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Comments about politics
The great corporate tax scam
Politicians who claim U.S. companies pay the highest taxes in the world are lying. Here’s proof
http://www.salon.com/2011/11/03/the_great_corporate_tax_scam/singleton/
To me the travesty is that effective taxes are unequal. Take just this one example:
…DuPont and Monsanto
How the rich created the Social Security “crisis”
The Bush tax cuts coupled with a decades-long smear campaign are the real threat to the successful program
http://www.salon.com/2011/11/03/how_the_rich_created_the_social_security_crisis/singleton/
As the article states, this ‘crisis’ is entirely manufactured (the same, I learned …
Salon has a followup article on their earlier Declaration of Independence article (see http://sol-biotech.com/wordpress/2011/10/31/a-new-declaration-of-independence/ for my take on their original post):
Your Declarations: Readers respond to our manifesto
From campaign finance reform to narrowing our focus, you weigh in on …
A New Declaration of Independence
The weight of the 1 Percent has become intolerable. How can we take our country back? Here’s a fresh draft
http://www.salon.com/2011/10/31/a_new_declaration_of_independence/singleton/
I like Salon a lot and I like this document. I doubt it will …
Fighting greedy bankers, an American tradition
Long before OWS, celebrated patriots from Jefferson to Lincoln battled powerful, corrupting financiers
http://www.salon.com/2011/10/28/fighting_greedy_bankers_an_american_tradition/singleton/
Despite its clear progressive slant, I like Salon a lot, the vast majority of the articles appear to be well …
I found some emails in my outbox that I guess didn’t generate any responses, but I still think they are interesting so will post them here…
The best way to fight the two-party monopoly
Envisioning a new movement that’s actually …
I found some emails in my outbox that I guess didn’t generate any responses, but I still think they are interesting so will post them here…
How much longer until the middle class gets caught up in the dragnet as …
I found some emails in my outbox that I guess didn’t generate any responses, but I still think they are interesting so will post them here…
A prime aim of the growing Surveillance State
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/08/19/surveillance/index.html
I think the riots that …
I found some emails in my outbox that I guess didn’t generate any responses, but I still think they are interesting so will post them here…
I had inklings that things were being distorted, but it seems the truth (as …
I found some emails in my outbox that I guess didn’t generate any responses, but I still think they are interesting so will post them here…
But it seems to me it is mostly wishful thinking:
Supercomputer predicts revolution
Feeding …