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Tax Day: You Pay Your Taxes -- Why Don't the Rich Pay Their Share?
(www.alternet.org)
Few Americans realize just how incredibly little our nation's wealthy now pay in taxes. Our grandparents seriously taxed the rich. Why can't we?
Submitted 11 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
This is not George Bush's budget (www.salon.com)
"Elections have consequences" is one of those political clichés that gets thrown around a lot in this city, especially in the first few months of a new administration. But President Obama's $3.5... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
Bank of America, Literally
(www.truthdig.com)
The taxpayers’ bank opened a new branch on Thursday: Uncle Sam just threw $20 billion Bank of America’s way. The government is...
Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
Redoing Globalization
(www.thenation.com)
The great financial bubble of the Clinton-Bush years has ended in tears--in home foreclosures, bank failures and what promises to be the most severe global economic recession since the Great... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT
(www.washingtonmonthly.com)
A global recession is tough on most businesses, but president is doing his part to stimulate at least one part of the economy -- in Turkey. Seems that shoe an Iraqi journalist threw at him last... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
Bush Passes Bailout Buck to Obama
(www.truthdig.com)
Although President Bush has kicked off the auto industry bailout process before leaving office, some would call Bush’s strategy more of a punt to his presidential successor, Barack Obama.
Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
BUSH THROWS DETROIT A LIFELINE
(www.washingtonmonthly.com)
Senate Republicans can block congressional action, but they can't, oddly enough, prevent their friend at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue from bailing out U.S. auto manufacturers.
Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
Quite a Loophole
(www.washingtonmonthly.com)
When lawmakers considered the $700 billion bailout package a few months ago, they argued with the Bush White House over restrictions on executive compensation. Democrats insisted that firms accepting... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
Beyond Casino Capitalism
(www.inthesetimes.com)
Typically, few people turn to dead French poets for economic analysis, but Stéphane Mallarmé proved wiser than many a billionaire financial trader when he wrote, “A throw of the dice will never... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
BECOME A BANK HOLDING COMPANY
(www.jimhightower.com)
Hi, I’m a bank holding company. I used to be just another guy trying to make a go of it, but that was before George W and his Wall Street handyman, Hank Paulson, started doling out... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
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