CEO compensation

The systematic devaluation of the little people’s America

While Bill Nuti is being wined and dined by our elected leaders and paid a princely sum for losing value of a once great company, the effects of his actions are killing the people who still have no choice about paying the taxes that support our government. First, the taxpayers in N.Y. were hit for Read More

Time to tax hospitals?

With the new passage of our national health insurance reform, everyone will be covered by 2014. At least that’s what we’re being told. This takes away the excuse hospitals have used to avoid paying property taxes like every other business-which has been that they have been providing services to the indigent. It was a line Read More

150 years for Madoff, and the SEC gets off easy

While there are people dancing in the streets about Madoff getting 150 years (they are now homeless, because of this cretin who stole their life savings) we haven’t yet seen one regulator nailed to the same cross. Why not? Herein lies the fundamental problem with our current financial system: it’s all one big con game. Read More

Bush gets one thing right: The market isn’t functioning properly

Watching tonight’s presidential address, there was one sentence that stood out-an admission of a fundamental flaw in the system- yet, no one is talking about the real problem: Wall Street isn’t a financial market anymore- it’s a casino. I’ve been saying this for years. Now, with this bailout being rushed through, I’m waiting to hear Read More

How I’m going to spend my $300 – or “we messed up, and need to buy your vote “

I’m a service disabled veteran. Instead of ending a war that’s bankrupting our country, and making even more service disabled veterans, Congress, just voted to hawk your future to send a paltry $300 to 250,000 service disabled veterans. Anyone in congress who voted for this, should be voted out. NPR: Senate Adds Aged, Vets to Read More