Freedom to Fascism - A Must-See Film by Aaron Russo - by Stephen Lendman
Aaron Russo has produced an important and powerful documentary film titled Freedom to Fascism that should be must viewing for everyone. It’s now playing in theaters in selective cities around the US and hopefully will be shown abroad as well as what happens in the most powerful country on earth affects all others for better or worse. No one seeing this film will doubt it’s frighteningly for the worst.
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FREEDOM TO FASCISM - AARON RUSSO’S MUST-SEE FILM
3 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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The costs to US Taxpayers support for Israel: $3 Trillion
31 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
The Costs to American Taxpayers of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: $3 Trillion
By Thomas R. Stauffer
Conflicts in the Middle East have been very costly to the U.S., as well as to the rest of the world. An estimate of the total cost to the U.S. alone of instability and conflict in the region?which emanates from the core, Israeli-Palestinian conflict?amounts to close to $3 trillion, measured in 2002 dollars...
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Foreign Companies Buy US Roads, Bridges
17 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
Foreign Companies Buy US Roads, Bridges By Leslie Miller, Associated Press Writer July 15, 2006; 2:44 EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) - Roads and bridges built by U.S. taxpayers are starting to be sold off, and so far foreign-owned companies are doing the buying.
On a single day in June, an Australian-Spanish partnership paid $3.8 billion to lease the Indiana Toll Road. An Australian company bought a 99-year lease on Virginia’s Pocahontas Parkway, and Texas officials decided to let a (...) -
Tax Revenue Mysteries
17 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
Tax Revenue Mysteries By Alan Reynolds Published July 16, 2006 Federal tax receipts continue to soar, with the individual income tax now expected to rise about 15 percent this year and the corporate tax by 20 percent. A year ago, when people noticed tax receipts were going to be up by 15 percent, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman tried to dismiss it as "a temporary blip." That card can’t be played twice. The Bush team, on the other hand, has an odd habit of describing reductions (...)
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Left Behind Economics
16 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
By PAUL KRUGMAN
I’d like to say that there’s a real dialogue taking place about the state of the U.S. economy, but the discussion leaves a lot to be desired. In general, the conversation sounds like this:
Bush supporter: ’Why doesn’t President Bush get credit for a great economy? I blame liberal media bias.’
Informed economist: ’But it’s not a great economy for most Americans. Many families are actually losing ground, and only a very few affluent people are doing really well.’
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Nationalize The US Defense Industry. Public Good Should Trump Private Greed
12 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
Nationalize The US Defense Industry Public Good Should Trump Private Greed By John Stanton July 11, 2006 In 1969 John Kenneth Galbraith penned a piece for the New York Times titled "The Big Defense Firms Are Really Public Firms and Should be Nationalized," arguing, among other things, that it was folly for defense contractors to claim that they were private corporations. Such claims made a mockery of free enterprise.
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Is Cheney Betting On Economic Collapse?
5 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
Is Cheney Betting On Economic Collapse? Mike Whitney July 4, 2006 Wouldn’t you like to know where Dick Cheney puts his money? Then you’d know whether his "deficits don’t matter" claim is just baloney or not.
Well, as it turns out, Kiplinger Magazine ran an article based on Cheney’s financial disclosure statement and, sure enough, found out that the VP is lying to the American people for the umpteenth time. Deficits do matter and Cheney has invested his money accordingly.
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Thinking About Dilemmas
2 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
Thinking About Dilemmas By Fred Cederholm June 30, 2006
I’ve been thinking about dilemmas. Actually I’ve been thinking about the Fed’s Open Market Committee (FOMC), Bernanke, inflation/deflation, debt, global cash dependency, and US/us. There is a time value for money, and that is called interest. If you accumulated money by spending less than you’ve earned (or taken in), “interest” means extra income to you. If you owe money because you’ve spent more than you’ve taken in, “interest” is (...) -
Dirty Secrets of the Temple
29 June 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
Dirty Secrets of the Temple - by Stephen Lendman
Years ago I read William Greider’s excellent book published in 1987 on how the US Federal Reserve System works. It was detailed and explicit and makes wonderful and informative reading, except for the solution he suggests to a huge problem. His was far too timid. This article proposes a much different one. Greider called his book Secrets of the Temple with a sub-title: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country. A better sub-title might (...) -
"Relief" For Aristocracy
27 June 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
1 comment"Relief" For Aristocracy By Robert L. Moore June 26, 2006 If achieving one’s goals is the measure of a successful presidency, then George W. Bush is one of the more successful presidents in history. He has, after all, helped transfer much of the nation’s wealth into the hands of the already wealthy, which has long been a major goal of the Republican right.
Bush’s rewriting the tax code diverted billions away from the nation’s treasury and into the clutches of select multimillionaires (...)