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Beware: A Dangerous Article - e
Caution: This article contains information which banks and big corporations don’t want you to know. Few people realize that the entire world economy is being held up by a huge Ponzi scheme – derivative trading and hedge funds made possible by congressmen, governments, and... ( added 1 year 281 days ago.)

No New Taxes? How About No New Social Cuts? - e
Republicans have three things going for them - hatefulness, lying to the American people, and unbridled ambition for wealth. If you believe what they say, all of our deficit problems are a result of lazy entitlement and welfare slugs. No mention of artificially low corporate and upper tier taxes... ( added 1 year 348 days ago.)

Health Care - So Big it Must Fail (And the 50 Year Depression) - e
A couple of years ago I wrote about the coming 50 year depression. I was laughed at of course, but with the real possibility of European nations going broke and a right wing nationalism growing between the cracks, massive upheavals of social contracts are sure to follow. Maybe even war. Similar... ( added 1 year 158 days ago.)

People - To Big To Fail - e
It’s been building for thirty years, ever since Ronald Reagan asked Allen Greenspan if they could get away with raiding the Social Security Trust Fund to give tax breaks to the wealthy. Greenspan replied, “Maybe for thirty years or so.” Well, the thirty years are up, and so... ( added 1 year 214 days ago.)

A Snapshot of a Failing Economy - e
Two great pools of wealth, although seemingly at odds, are nontheless conjoined at the hip. Private enterprise hates it when they have to pay high wages or provide expensive benefits, so they look for ways to mitigate this by killing unions domestically and investing overseas where the labor... ( added 1 year 260 days ago.)

What are Economic Indicators? - RR Tex Norman⁽⁶⁴⁾
The thing about opinions is that everyone has one. Being informed on a subject is no obstacle to having an opinion on that subject. In fact, at times it seems that the less one knows the more ardently they hold their opinion and the more urgently they feel they need to share that opinion. No... ( added 4 years 17 days ago.)

Republicans Mock Volcano Monitoring - RR Tex Norman⁽⁶⁴⁾
It was just last month that Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (Republican) gave the official response for his party to the Obama stimulus package. Gov. Jindal mocked much of the targeted spending, including making up things that were not in the bill and then ridiculing expanded funding for " volcano... ( added 4 years 57 days ago.)

It is Time to let GM Fail! - RR Tex Norman⁽⁶⁴⁾
I dont like what I am about to write, but I have come to the place where I think it is time to let the car makers go out of business. Initially I supported the bailout of the automakers for the following reasons: 1. the security of our nation depends on having a production structure in place... ( added 4 years 75 days ago.)

Republicans, Regulations, and the American Dream - RR Tex Norman⁽⁶⁴⁾
There is a reason why so many elected Republican law makers try to make laws to curb or eliminate regulations. It happens when they are campaigning. Some guy with a little company employing 5 people calls the Republican candidate into the back room and shows him a big stack of binders. ... ( added 4 years 61 days ago.)

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