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Category Archives: Corporate Welfare
Is the U.S. Becoming a Third World Nation?
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds This is a chart of an informal kleptocracy which cloaks itself in the faux finery of democracy and a (rigged) “market” economy. Back in the day, nations that didn’t qualify as either … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, corporate news, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technocracy
Tagged America, corporate media, Coruption, Crumbling Infrastructure, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, Economics, elites, Failed State, financial crisis, Inequality, Kleptocracy, Late Stage Capitalism, Pay to Play, Poverty, Precariat, Pundits, super-wealthy, Technocrats, Third World
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Guns for Hire: No, the Government Shouldn’t Be Using the Military to Police the Globe
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, Neocons, Oligarchy, Social Control, society, State Crime, surveillance state, war, war on terror
Tagged American Empire, Boeing, Deep State, Defense Contractors, Dystopia, empire, endless wars, fascism, geopolitics, imperialism, military-industrial complex, national infrastructure, Neocons, President Obama, Saudi Arabia, surveillance state, Totalitarianism, war, war on terror, war profiteers
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Billionaires are a Sign of Economic Failure
Inherited wealth and crony capitalism have created an aristocratic class that undermines social mobility and democracy By Max Lawson Source: Inequality.org The New York Times published an editorial comment on its front page in January 2019, provocatively entitled “abolish billionaires.” The … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, History, Inequality, Law, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged 1%, Billionaires, Corporate Power, Crony Capitalism, economic failure, economic inequality, Economics, extreme wealth, Inequality, Monopoly, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, political corruption, Poverty, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, Thomas Piketty, US History, Wealth
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National Bankruptcy as a Board Game
By Dmitry Orlov Source: Club Orlov Most people are familiar with the game Monopoly. Its goal is to teach capitalist kiddies a valuable lesson about capitalism; namely, that in running a business it isn’t useful to shoot for some happy … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Bankruptcy, capitalism, Cartels, china, Economic Collapse, Economics, Energy, financial crisis, geopolitics, Interest Rates, Labor, military spending, Monopoly, national debt, Russia, Walmart, war
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Multi-Billion Dollar Giveaway to Amazon
By Stephen Lendman Source: StephanLendman.org Seattle-based Amazon is like corporate predator Walmart, exploiting communities, along with harming local businesses and workers for maximum productivity and profits. The company’s $100 billion dollar CEO Jeff Bezos didn’t get super-rich by being worker … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Labor, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Work
Tagged Amazon HQ2, Amazon Workers, Amazon.com, CIA, Corporate Welfare, corporatocracy, Crony Capitalism, Deep State, economic inequality, Economics, elites, financial crisis, Jeff Bezos, Oligarchs, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, predatory capitalism, Seattle, Sports, Worker Exploitation, Worker's Rights
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Taxpayers Are Footing the Bill for Sky-High CEO Salaries
Billions in taxpayer funds go to CEOs who pay their workers peanuts. We can change that. By Sam Pizzigati Source: Other Words Politicians often gab about the “private sector” and the “public sector,” as if these two categories of economic … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Welfare, culture, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged CEO Pay, Corporate Welfare, corporatocracy, economic inequality, Economics, elites, financial crisis, Government Contractors, Income Disparity, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Portland, Wealth Gap
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Convenient Tales About Riches Within Reach
By Sam Pizzigati Source: OpEdNews.com The world at large knew virtually nada about Sylvia Bloom for 96 years. Then she died in 2016. Now, just a little too late, Sylvia Bloom is getting her belated — yet richly deserved — … Continue reading
Posted in corporate news, Corporate Welfare, culture, Economics, education, elites, Financial Crisis, Housing Crisis, Inequality, media, Media Literacy, news, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society
Tagged austerity, corporate media, economic crisis, economic inequality, Economics, Free Education, Housing Crisis, Income Disparity, Millenials, Millionaires, Precariats, Public Transit, Rent Control, Social Services, Sylvia Bloom, Wealth, Wealth Gap
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The Pentagon Budget as Corporate Welfare for Weapons Makers
By William Hartung (with introduction by TomDispatch) Source: TomDispatch.com What company gets the most money from the U.S. government? The answer: the weapons maker Lockheed Martin. As the Washington Post recently reported, of its $51 billion in sales in 2017, … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, society, State Crime, war, war on terror, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Afghanistan, Corporate Welfare, Defense Spending, Domestic Spending, Donald Trump, economic crisis, empire, F-35, geopolitics, iraq, Jim Mattis, Libya, Lockheed Martin, Militarism, Military Contractors, military spending, Pakistan, Pentagon Budget, Reagonomics, Somalia, Syria, Tax Giveaways, US Foreign Policy, war, war profiteers, Yemen
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