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Kucinich: NDAA Authorizes War Against Iran
Congressman Dennis Kucinich’s (D-OH) prepared speech to Congress follows. See video here. Congressman Kucinich is also distributing this flyer to Congressional colleagues. Additionally he recently spoke about Iran on the House Floor. See …
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The Dog That Didn’t Bark: Obama on JPMorgan
The dog that didn’t bark this week, let alone bite, was the President’s response to JP Morgan Chase’s bombshell admission of losing more than $2 billion in risky derivative …
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The Dimon Fiasco: A Stark Lesson on Why Finance Needs Government Regulation
JPMorgan Chase's trading losses are a perfect example of why we need increased government regulation of banks. Many people see the $2 billion in trading losses announced by J.P. …
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Germany’s Attempt to Beat Greece Into Submission Won’t Work
Treating Greece like an incorrigible child won't improve its economy or the future of the eurozone. “German Patience with Greece Wears Thin,” says the New York Times headline. My patience …
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No Country for Rich Men
From Manhattan to Monaco, the world's wealthiest people are disconnecting into a class of stateless transients. Back in 1863, a short story took the American reading public by storm. …
Romney Has Public and Private Morality Upside Down
He doesnu2019t want to regulate where regulation is necessary ... yet he wants to regulate where regulation is least appropriate - at the level of the individual.
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A US Financial Transaction Tax: How Wall Street Can Pay for Its Mess
As we continue to suffer the consequences of the 2008-2009 global financial crash caused by casino capitalism, one idea for bringing some measure of control over speculative financial practices …
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In South America, Separating Fact From Fiction
Somehow, though, people like Mr. Paul donu2019t like to talk about events of the past century, for which we have reasonably good data; they like to talk about events …
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We Must Reduce Our Prison Population
There is probably no greater waste of our taxpayer money than the increased incarceration of our population. The state of Illinois had a prison population of 7,326 inmates …
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Why We Have a Deficit
Deficit theater is coming to DC tomorrow, with a well-funded "fiscal summit." The plot summary is that we have Deficit Trouble - Right Here In River City! so to fix it we need …