Archive for March 6th, 2011
“America is not broke.”
Contrary to what those in power would like you to believe so that you’ll give up your pension, cut your wages, and settle for the life your great-grandparents had, America is not broke. Not by a long shot. The country is awash in wealth and cash. It’s just that it’s not in your hands. It has been transferred, in the greatest heist in history, from the workers and consumers to the banks and the portfolios of the uber-rich.
Cris Barrish’s Journalistic Malpractice of the Day
It is either terrible reporting by Barrish, or a sign of how completely fucked we are – but in this lengthy story about the state budget, there was no mention of the fact that Delaware’s wealthiest individuals and corporations are paying ridiculously low taxes.
Let Texas Go
…but first build an impenetrable border fence between Texas and Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.
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