Wealth: When Will The 98% Tell The 2%, Enough Is Enough?
Last night, as reported by News Junkie Post’s O. Olson, Congress passed, by an overwhelming majority, a two year renewal of the Bush tax cuts. The bill is a nice extra Christmas bonus for the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans, and it will only amplify the monumental US budget deficit. The logic behind the bill […]
Banksters: Wall Street Executives Are Still Getting Outrageous Pay
Despite the recession and the massive taxpayer funded TARP bailout, bank executives are still getting record compensations. The popular discontent with Wall Street during the financial crisis over how much money bankers were paying themselves has somehow faded, as if, once again general apathy replaced public rage. Wall Street’s culture of greed is back stronger […]
Fiscal Responsibility And Runaway Military Spending Are Not Compatible
Today the Republicans and their Tea Party associates are dwelling in election victory. The GOP expressed that the American people gave them a “mandate” to either set the political agenda and, of course, derail any further plan of reforms coming from the Obama administration. The intention of the Republicans, bluntly conveyed today, is also to […]
Shock Capitalism: The Swindlers Of 2008 Are Now Betting On World Hunger
In his new book, “The Great American Stick Up”, journalist Robert Scheer makes one of the most lucid and accurate analysis of the 2008 global financial meltdown or what we call here the strategy of shock capitalism. Scheer connects the dots and exposes “How Reagan Republicans and Clinton Democrats enriched Wall Street while mugging Main […]
Global Land Grab: The New World Order Of The Shadow Market
Eric J. Weiner is a serious writer and journalist who has contributed for publications such as Dow Jones Newwires, the Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times. His new book, “The Shadow Market: How a Group of Wealthy Nations and Powerful Investors Secretly Dominate the World” sounds a lot like a line New World […]
