Category Archives: SOLUTIONS

SOLUTIONS: Landowners Challenge TransCanada’s Keystone Pipeline

TransCanada is suing and threatening American farmers and ranchers with eminent domain so it can build a pipeline that will serve no one but TransCanada and Big Oil By Tom Zeller Jr. HUFFINGTON POST Sue Kelso, born Sue White, is … Continue reading

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SOLUTIONS: Bernal Heights Prints Own Currency

HUFFINGTON POST If, like some in the international banking community, you’re bearish on the dollar at the moment, it might behoove you to invest in Bernal Bucks–the new unofficial “official” currency of Bernal Heights. Bernal Bucks function a bit like … Continue reading

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WARREN BREAKS RANKS: Obama Adviser Says Mortgage Abuses May Not Have Been Investigated Properly

She’s the first senior administration official to publicly question the thoroughness of the investigations led by the Justice Department, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Treasury Department, Federal Trade Commission, all 50 state attorneys general and more than … Continue reading

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The President’s Jobs Plan (NOT)

By Robert Reich HUFFINGTON POST What did the president do in response to last week’s horrendous jobs report — unemployment rising to 9.2 percent in June, with only 18,000 new jobs (125,000 are needed each month just to keep up … Continue reading

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SOLUTIONS: Swing-State Voters Favor Taxing The Rich To Lower Deficit

[nggallery id=27] Instead of cutting Medicare and Medicaid benefits, lawmakers could pass the Schakowsky millionaire’s tax and raise about a trillion dollars … By Michael McAuliff HUFFINGTON POST WASHINGTON — Republicans may find a resolution to make the rich share … Continue reading

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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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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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Banking Blockade BABY!

WikiLeaks releases advertisement coinciding with the six month unlawful banking blockage against it Censorship, like everything else in the West, has been privatized. For six months now, five major US financial institutions, VISA, MasterCard, PayPal, Western Union and the Bank … Continue reading

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SOLUTIONS: Labor Regulators To Propose New Rules Quickening Union Elections

By Dave Jamieson HUFFINGTON POST WASHINGTON — In a move that will surely provoke Republicans and business interests, the National Labor Relations Board announced Tuesday morning that it will propose significant new rules for the union election process, streamlining procedures … 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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