Saturday, September 23, 2017

Economics and Corruption related links 092317



Paul Ryan booed for lying to a nun about poverty


 

Rand Paul: “Poor People Don’t Have Money Because They Don’t Work Hard Like The Rest Of Us”


 

Republicans’ $4 Trillion Budget Turns Medicare Into Voucher System, Huge Cuts


 

A Nation of Broke People Are Killing Retail More Than Amazon: Top Expert.  It's not about Amazon.


 

CAPITALISM KILLS OVER 20 MILLION A YEAR


 

Opinion Communism kills. So does profit-craving capitalism.


 

Trump's proposed corporate tax plan will add trillions to US debt – report


 

UPDATE: This quote from Wyoming's Governor is a stunner.


 

The conservative case against capitalism


 

A Conservative Case Against Capitalism and Industrialism


 

The Case for Socialism


 

The Case for Socialism: Why you should join the Socialist Party


 

Living Wage Preemption Act


 

Wall Street Thieves Find New Ways to Steal from Us


 

No More Trickle-Down Trade Deals: A renegotiated NAFTA that subordinates workers will meet the fate of the now-dead Trans-Pacific Partnership.


 

Unions Need to Get Back to Organizing


 

10 Years After Financial Crisis, Our Elites Have Learned Nothing: If mortgage debt had not been tied to an asset that was hugely over-valued, there would not have been a crisis shaking the financial system.


 

Unintended Consequences of Trade with China


 

I Miss You, Bernie Sanders


 

Madmen Test MAD Theory on Nuke Weapons


 

Job Loss as Capital Offensive


 

Trump's Deadly Ego Trip


 

How Poverty Kills Wonder and What We Can Do About It


 

Conservative leader: Don't tie Harvey relief to debt ceiling


 

Trump Wants To Put A Former Coal Executive In Charge Of Mine Safety: The company the nominee used to run was cited for dangerous practices numerous times.


 

The Very Bad Economics of Killing DACA


 

Richard Wolff: What a WORKERS co-op looks like with SOCIALISM.


 

Diagrams & Dollars: Modern Money Illustrated


 

Red Cross Exec Doesn't Know What Portion Of Donations Go To Harvey Relief


 

Trump gets millions from golf members. CEOs and lobbyists get access to president


 

How We Fight


 

Making the Unions Strong


 

Why Teacher Unions Are Good for Teachers—and the Public: They Protect Teachers' Rights, Support Teacher Professionalism, and Check Administrative Power


 

Privatizing Public Schools: Education in the Marketplace


 

Five key trends in U.S. student performance: Progress by blacks and Hispanics, the takeoff of Asians, the stall of non-English speakers, the persistence of socioeconomic gaps, and the damaging effect of highly segregated schools


 

In the Fields of the North/ En Los Campos del Norte


 

Organizing for Socialism


 

Scandinavian Economic Model Provides Blueprint for a More Egalitarian Society


 

A Manual for a New Era of Direct Action


 

Viking Economics: how the Scandinavians got it right – and how we can, too


 

The following is a proposal, democratically drafted from concerns of labor activists across the nation, for enhancing the future influence of the Democratic Socialists of America in building working class strength:


 

Painters Union Fights to Free Member from Immigration Jail


 

Labor Day Used to Be a Grand Celebration in This Storied Factory Town: Then the factory closed and the union crumbled.


 

Jacksonville, FL Pizza Hut Threatens To Fire Workers Who Flee Hurricane Irma


 

Trump's Infrastructure Plan Is Actually Pence's—And It's All About Privatization


 

Rental car workers at Seattle airport win nearly $2 million in lawsuit over $15 minimum wage


 

Lost wages, serious illness and poor labor standards: The dangers of rebuilding Texas and Florida.  Workers’ safety experts are worried about the people who will rebuild.


 

Why American Workers Pay Twice as Much in Taxes as Wealthy Investors: What’s best for the country? What’s fair? And will either matter when Congress takes up tax reform this fall?


 

Orrin Hatch Hails the Benefits Of Medical Marijuana: When an 83-year-old conservative from Utah is ready for more weed use, you know the tides are changing.


 

Treasury Secretary Mnuchin requested government jet for European honeymoon


 

Treasury Secretary Assures Private Equity It Has Nothing to Worry About: Breathe easy, billionaires: the carried interest loophole isn’t going anywhere.


 

Remarkable news from Washington: READ Act signed into law


 

FY18 Senate Foreign Aid Spending Bill Increases Funding for Maternal and Child Health and TB


 

Making Change Happen: RESULTS Leads Field Learning Program for 13 Ministry Officials to Rwanda


 

New poverty data is out. Will you help it make headlines?


 

Pbs Frontline The Warning


 

Did you know that before 1973 it was illegal in the US to profit off of health care. The Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973 passed by Nixon changed everything.


 

Working families need child care for their infants and toddlers, but high costs and low-quality care leave many families without real options. Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Representative Bobby Scott (D-VA) introduced The Child Care for Working Families Act, designed to meaningfully address the lack of affordable, quality child care, with a special focus on care for infants and toddlers.


 

Statement Regarding the Introduction of the Child Care for Working Families Act


 

Trump Finally Responded To Mnuchin And His Wife’s Instagram Travel Scandal


 

The debt trap: how the student loan industry betrays young Americans.  Navient, spun off from Sallie Mae, has thrived as student loan debt spirals across the US. Its story reveals how, instead of fighting inequality, the education industry is reinforcing it


 

If You've Never Lived in Poverty, Stop Telling Poor People What They Should Do


 

A Short History of American Labor


 

Rules for Radicals: A right-wing economist’s plan to rig democracy for the rich.


