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In a last ditch effort to satisfy their donors, Republicans attempt to kill the ACA and transfer billions of dollars to America’s super-rich by calling it a “middle class tax cut”

By Mark | November 14, 2017

Remember how, this past summer, we all came together, fought like hell, and killed the Republican health care plan that would have robbed some 22 million Americans of their coverage? Well, it looks like it’s time for us to get back in fighting shape, as the Republicans seem hellbent on pushing legislation through Congress before […]

Posted in Corporate Crime, Health, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Affordable Care Act, Alan Greenspan, American aristocracy, budget deficit, call to action, campaign finance, campaign finance reform, Chris Collins, corporate takeover of politics, corporate tax breaks, corporate tax cheats, deficit, deficit spending, Donald Trump, estate tax, Gary Cohn, Gene Sperling, health care reform, John McCain, Lindsay Graham, Lisa Murkowski, mandates, middle class tax cuts, Mitch McConnell, National Economic Council, Obamacare, Paul Ryan, student loan debt, student loans, Susan Collins, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, tax policy, tax reform, threats to the middle class, trickle down economics, Trumpcare, wealth inequality | 30 Comments

The Twinkie defense… Is management or labor is less deserving of the blame in the Hostess liquidation?

By Mark | November 19, 2012

A few days ago, upon hearing that Hostess Brands Inc. was going out of business, I posted the following, assuming that it would just be a matter of time before folks on the right started floating conspiracy theories involving Michelle Obama and her “nanny state” jihad against junk food. As my friend Steve Cherry quickly […]

Posted in Corporate Crime, Economics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Bakery, Confectionery, conspiracy theories, game theory, greed, Hostess, Hostess Ho-Hos, junk food, King of Kona, labor, Michelle Obama, nanny state, Teamsters, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union, twinkie defense, Twinkies, unions, Wonder Bread | 10 Comments

Whole Foods and Half Wits on Health Care

By Mark | August 13, 2009

The CEO of the upscale grocery chain Whole Foods, John Mackey, came out today to say that he’s against universal healthcare. I personally don’t have any problem with it. Yes, I think he goes quite a bit overboard when he says that it would bring about Socialism, but it’s not like he’s saying – as […]