Category Archives: Economics

This Is Our Future……

Posted on November 8, 2024 by Arlen Grossman
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Are Billionaires Simply Money Addicts – Like Scrooge McDuck?

Posted on May 7, 2024 by Arlen Grossman

Why are the GOP and billionaires so committed to gutting worker protections while increasing the wealth of the top one percent? By Thom Hartmann/ HartmannReport.com/ May 7, 2024 Do elite Republicans and the CEOs who fund them hate working people? … Continue reading →

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Is the National Debt All That Bad? Maybe Not!

Posted on January 21, 2024 by Arlen Grossman
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Shining Light on Dark Money is Good for Democracy

Posted on December 18, 2023 by Arlen Grossman

By Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)/ Public Citizen/ September 18, 2023 I have concluded, based on considerable observation and evaluation, that a band of right-wing billionaires has its hooks deep into our government.  It uses these hooks to thwart climate action, … Continue reading →

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Yes, Flying Does Suck. Here’s why…….

Posted on December 6, 2023 by Arlen Grossman
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What if We’re the Bad Guys Here?

Posted on August 5, 2023 by Arlen Grossman

By David Brooks/ NewYork Times/ August 2, 2023 Donald Trump seems to get indicted on a weekly basis. Yet he is utterly dominating his Republican rivals in the polls, and he is tiedwith Joe Biden in the general election surveys. Trump’s poll numbers … Continue reading →

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What Happens When Corporations are Taxed at 90% – Like Before the Reagan Revolution?

Posted on June 5, 2023 by Arlen Grossman

By Thom Hartmann/ HartmannReport.com/ June 5, 2023 Last week on Hartmann Report I proposed we raise the top personal income tax bracket — paid only by people making over (for example) around $50 million a year, and only on the money above … Continue reading →

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Where is the Accountability for the Killers Ushering in the Climate Apocalypse?

Posted on May 25, 2023 by Arlen Grossman

Today’s climate crisis dwarfs the 1940s threat of Nazism, the 9/11 attack, or the massive bank robberies that took place during the Reagan & Bush administrations. It threatens all life on earth… By Thom Hartmann/ hartmannreport.com/ May 25, 20 If … Continue reading →

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Rachel Maddow Names Pro-Hitler Speakers Appearing At Same Event As Eric Trump

Posted on May 9, 2023 by Arlen Grossman

“I can’t really believe they are going ahead with it,” the MSNBC anchor said of the upcoming “ReAwaken America” tour being hosted at a Donald Trump hotel.

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Banking Greed

Posted on March 13, 2023 by Arlen Grossman

Can We Stop the Greed-Heads From Their Destruction of Banking & More? As we learned from the Iroquois, working on behalf of and protecting society from greedy predators should be the first job of every government… By Thom Hartmann/ The … Continue reading →

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