Boycott the Oregonian newspaper, A Propaganda Conduit of the One Percent

The Oregonian newspaper is the primary propaganda organ of the one percent in the state of Oregon. The newspaper reported today that the Beaverton School District is going to lay off 344 employees. The district is the third largest in the state. What is conspicuous is what the Oregonian chose not to mention; much of [...]

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Too Big to Fail is a Big Lie. That expression is a euphemism for “Too Rich to be allowed to look like a stupid failure”

By John Hively No business is too big to fail. That’s a lie. Okay, here’s reality. In the United States, the super rich are not allowed to fail, no matter how incompetent. That’s means if they have their money invested in large enough amounts in a business or a market, then that business is not [...]

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Economic Lies of the Republican: Tax Cuts for the Rich Don’t Create Jobs, They Destroy Jobs and Redistribute Income From Working People to the Rich: Here’s How

By John Hively Republicans have long championed the idea that tax cuts for the rich create jobs. We know that’s a lie. The Bush tax cuts for the wealthy created negative private sector job growth for the last ten years. They also helped to send us spiraling into the current slow motion 2nd Great Depression. [...]

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Time for Reality–Income distribution is Determined by Political Power

by John Hively The United States rates 75th in the world in terms of income inequality. That means a tiny minority receive a huge portion of all the income earned in the United States. Back in 1979, the top one percent received about 7% of the total income generated in the USA. Nowadays, that slice [...]

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Congressman Earl Blumenauer Appears Determined to Be Wall Street’s Legislative Whore From Oregon (Along with Greg Walden)

By John Hively Pink Martini played at Pioneer Courthouse Square Friday in support of Occupy Portland. There was a bounty of inspirational speakers to help inspire the crowd, and then there was Congressman Earl Blumenauer, Wall Street’s Bitch Boy from Oregon. Apparently, he came to lie to the people of Oregon. What he didn’t say, [...]

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The Democratic Base Is Excited About Elizabeth Warren Because She Is a Democrat, Not a Corporate Legislative Whore Like Ron Wyden and Earl Blumenauer

by Dana Milbank What was that about a Democratic Enthusiasm Gap? Whichever pollster coined that phrase neglected to consult with the citizens converging last week on the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union hall here. They filled the parking lot, then the one next door, then the one across the street. “I couldn’t contain myself [...]

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Economy Shows Modest Growth–We’re Still in a Slow Motion Economic Collapse, Another Great Depression

The one thing not mentioned in the article below from the New York Times is that things are still deteriorating, economically speaking. The rich are still getting richer because the government at all levels, but at the federal level in particular, continues to redistribute income from working citizens to the affluent. Congressman Earl Blumenauer voted [...]

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The United States Rates 75th in Income Equality, Now It’s Going to Get Worse–Thank You Ron Wyden and Earl Blumenauer

Using the GINI index, the United States places 75th in terms of income equality among 126 nations. Denmark has the best income equality. Japan and then Sweden are next. The world’s hottest economy, Germany, rated 13th. The United States rates right in the middle of the pack when it comes to income equality among third [...]

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Congressman Earl Blumenauer Votes to Redistribute More Income and Wealth from Working People to the Rich

Yesterday, Congressman Earl Blumenauer voted for free trade agreements with South Korea and Panama. Earl pretty much looked at the knees of his corporate masters, turned around, pushed his shorts down, bent over and said, “Here it is oh mighty rich people.” Then they screwed the rest of us by using him like a cheap [...]

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Blumenauer, Wyden and Obama Plan to Destroy More American Jobs

Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, Congressman Earl Blumenauer and President Barack Obama plan to destroy more American jobs by voting yes on the South Korea, Panama and Colombia free trade treaties. Although the treaties will eliminate US jobs, they will enhance the bottom lines of many corporations, such as Nike. When NAFTA went into effect, Mexico [...]

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