Category Archives: U.S. Economy
John LaForge> The Weapons Oligarchy
Federal Taxes Reward 8-Figure Pentagon Fraud Spree by JOHN LaFORGE WEEKEND EDITION APRIL 26-28, 2013 Counterpunch.org With the Pentagon having secured its annual 47 percent of the April 15 federal tax haul ($1,335 billion out of a total of $2,890 billion) it’s a good time to consider the mountains of money being wasted on useless […]
Nick Ruiz> An Interview with John Stauber on the Impotence of the Progressive Movement
Bought, Sold and Sedated by NICK RUIZ WEEKEND EDITION APRIL 26-28, 2013 Counterpunch.org Nick Ruiz: It’s great to talk with you today, John. I came across your CounterPunch article, The Progressive Movement is a PR Front for Rich Democrats recently, and have been keen to talk to you about it and related fronts. So, if I understand your take […]
Of Sequester, Squander, and How Congress Sold Out the People
Of Sequester, Squander, and How Congress Sold Out the People Congress would like to have us believe that there’s no money to pay for those programs, even though the Senate unanimously approved a $700 billion military budget in December on a 98-0 vote. Carl Gibson Saturday 2 March 2013 NationofChange.org Occupy.com/OpEd Back in the days […]
When Wars Come Home
When Wars Come Home “A warrior society values its armed forces as heroic protectors of freedom, sending a message that the use of guns is morally essential.” By Charles Derber and Yale Magrass Tuesday, 19 February 2013 Truthout | Op-Ed Police officers at a checkpoint during the manhunt Christopher Dorner, an ex-Los Angeles cop accused of three killings, […]
U.S. merchants of death top world’s arms sales
These arms exports are an important part of the military-industrial complex, which combines U.S. corporations, the U.S. economy, and the U.S. military and political system together into a noxious brew. 10 companies profiting most from war But What About the Other 1 Percent: the Veterans? Gene Clancy, Workers World Submitted by David Culver September 12, […]
The Right Wing and Our Veterans
http://evergreenedigest.org/sites/evergreenedigest.org/files/Banner%20Corporate%20Accountability.jpg In one final vile act before adjournment for the elections, Senate Republicans used a point of order to block passage of the Veteran’s Jobs Act, which would have provided a modest $1 billion to give work to the more than one in 10 veterans who are unemployed. This is disgraceful politics. Good Jobs First: […]
Occupy DC Marks One Year Anniversary with Series of Protests
Occupy DC Marks One Year Anniversary with Series of Protests Posted on 02 October 2012 October2011.0rg By Carl Pierre InTheCapitol, May 2, 2012 Today marks the one year anniversary of one of the more unforgettable and infamous protests that have swept the city of Washington, D.C.: the Occupy D.C. movement. Just a year ago, the first […]
Out of Pocket
Costs of War Passed Directly to City and County Our Taxes Pay for This? Tea Baggers, Fundamentalists, and Other American Dumbasses of the New Millennium A new front in the war on public employees Rowland Lane Anderson, Santa Barbara (CA) Independent Submitted by David Culver When the federal government takes our employees, should they be responsible […]
From Moon Landings to the F-22: How War Profiteering Dulled American’s Technical Edge
Today’s Republican leaders think that all the optimistic, forward looking hopefulness of Eisenhower and Kennedy was communistic socialism. They believe in innovation, only if it leads to the development of new ways for hedge funds to derive profits out of other people’s work. Tom Hall, Dick & Sharon’s LA Progressive Submitted by David Culver (July […]
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