What would income inequality look like today if union density had remained at...
From Kevin Drum | Mother Jones: [What would] income inequality look like if union density had remained at its 1973 level. …Among men, if you account only for the effect of individual membership in...
View ArticleVideo: President’s remarks on credit downgrade, honors the troops killed over...
Jed Lewison | Daily Kos: Obama said that securing a long-term deficit reduction plan would provide “more room” to agree to a set of job creation measures, including extending the payroll tax cut,...
View ArticleIncome Inequality, mid-2000s: out of 17 countries, USA rates #17
WHEN I SEE STUDIES COMPARING THE POSITIVE / NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES, it’s seems like lately Denmark and Sweden are always full of win. From The Conference Board of Canada: Putting income...
View ArticleThe Coming Global Class War
THIS IS AN EXCELLENT PIECE FROM JOEL KOTKIN IN FORBES about the coming global class war. The reality is that even with education and hard work, younger generations can’t look forward to living better...
View ArticleWhat Rick Perry can do for the USA
Rick Perry: I can bring minimum wage jobs and an unpreparedness to fight fires to this entire land.— Pete Nicely (@LOLGOP) September 08, 2011
View ArticleWorld’s richest country! We’re #1!!
HUNGER BY THE NUMBERS: USDA Releases 2010 Household Food Security Report 1 in 6 Americans struggled to put food on the table in 2010; USDA credits nutrition assistance programs for dropping number of...
View ArticleAmerica’s middle-class is being systematically wiped out
This is probably my favorite theme here, the subject I will constantly return to whenever possible — the warning that plutocrats and corporatists are wiping out the middle class in the U.S. (with the...
View ArticleIncome inequality: USA is FOURTH highest / worst in the world
As the author says below, this is what happens when the wealthy live on the backs of the poor: US Has Fourth-Highest Income Inequality Rate in the World A recent report issued by Paris’ Organisation...
View ArticleThe United States of Indecency… with Liberty and Justice for ME
This article is both remarkable and infuriating. It’s remarkable because the facts about the working conditions in an Amazon warehouse really are a reflection of how many modern Corporatists /...
View ArticleAre Danes the happiest people on earth because they’re “socialists”— or is...
INCOME EQUALITY AND SOCIAL SAFETY NETS are two reasons usually cited for Denmark’s happiness. But cultural differences, from family to cooking to hairstyles, are some other reasons. Why Danes Are So...
View ArticleAmerica has not created a just society: “we’ve socialized losses and...
cognitivedissonance: This isn’t capitalism. This is predation. Joseph Stiglitz, Economist and Nobel Laureate, speaking to protesters in Zuccotti Park: You are right to be indignant. The fact is the...
View ArticleWhat does the 1 percent actually cost the U.S. government and the #99percent?
TAX CUTS FOR WEALTHY AMERICANS COST TREASURY $11.6 MILLION EVERY HOUR “Tax cuts for the wealthiest five percent of Americans cost the U.S. Treasury $11.6 million every hour, according to the National...
View ArticleThe top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 90%, earns more income than the...
And this bleak income disparity isn’t going to turn around anytime soon: With the top one percent of the population now owning more wealth than the bottom 90% [and the top one percent earns more income...
View ArticleHappy Black Friday: CONSUME, Consumers!
Image above: what we do in America, our role in the world. Certainly can’t last forever though, with our ‘Rick-Perry-minimum-wage jobs’ or no jobs at all. If we don’t consume enough today, the one...
View ArticleForeign diplomacy: Michelle Obama vs. Mitt Romney
image: nomoretexasgovernorsforpresident London 2012 Olympics: Are you watching Mitt? Michelle Obama gives a fun masterclass in diplomacy – Evening Standard: “As a lesson in good natured statesmanship...
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