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Category Archives: POLICY
The Oddness of the President’s Upcoming Deficit-Reduction Plan
By Robert Reich On Monday the President will offer ways to pay for his $467 billion American Jobs Act mostly by increasing taxes on the wealthy. I’m all in favor, but it’s an odd strategy. If any Republican was prepared … Continue reading
Posted in AUSTERITY, CAPITALISM, GOVERNMENT, POLICY, UNEMPLOYMENT
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Two Cheers and One Jeer for the American Jobs Act
by Robert Reich Two cheers for the President and his America’s Jobs Act. Cheer Number One: In presenting it to a joint session of Congress, he sounded as passionate and determined as he’s ever sounded. Second cheer: He laid out … Continue reading
Posted in CAPITALISM, GOVERNMENT, POLICY, UNEMPLOYMENT
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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
Posted in CAPITALISM, EMPIRE, FASCISM, GOVERNMENT, GREED, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, NATIONAL SECURITY, POLICY
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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
Posted in CAPITALISM, CORPORATE BRUTALITY, ECONOMY, EMPLOYMENT, EVIL CORPORATIONS, FASCISM, GOVERNMENT, GREED, POLICY
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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
Posted in CAPITALISM, ECONOMY, EMPLOYMENT, EVIL CORPORATIONS, GLOBALIZATION, GOVERNMENT, GREED, POLICY
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Olbermann: “What The Hell Is Going On In The White House?”
Posted in CAPITALISM, GOVERNMENT, GREED, MEDIA, POLICY
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Suicides and Student Loan Debt
CIO!: One Solution to these suicides and to the worsening U.S. economy is for the federal government to Forgive All Student Loan Debt! Rather than continuing to throw (away) money at Wall Street, the U.S. government should help Main Street … Continue reading
Posted in CAPITALISM, DEMOCRACY, ECONOMY, EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT, GREED, Health, POLICY
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The Rescue That Missed Main Street
Government officials rewarded imprudent institutions with stupefying amounts of free money. Even so, we are still in economically stormy seas. Doesn’t that indicate that it’s time to try a different tack? By Gretchen Morgenson The New York Times FOR the … Continue reading
Posted in CAPITALISM, ECONOMY, EMPLOYMENT, EVIL CORPORATIONS, GOVERNMENT, GREED, POLICY
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U.S. Cities Continue To Violate Human Rights and Make It A Crime To Be Homeless
By Janell Ross HUFFINGTON POST The challenges poor and homeless Americans often face accessing clean drinking water and restroom facilities violate international human rights standards, according to a report issued by a United Nations investigator this month. Catarina de Albuquerque, … Continue reading
Posted in CAPITALISM, FASCISM, GOVERNMENT, GREED, Health, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, POLICY
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Can We Stop the Charade and Just Cut To The Chase: THE U.S. IS HEADED FOR A DEPRESSION
With a nod to Third Voice (for those who remember it) … but without the cool interface CIO! = burgundy (a step up from red) GDP: U.S. Economy Grows Only 1 Percent In Spring, Increasing Recession Fears by Christopher S. … Continue reading
Posted in CAPITALISM, ECONOMY, GOVERNMENT, GREED, POLICY, RESOURCES
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