Category Archives: GREED

Jon Stewart, Jon Oliver: Which Country is More Pathetic?

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Kaiser Permanente Workers Face Cuts While Execs Have Enjoyed Lavish Benefits

By Dave Jamieson HUFFINGTON POST Despite strong profits and robust executive compensation at Kaiser Permanente, workers for the Calfornia-based health care giant say they’re facing down cuts to their health and retirement benefits in pending contract negotiations. Proposed cuts include … Continue reading →

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Bill Maher: The Big American Lie

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Republican Senator Orrin Hatch: The ‘Poor’ Should Do More To Shrink Debt, Not The Rich

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Whhhhaaaaaaaa …. Bankers Complain of Regulatory Protections

REUTERS WASHINGTON (Dave Clarke) – Banks and other large financial companies that could be seized and liquidated by the government are balking at a proposed plan they argue gives regulators too much power to snatch back executives’ pay if their … Continue reading →

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His Turn: Bill Clinton Is On His Knees and Blowing Wall Street …

Bill Clinton: Lower Corporate Tax Rate By Alexander Eichler HUFFINGTON POST As the deadline to strike a deal on the debt ceiling draws closer, former president Bill Clinton criticized the nation’s corporate tax rate over the weekend, saying it should … Continue reading →

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This Hero Didn’t Stand a Chance

By Chris Hedges TRUTHDIG People found the strength and the faith that, no matter what happened to them when they sat at that lunch counter or got on that bus, there would be another wave of people coming behind them … Continue reading →

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Two years after economists say the Great Recession ended, Workers Are In a Depression

And it’s only going to get worse … HUFFINGTON POST WASHINGTON (AP) — This is one anniversary few feel like celebrating. Two years after economists say the Great Recession ended, the recovery has been the weakest and most lopsided of … Continue reading →

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Man Allegedly Brutally Beaten And Killed By Citibank Debt Collectors

By James Sunshine HUFFINGTON POST In the U.S., failing to pay back your Citibank bills can, at worst, lead to personal bankruptcy and a poor credit rating. In Indonesia, it may get you killed. Jakarta resident Irzen Octa had, according … Continue reading →

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Climate Debt Report from the Word Development Movement

Climate loan sharks: how the UK is making developing countries pay twice for climate change In Climate loan sharks, the World Development Movement and the Jubilee Debt Campaign reveal that the UK is pushing $1.1 billion of climate loans, via … Continue reading →

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