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To Solve State Budget Woes, Chop From the Top
If there is a silver lining in California Gov. Jerry Brown's latest budget proposal, it is the recognition that we cannot realign state services down to county and local …
If It Sounds Too Good … What You Need to Know, but Don’t, About Privatizing Infrastructure
Remember the old joke about some sharpie who takes innocents by “selling” them the Brooklyn Bridge? By the time the poor guy finds out he was taken, the crook …
Solution: How the Government Can Stop Doing Business With Risky Contractors
It is very hard for the federal government to have a successful criminal or civil prosecution of their contractors and it is the hardest to do with the Department …
How to Read Gates’ Shift on the Wars
In Establishment Washington, Defense Secretary Robert Gates enjoys a charmed life based on a charming persona. The Fawning Corporate Media (FCM) is always ready with fulsome praise for his …
How the Rich Soaked the Rest of Us
(Image: Aran Chandran) This article was also published in The Guardian. How the rich soaked the rest of us: The astonishing story of the last …
Police Defy Order to Clear Protesters from Wisconsin Capital
On Monday afternoon, the Capitol Police in Madison, Wisconsin refused to enforce an order to clear the Capitol building of hundreds of peaceful protesters who have been occupying the …
Ecologik – for Egypt and Our World
Global warming didn't pause at all during Cairo's recent rebirth. In fact, every month of inaction on Earth's climate emergency makes recovery that much harder and costlier. …
Right to Work: Representation Without Taxation
Part of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's union-busting agenda is including a “right to work” rule for public-sector employees. Several other Republican governors are considering similar measures for both the …
Cairo in Wisconsin: Eating Egyptian Pizza in Downtown Madison
The call reportedly arrived from Cairo. Pizza for the protesters, the voice said. It was Saturday, February 20th, and by then Ian's Pizza on State Street in Madison, Wisconsin, was overwhelmed. …
You Have More Money in Your Wallet Than Bank of America Pays in Federal Taxes
Today, hundreds of thousands of people comprising a Main Street Movement — a coalition of students, the retired, union workers, public employees, and other middle class Americans — are in the …