Category Archives: economy

The Rich Get Richer…and Richer….and Richer…..

Source: Economic Policy Institute, thanx to Eats Shoots ‘n Leaves and Daily Disgust The wealthy are 288 times richer than you/CNNMoney

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Why I Want Barack Obama to Win, But Won’t Vote For Him

By Arlen Grossman/ The Big Picture Report thesavoia.com Four years of President Mitt Romney is not something I wish to contemplate. A Romney-Ryan win would be an unmitigated disaster for this nation. I would prefer that President Barack Obama be … Continue reading

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Legal Robbery

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Capitalism: 2-Year-Olds Prefer It

news357.com An interesting view of capitalism, from the novel Pleading Guilty by Scott Turow (1993):  Rational self-interest is Carl’s creed. He worships at the altar of the free market. The same way Freud thought everything was sex, Pagnucci believed all social … Continue reading

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The Unspoken Reason For the Rise and Fall 0f America

A BPR Special Report By Arlen Grossman/ The Big Picture Report “At any given moment there is an orthodoxy, a body of ideas of which it is assumed that all right-thinking people will accept without question. It is not exactly … Continue reading

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The Big Lie–History Repeating Itself

By Arlen Grossman/ The Big Picture Report The avalanche of lies and misrepresentations flowing from the propaganda outlets of the Republican Party, while disturbing in content and quantity, is hardly a new phenomenon. Going back nearly seventy years, the Republicans … Continue reading

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Finally Taking Credit

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Special Guest Blog/ Exclusive to The Big Picture Report 10 Questions For The Republican Party By List of X/ August 28, 2012 Dear GOP, As you put on your National Republican Convention , there are things in your platform that … Continue reading

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Read the Fine Print

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TERRORISTS UNDER YOUR BED

A few courageous commentators are beginning to openly talk about what I’ve long suspected: that the “War on Terror” is more hoax than reality. In this article, Glenn Greenwald (one of those brave souls) documents how the myriad “experts” on … Continue reading

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