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Everything We Know About What’s Happened Under Sequestration
by Theodoric Meyer ProPublica We’ve updated our sequestration explainer to reflect new developments. It was originally published on April 11, 2013. When the annual White House Easter Egg Hunt faced cancellation this year due to the package of mandatory budget cuts known as sequestration, the National Park Service kicked into high gear. It rescued the event [...]
The High Price of ‘Not Being Arsed’ to Vote
This is The Monday Line (Bank Holiday edition) by Denis Campbell The biggest threat to Democrats retaking the US House and holding the Senate or Labour winning the 2015 UK General Election is neither the candidates nor issues. Rather, it’s voter apathy and weariness with the daily parade of ‘stupid’ from those who govern [...]
The Hollowing Out of Government
by Robert Reich The West, Texas chemical and fertilizer plant where at least 15 were killed and more than 200 injured a few weeks ago hadn’t been fully inspected by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration since 1985. (A partial inspection in 2011 had resulted in $5,250 in fines.) OSHA and its state partners have [...]
The Climate of Capitalism
by Robert L. Hunziker Capitalism, as a socio-economic system, has lifted the standard of living for untold millions of people all across the globe. It is the nuts and bolts of successful enterprise, bringing in its wake a middle class that enjoys a way of life that prior generations of parents and grandparents never realized, [...]
The Fed, Apple and Trickle-Down Economics
by Robert Reich The Fed’s policy of keeping interest rates near zero is another form of trickle-down economics. For evidence, look no further than Apple’s decision to borrow a whopping $17 billion and turn it over to its investors in the form of dividends and stock buy-backs. Apple is already sitting on $145 billion. But with interest [...]
$ I Found the Missing Billions $ – For God’s Sake
by The Reverend Dr. Britt Minshall HEADLINE: Pastor Britt locates the stolen Afghan U.S. Aid. Actually it’s true. February 4, 2013: CSIS Program: “Afghanistan’s Reconstruction.” John F. Sopko, nine month Inspector General in Afghanistan overseeing the reconstruction funding for the country, found himself “appalled” at the corruption and waste. He reported to us that 38 [...]
More Guns = More Gun Profits = More Gun Deaths
by Tina Dupuy If the Tsarnaev brothers—the duo behind the Boston Marathon bombing—set off two of their pressure cooker bombs every day, in a year’s time they’d amass 1,095 victims (providing they killed the same number of people each day). The total would jump to 1,098 if it happened to be a leap year. There [...]
Nullification: How States Are Making It a Felony to Enforce Federal Gun Laws
by Lois Beckett ProPublica In mid-April, Kansas passed a law asserting that federal gun regulations do not apply to guns made and owned in Kansas. Under the law, Kansans could manufacture and sell semi-automatic weapons in-state without a federal license or any federal oversight. Kansas’ “Second Amendment Protection Act” backs up its states’ rights claims with a penalty [...]
Op-Ed: Obama’s Ties to CIA May Explain His Totalitarian Views
by Sherwood Ross In a recent interview, Noam Chomsky said he never expected much of President Obama, adding, ”The one thing that did surprise me is his attack on civil liberties. They go well beyond anything I would have anticipated, and they don’t seem easy to explain.” Maybe the reasons for Obama’s transformation from a [...]
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