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Glenn Beck vs. Jeffrey Sachs on Occupy Wall Street

By Mark | October 10, 2011

I have two pieces of video for you to compare and contrast. One is of a failed morning zoo DJ. The other is of a well-regarded professor from Columbia University. Can you figure out which is which? VIDEO ONE: VIDEO TWO: So, did you figure it out? Here’s a hint… The economics professor isn’t the […]

Posted in Economics, Media, Politics | Also tagged corporatocracy, election finance reform, fear mongering, Glenn Beck, Obama, Occupy Wall Street, protests, public funding of elections | 26 Comments

Introducing the People’s Budget

By Mark | April 11, 2011

As you no doubt know, President Obama and congressional leaders were able to avert a government shutdown by reaching an agreement on the 2011 budget late Friday night. While we don’t yet know all the facts, it looks as though the Republicans were not successful in their attempts to defund public broadcasting, and stop the […]

Posted in Corporate Crime, Economics, Politics | Also tagged Amy Goodman, budget cuts, budget deficit, Bush tax cuts, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Democracy Now, entitlements, EPA, estate tax, global climate change, greenhouse gas, lobbyists, Medicaid, Medicare, military spending, Millennium Promise Alliance, NPR, Obama, Paul Ryan, PBS, People’s Budget, public broadcasting, social security, tax loopholes, tax the rich, the growing gap between rich and poor, the plight of the overtaxed rich | 25 Comments

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