Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich poses a good question here. At this point, it appears that the billionaires can do anything they want, insofar as they own all three branches of the U.S. federal government.
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How Much Power Should the Billionaires Have?
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American Oil
These people promote themselves as follows: Now is your chance! Join our free investor webinar and learn more about how Phoenix Energy can help you get 9-13% annual interest rates with monthly payments or compounding interest. I hope somebody will …
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China’s Ownership of American Farmland
Vance is one of America’s top-notch morons, but I doubt he actually said this, as even he understands that China’s government and Chinese business interest own about 1% of all foreign-owned U.S. farmland. It’s negligible, and it’s not getting any …
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Trump’s Motives for Crashing the Market
It is true that Donald Trump said in 2012: “I find that I do better in bad markets. I buy things in bad markets.” Thus, Robert Reich’s speculation here makes sense. As someone on social media put it: I was in …
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Charles Koch Lines Up Against Trump
From the Speak Up Boldly Group, “In a twist that wouldn’t be believed in the worst TV movie, the surviving Koch Brother and Supreme Court shadow boss Leonard Leo are moving to crush Trump and his tariffs.” A reader notes: …
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Corporate Greed
At left is a reminder that we Boomers are glad we made our money in the 20th and very early 21st Centuries, before the bulk of the corporate greed and corruption set in.
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The U.S. Economy Is in Trouble, but What Exactly Did We Expect?
To me, the funniest part (if there is one) of the fiasco we Americans are experiencing is that somehow, voters elected a president who has no training in economics to make decisions that are having enormously destructive effects on the …
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Child Labor
U.S. child labor laws were put into place in 1938 to protect the educational opportunities of youth and prohibit their employment in jobs that are detrimental to their health and safety. But, as shown at left, today’s mass deportation of …
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In What Sense Is the Economy “Rigged?”
What has happened to the economy over the past half century? Well, here are a number of things that are provable: Almost all new wealth has wound up in the hands of the top 1%, which has driven the demand …
Trump and an Unstable Civilization
An old friend sent me this article that deals with an instability that Team Trump is sewing into human civilization. The real problem of course, is that people like Elon Musk and Donald Trump don’t rely on 401(k)s to provide …
