Category Archives: economy

The U.S. Is So Unpredictable: Who Could Have Known…?

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

by Arlen Grossman “Too Big to Fail” Wall Street firms caused a worldwide financial crash, the government bailed them out and didn’t break them up, and yet these  companies continue risky investments and reward their executives with outrageously large salaries … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: The Owners of Government

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

“The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government of the U.S. since the days of Andrew Jackson.” Franklin D. Roosevelt    

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The Earth’s “High Noon”

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Guest Blogger KEYSTONE EXTRA LARGE by Hal Ginsberg/ Dagblog.com/ Jan. 19, 2012 It’s a great life. You risk your skin catching killers and the juries turn them loose so they can come back and shoot at you again. If … Continue reading →

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Robert Reich: Hold the Banks Accountable

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Arlen Grossman
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If You Can’t Beat ‘Em…….

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Arlen Grossman
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Bernie Sanders: “Does That Sound Like Justice to You?”

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

The only true progressive in the U.S. Senate lays out the immense problems we face and why it is so important to address them. The following is adapted from a speech Sen. Sanders (I-VT) gave at the Fighting Bob Fest … Continue reading →

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At Last, a “New” Presidential Candidate Progressives Can Support (Or So We Wish)

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

A fellow claiming to be President Barack Obama spoke about the economy today in Osawatomie, Kansas.  Although this person looked like President Obama, he did not sound like the centrist President we’ve seen in office the last three years. The … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: Lincoln’s Leftist Rhetoric

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

“Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.” Abraham Lincoln … Continue reading →

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Time to Retake Politics From the One Percent in Both Political Parties

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

by Dean Baker/ CommonDreams.org/ Nov. 28, 2011 The country is still celebrating the inability of the supercommittee to cut Social Security and Medicare, but it is important to move on from this victory to retake control of the political debate … Continue reading →

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{Special Report} The Future of Occupy: Let It Evolve

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

Despite the  predictions of Bill O’Reilly and the wishes of Mayor Bloomberg and other One Percenters, the Occupy movement is not going away.  It’s too late for that– the idea and the message are out and can no longer be … Continue reading →

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