Category Archives: GREED

Is This Really “UNEXPECTED?”

We don’t think so. Read our Points To Consider to see why you should expect these numbers to only get worse with the current system/plan. Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Rise To 428,000 As Labor Market Stalls REUTERS WASHINGTON – The number … Continue reading →

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Malcolm Gladwell on Income Inequality: We’re Off the Rails

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A Decade After 9/11: We Are What We Loathe

Our (the United State’s) brutality and triumphalism, the byproducts of nationalism and our infantile pride, revived the jihadist movement. We became the radical Islamist movement’s most effective recruiting tool. We descended to its barbarity. We became terrorists too. By Chris … Continue reading →

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Investors Fear Collapse Of Major European Bank

By Landon Thomas Jr. and Nelson D. Schwartz The New York Times Remember the collapse of Lehman Brothers? Europeans certainly do. As Europe struggles to contain its government debt crisis, the greatest fear is that one of the Continent’s major … Continue reading →

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Options: Slave Labor

Policy makers are scrambling to do anything to put people to work … including slave labor (under the guise of “job training”). However, rather than addressing the real issues and solutions – the need for rigorous regulation of corporations, closing … Continue reading →

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Happy Labor Day! (If you’re a CEO): HOW LABOR IS GETTING SHAFTED BY CORPORATE AMERICA

By Josh Harkinson Mother Jones The red line is the share of the economy taken up by wages, salaries etc. The blue line is the share taken up by corporate profits. So the graph shows that corporations have bounced back … Continue reading →

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Olbermann: “What The Hell Is Going On In The White House?”

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Obama’s Close Ties To CEOs Whose Firms Dodge Taxes

By Zach Carter and Jordon Howard HUFFINGTON POST WASHINGTON — As the nation struggles with a stagnant economy, President Barack Obama has preached overhauling the U.S. tax code to spur economic growth. But as he gears up for what looks … Continue reading →

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Highest-Paid CEOs Often Earn More Than Company Pays In Income Taxes, Study Finds

REUTERS Twenty-five of the 100 highest paid U.S. CEOs earned more last year than their companies paid in federal income tax, a pay study said on Wednesday. It also found many of the companies spent more on lobbying than they … Continue reading →

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How to Party Like a Billionaire Financier With a 15% Tax Rate

A full moon rises over the Hamptons as the crocs come out to play. By Lynn Parramore, August 22, 2011, Re-posted from AlterNet While the world economy trembles and their fellow Americans face blown-up 401Ks, foreclosure threats, and fruitless job … Continue reading →

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