Dr. Jack Rasmus interviews Eric Laursen, author of the just published definitive book on “Social Security: The Peoples’ Pension”. With Fiscal Cliff, Austerity American Style, deficit cutting negotiations in Congress now in its second phase, emerging is the central focus by both Republicans and Democrats on big cuts to Medicare …
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The overwhelming impression from watching the Republican and Democratic conventions is this may be the first national election in which voters are being told by both parties notto ‘vote for’ their candidate but to ‘vote against’ his opponent. The main message of the Republican convention and Romney team is: ‘if …
A writer’s greatest disappointments are readers who have knee-jerk responses. Not all readers, of course. Some readers are thoughtful and supportive. Others express thanks for opening their eyes. But the majority are happy when a writer tells them what they want to hear and are unhappy when he writes what …
Hungry child, I didn’t make this world for you. You didn’t buy any stock in my railroad. You didn’t invest in my corporation. Where are your shares in standard oil? I made the world for the rich And the will-be-rich And the have-always-been-rich. Not for you, Hungry child. – Langston …
Public education is on the chopping block for elimination. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants it commodified into another business profit center. At issue is saving it. Education isn’t a product. It’s a fundamental right. It’s a societal bedrock. In Chicago and across America, it’s being handed over to …
Expansion of government-subsidized medical care improves health and should be maintained in times of economic crisis, according to a surveyof research. Programs such as Medicare for senior citizens and Medicaid for the poor in the U.S. and similar programs in other countries led to increased use of preventive, inpatient and outpatient …
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey calls theirs “the greatest show on earth.” Politics in America combines sham with show me the money. Republicans got first dibs. Their version of politics US-style hits Tampa from August 27 – 30. Mother nature had first say. Isaac’s fury claimed day one. Perhaps …
Mitt Romney has picked as his running mate 42 year-old Republican Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI), the architect of the GOP budget, which the New York Times has described as “the most extreme budget plan passed by a house of Congress in modern times.” Below are 12 things you should know …
There is by now an overwhelming catalogue of evidence revealing the depth and breadth of the state sponsored assault being waged against young people across the globe, and especially in the United States. What is no longer a hidden order of politics is that American society is at war with …
Economic/financial systems dependent on wars and predation eventually self-destruct. Western capitalism is no exception. Money power runs things. War profiteering is policy. Ordinary people have no say. Exploiting them for profit is prioritized. Divisions between rich and poor grow. By some measures they’re unprecedented. Money power in private hands and …
A unique, hard-hitting report just completed by a California attorney exposes a largely unknown federal food-stamp racket involving large grocery retailers, food manufacturing giants and other private players, including the Federal Reserve and JPMorganChase, which combine to channel food stamp spending into a gravy train for the heavy hitters in …
The House will “deem” their FY2013 budget passed today, a tactic that didn’t work when they tried it last year. The “deeming resolution” won’t even come up in the context of a budget bill, but a separate measure on gun rights. The House leadership claims that this is necessary because of the …
On April 17, 2012, as millions of Americans were filing their income tax returns, the highly-respected Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released its latest study of world military spending. In case Americans were wondering where most of their tax money — and the tax money of other nations — …