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Why Don’t Billionaires Pay the Same High Tax Rates the Rest of Us Pay?
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds The truth is America has lost its way if commoners pay a rate of 40% but its billionaires pay next to nothing. As with everything else in polarized America, billionaires proclaiming space … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Billionaires, Cartels, economic inequality, Economics, elites, financial crisis, Jeff Bezos, Medicare, Monopolies, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Social Security, Tax Havens, Taxes
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Another Reason Young Americans Don’t Revolt Against Being Screwed
By Bruce E. Levine Source: CounterPunch “8 Reasons Young Americans Don’t Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance” was originally published in 2011, then republished on several Internet sites, and has become one of my most viewed articles. The … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, culture, divide and conquer, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Health, media, Psy-ops, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technology
Tagged addiction, Debt, Dissent. Occupy Movement, Doxxing, Economics, fear, financial crisis, FoMo, Internet, Liberation Psychology, Medicalization, Millenials, psychology, Red Pillers, Revolt, Self-Esteem, Social Justice Warriors, Social Media, Social Security, Sociology, technology, youth
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Disposable Americans: The Numbers are Growing
By Paul Buchheit Source: Information Clearing House As often noted in the passionate writings of Henry Giroux, poor Americans are becoming increasingly ‘disposable’ in our winner-take-all society. After 35 years of wealth distribution to the super-rich, inequality has forced much … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Financial Crisis, Health, Labor, Racism, Recession, Social Control, society, State Crime, Work
Tagged Blackstone, Debt, economic inequality, financial crisis, HealthcareSystem, Housing Market, Income Disparity, Institutionalized Racism, Middle Class, Real Estate, recession, Rent, Social Security, Wealth Gap
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Trump proposes huge hike in military and police spending
By Patrick Martin Source: WSWS.org The Trump administration sent instructions to federal agencies Monday proposing a $54 billion increase in spending for the Pentagon, the intelligence agencies and the Department of Homeland Security, to be offset by $54 billion in … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Authoritarianism, CIA, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, Militarization, military spending, news, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war, war on terror, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Agriculture, Border Wall, CIA, Corporate Welfare, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Domestic Spending, Education, empire, EPA, food stamps, geopolitics, Health and Human Services, Housing, Infrastructure, John McCain, Labor, Medicaid, Medicare, Mick Mulvaney, Militarization, Military, Military Budget, military spending, Office of Management and Budget, OMB, Pentagon, police, police state, Ruling Elite, Social Security, taxpayer dollars, Transportation, Trump, Trump Administration, U.S. Foreign Policy, Urban Development
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Millions Around the World Fleeing from Neoliberal Policy
Source: The Real News Network Economist Michael Hudson says neoliberal policy will pressure U.S. citizens to emigrate, just as it caused millions to leave Russia, the Baltic States, and now Greece in search of a better life. A research team … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, culture, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, History, Neoliberalism, society
Tagged Corporate Globalization, Economics, Election 2016, financial crisis, Hillary Clinton, Income Inequality, Michael Hudson, Middle Class, Neoliberal Policy, Neoliberalism, Obama, Poverty, Presidential Elections, recession, Social Security, TPP, Trans-Pacific Trade Agreement, Trump, Victoria Nuland, Wealth Disparity
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Desultory Heroics 