Category Archives: GREED

Tell President Obama: Now is the time to stand with the tens of millions of Americans who are struggling to survive economically, not with the millionaires and billionaires who have never had it so good

Bernie Sanders spoke about the inequity and the criticality of the current moment on the floor of the Senate. The following letter to President Obama is posted on his website. Add your signature to Senator Sanders letter Dear Mr. President, … Continue reading →

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SOLUTIONS: Paul Allen, Ex-Mortgage CEO, Sentenced To Prison For $3B Fraud

By Matthew Barakat HUFFINGTON POST ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The CEO of what had been one of the nation’s largest privately held mortgage lenders was sentenced Tuesday to more than three years in prison for his role in a $3 billion … Continue reading →

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GORE BLASTS OBAMA ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Bowing to political resistance from Republicans and some in his own party, Obama abandoned an effort and a campaign pledge to enact legislation that would put the first-ever limit on greenhouse gases. By Dina Capiello HUFFINGTON POST WASHINGTON — Former … Continue reading →

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Want To Pay Higher Prices with Lower Quality? Privatize!

Toll Road Privatization: As Ohio Considers It, Indiana Serves As A Cautionary Tale By Dave Jamieson HUFFINGTON POST what can’t be denied is that the road is getting more expensive to travel on. And no one knows how expensive it … Continue reading →

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SOLUTIONS: Moody’s, S&P Could Be Charged With Fraud For Role In Crisis

REUTERS U.S. regulators could file civil fraud charges against some credit-rating agencies for their role in developing mortgage-bond deals that helped bring about the financial crisis, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The Journal said … Continue reading →

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Global Commodity Prices Only Getting Higher This Decade: Report

REUTERS PARIS (Gus Trompiz) – World commodity prices will keep up their relentless push higher this decade compared to previous years, supported by burgeoning demand for food and fuel as well as knock-on effects from energy costs, the FAO and … Continue reading →

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Greece: A Look At America’s Future

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The Truth About The Economy

Robert Reich:

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Obama 2012: Courting The Greed

Obama Seeks To Win Back Wall Street Cash By Nicholas Confessore NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON — A few weeks before announcing his re-election campaign, President Obama convened two dozen Wall Street executives, many of them longtime donors, in the White … Continue reading →

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Hillary Clinton Warns Africa Of ‘New Colonialism’ … Joining the Colonialism of Corporate America

CIO!:  Clinton clearly needs to read the True Cost of Chevron:   Hillary Clinton Warns Africa Of ‘New Colonialism’ By Matthew Lee HUFFINGTON POST LUSAKA, Zambia — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday warned Africa of a … Continue reading →

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