“More than a decade after George W Bush launched it, the “war on terror” was supposed to be winding down. US military occupation of Iraq has ended and Nato is looking for a way out of Afghanistan, even as the carnage continues. But another war – the undeclared drone war that has already killed thousands [...]
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It’s a First! Most unemployed Americans attended at least some college, for the first time ever
Posted in corruption, Economics, Economics, recession, education, income redistribution, Occupy, taxes, trade, trade deficit, Uncategorized, wealth redistribution, tagged college, free trade treaties, high school, income redistribution, Ron Wyden, unemployment on Jpm5000000pmSun, 27 May 2012 20:22:15 +000012 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What will you achieve if you take out student loans, go to college, improve your skills and get ahead of your competition? For the first time in US history, you’ll most likely get a ton of student loan debt and join your competition in a place on a very long unemployment line. But the affluent [...]
How the poor are made to pay for their poverty in the USA
Posted in corruption, Economics, immigration, the Rigged Game, tagged government, poor, Private, rob on Jpm5000000pmFri, 18 May 2012 12:20:12 +000012 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s well known that private businesses soak the poor. What’s less well known is that the government does it as well. “The trick is to rob them in ways that are systematic, impersonal, and almost impossible to trace to individual perpetrators. Employers, for example, can simply program their computers to shave a few dollars off [...]
One Percent Trying to Redistribute More Income From the 99 percent via the Trans Pacific Free Trade Agreement–Update on Protests and Negotiations
Posted in corruption, Economics, recession, free trade, income redistribution, Uncategorized, tagged Dallas, income redistribution, Texas, Trans Pacific free trade agreement, Transparency on Jam5000000amWed, 16 May 2012 11:00:05 +000012 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s how free trade works; your income is freely given to the rich. It’s that simple. When your government signs a free trade treaty, it is opening up doors for US companies to ship jobs overseas from the USA, or giving them a conduit through which to create jobs over seas rather than here, which [...]
The protests continue in Spain where the Police use excessive force
Posted in corruption, culture, Economics, Economics, recession, tagged 2012, indignados, May, Protests, Puerta Del Sol, Spain on Jam5000000amMon, 14 May 2012 07:15:58 +000012 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The protest continue in Spain! Several protests against high unemployment and income inequality broke out in Spain last weekend. The police reportedly used force against peaceful protesters in the legendary square Puerta Del Sol. Click here for the complete story
