Category Archives: economy

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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Random (Yet Weighty) Thoughts During a Thanksgiving Weekend

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

Did anybody notice that capitalism failed?  It finally imploded in 2008, only to be revived by government bailouts.  Of course, it is not polite to mention that capitalism failed, any more than it would be polite to discredit somebody’s religion. … Continue reading →

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Who’s Responsible For the Mess?

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Arlen Grossman
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BPR Quote of the Day: The Expanding Serfdom

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

“The European Union, just like everything else, is merely another scheme to concentrate wealth in a few hands at the expense of European citizens, who are destined, like Americans, to be the serfs of the 21st century.” Paul Craig Roberts … Continue reading →

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Life’s Equations for Ordinary Americans: No Match for Corpocracy Power

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

By Gary Brumback Special Guest Commentary/ Exclusive to The Big Picture Report Ordinary Americans + Corpocracy =   Very Little Liberty, Happiness, Prosperity I have been saying for some time that America’s own worse enemy is her corpocracy, the Devil’s marriage … Continue reading →

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Bullish Indicator: Americans Still Buying Shit

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

In Positive Economic Sign, Walmart Customers Killing Each Other to Buy Shit Pepper Spraying, Homicide Bullish Indicators, Economists Say by Andy Borowitz/ Nov. 25, 2011 MINNEAPOLIS (The Borowitz Report) – In what economists are hailing as a clear sign of … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: Would This President Have Joined OWS?

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

“It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes….In the full enjoyment of the gifts of Heaven and the fruits of superior industry, economy, and virtue, every man … Continue reading →

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The Seven Biggest Economic Lies

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

by Robert Reich October 17, 2011 The president’s jobs bill doesn’t have a chance in Congress — and the Occupiers on Wall Street and elsewhere can’t become a national movement for a more equitable society – unless more Americans know … Continue reading →

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How’s Reaganomics Working Out For You?

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

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