Democrats want to take all our money and return to us one dime out of each dollar.
Republicans want to take all our money and give it to corporations and the wealthy.
Neither is acceptable!
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The most effective way to restrict democracy is to transfer decision-making from the public arena to unaccountable institutions: kings and princes, priestly castes, military juntas, party dictatorships, or modern corporations.
Noam Chomsky, M.I.T. emeritus Professor of Linguistics
Yesterday Citigroup reported its profits (in this case, losses) for the final quarter of 2009. They lost $7.6 billion. That brings them to a total loss of $1.6 billion for 2009. But that’s not stopping them from handing out more mega-bonuses, although they’re still not able to pay all of the TARP funds back, or any of the money “borrowed” from the Federal Reserve.
These guarantees by the FDIC, using taxpayer money, seems to be a subject that everyone wants running under the radar. The only money regularly talked about is the TARP money, and how Citigroup is “paying-it-back”! [...]
Is it any wonder the rest of the civilized world see’s us as simply a corrupt nation who will stop at nothing to keep our elitist wealthy and in power? [...]
How does a politician flim-flam the public and help his corporate friends at the same time? Easy! In some cases, they can “delete a single word and insert two others in a bill”. [...]
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How does a politician flim-flam the public and help his corporate friends at the same time? Easy! In some cases, they can “delete a single word and insert two others in a bill”. [...]