Jeffrey Immelt Really Be Leading Our Job Creation Strategy?
By Scott Paul HUFFINGTON POST You would have difficulty finding a company that has outsourced more jobs and closed more American factories than GE. There is no swifter way to alienate working class voters than to name an outsourcing CEO … Continue reading
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Jeffrey Immelt, GE CEO, To Replace Volcker On Obama’s Economic Team
By Lila Shapiro HUFFINGTON POST Early Friday morning, Obama announced a significant shift for the White House economic team: the war against Wall Street greed has lost a major player, and corporate America has gained an advocate. General Electric CEO … Continue reading
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