 

Census Data Show We’re Finally Back to Pre-Recession Poverty Levels. Trump’s Budget Risks Erasing Those Gains.


 

This Year’s Poverty Data Look a Lot Different When You Break Them Down by Race


 

My Sister Served in the Army. The Biggest Threat to Her Survival is Congress.


 

Poverty by state – Mississippi and Louisiana have the highest poverty rates


 

Hurricanes provide plenty of opportunities for scams: The federal government has prosecuted more than 1,000 cases of Katrina-related fraud


 

GOP crusaders claim they can nearly pass their ACA repeal bill


 

Nationalize the credit bureaus


 

Taxpayers are paying for a government official's $1,092 stay at Mar-a-Lago


 

Google allowed advertisers to target racist, anti-Semitic search phrases


 

Why Bernie Sanders' single-payer push is great policy and even better politics


 

Social Security Disability Claims - Average Wait Time Until Hearing Held Report (For the Month of August 2017)


 

People Waiting Even Longer for Social Security Disability Hearings Across the U.S.: Allsup reports latest 50-state ranking of 1.1 million claimants waiting for hearings and importance of help when claimants apply for Social Security disability benefits


 

A lesson from Hurricane Irma: capitalism can’t save the planet – it can only destroy it.  The perpetual quest for growth drives our economics. That’s why our environment and financial system lurch from crisis to crisis


 

Chris Hedges Delivers the Ultimate Trump Takedown


 

It’s a Myth That Corporate Tax Cuts Mean More Jobs


 

Senators Who Had Voted Against Obamacare Repeal Are Now Wavering: IT IS ALIVE!


 

Governor Wolf sees downgrade without budget deal soon


 

Pennsylvania Senate Studies House Revenue Plan; Wolf Optimistic For Compromise


 

PASSHE chancellor to visit SU


 

Democrats Just Took Bold Action On The Senate Floor To Stop The Obamacare Repeal Bill


 

How Obamacare repeal came back with a fury


 

Experts Say The New Trumpcare Bill Will Have Devastating Effects on Women


 

Senator dismantles Graham/Cassidy Bill: 'makes every problem in the health care system worse'


 

GOP will spend less than 2 minutes debating a bill to decide health care for 40 million kids


 

Here’s how much the healthcare industry paid John McCain to take away your healthcare


 

Unbelievable! NPR just had to explain Sen. Cassidy's healthcare bill to ... Sen. Cassidy


 

WATCH: Katy Tur corners GOP senator over Obamacare repeal in ‘painful’ MSNBC interview


 

Graham-Cassidy ACA Repeal Bill Would Cause Huge Premium Increases for People with Pre-Existing Conditions


 

Trumpcare Holdout Senator Collins Just Left Republicans Stunned With A Bold Move


 

Republicans fearing for their safety as anger, threats mount


 

Proud Republican rails against universal health care. Plot twist: now he needs it.


 

"The Poverty Industry, The Exploitation of America's Most Vulnerable Citizens," A Conversation with the Author, Daniel L. Hatcher (September 22nd)


 

Jimmy Kimmel Fights Back Against Bill Cassidy, Lindsey Graham & Chris Christie


 

Op-Ed There are 3 types of single-payer 'concern trolls' — and they all want to undermine universal healthcare


 

Jimmy Kimmel on Bill Cassidy’s Health “Care” Bill


 

The Graham-Cassidy Bribe for Lisa Murkowski’s vote: Alaska can keep Obamacare, everyone else suffers


 

A Top Republican Just Issued A Stunning Rebuke Of Senate’s Trumpcare Bill


 

All 50 States Just Took An Unprecedented Step Against Senate’s Trumpcare Bill


 

John Legend Just Gave The Best Response To The Jimmy Kimmel-Trumpcare Controversy


 

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR


 

Economic Sanctions in Fact and Fiction


 

Bowen: Like it or not, we all need health insurance (column)


 

When the Parades are Over, Who Stands with Unions?


 

This is Your Brain Playing Football, Research Says


 

Google, Trump, and the Arrogance of Power


 

Trump’s tax-reform pitch is entirely divorced from reality


 

Tax Cuts for the Rich Help the Rich, Not You: Big money will pull out all the stops to sell you a tax plan that exclusively benefits the wealthy. Don’t buy it.


 

Our Kaleidoscope-in-Chief: Below-the-Fold Havoc


 

An Anti-Poverty Program That Makes It Pay to Work: The Earned Income Tax Credit may be the most popular bipartisan anti-poverty tool. So why won't the feds expand it?


 

Guaranteed Income Could be a Game Changer


 

New Biopic Chronicles UFW Co-Founder Dolores Huerta, Working Class Heroine


 

Will Durst: Boy, Labor Day Came Fast This Year


 

Public Citizen’s FOIA Leads FTC to Name Celebrities Warned Over Paid Instagram Posts


 

Equifax Removes Rip-Off Clause, Backing Down Under Pressure From Consumers


 

LA Times's David Lazarus: Despite Equifax hack, GOP lawmakers want to deregulate credit agencies


 

CFPB sues Top Notch Funding for lying in loan offers to NFL players, Deepwater Horizon victims, and 9/11 first responders

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