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End corporate welfare
When Mike Turner and Dennis Kucinich agree, we live in extraordinary times
It’s been said that politics makes strange bedfellows, and this bailout package vote is no exception. The most...
Why Johnny Q. Public can’t pay his mortgage but can bail out Wall Street
Our system is broke. It’s now as morally bankrupt as Wall Street. The American dream is now a complete and utter...
How this financial mess started: Phil Gramm, adviser to John McCain
Before the total melt down of our financial markets this week, way back in May of 2008, the Texas Observer recounted...
How your tax dollars are going to help the rich bastards that got us into this mess
The “banking bailout” is turning into just one more example of corporate welfare. In fact, the bill...
Qbase: the first public company financed mostly with your tax dollars
I’ve written about Qbase before. Something doesn’t seem right about the constant flow of tax dollars,...
Throwing good money after good.
The State of Ohio offered GM $56 million dollars to keep Moraine General Assembly (the truck plant) open. Luckily,...
It’s still the economy, stupid.
I was going door-to-door last night for Barack Obama in my neighborhood. This time the list was pretty inclusive-...
Human rights abroad? What about at home?
I’m glad our “policy makers” are worried about the “rule of law” in Columbia- but what...
Reynolds bails on downtown
Sprawl will kill us all. In the final act of a three act play, orchestrated by corporate chieftains and played out by...
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