Budget
- How Democrats Railroaded Republicans Into Almost Passing A Budget Too Conservative For Them--A surprisingly masterful move by the Dems
- Gridlock Could Eventually Shrink Deficit--By letting the Bush-term tax cuts expire.
- Who’s Serious Now?--"Paul Ryan, the chairman of the House Budget Committee, sounds upset. And you can see why: President Obama, to the great relief of progressives, has called his bluff.
- "Obama unplugged, tells Republicans: 'You think we're stupid?'
- Congressman Crowley Is SPEECHLESS!--It's been over 100 days since the Republicans have taken over the House and job creation is not in their top 3 priorities.
- America is a 'failed state' with a 'dual justice' system... one for ordinary people and then one for people with money and enormous wealth and power
- The Real Housewives of Wall Street--"Why is the Federal Reserve forking over $220 million in bailout money to the wives of two Morgan Stanley bigwigs?"
- In Financial Crisis, No Prosecutions of Top Figures
- House Votes Against 'Net Neutrality'--"The action, which is less likely to pass the Senate and which President Obama has threatened to veto, is nevertheless significant... ." It's practically a blatant paid-for money-grab executed by paid-off legislators.
- Three largest online poker sites indicted and shut down by FBI--For financial trickery that bypassed the 'laws' that protect the brick-and-mortar casinos. It's the kind of bank fraud Wall Street was into but the Feds seem to have no interest in pursuing. Fancy that.
- Legislation could affect broadband access--Those who preach about the 'Free Market' don't take into consideration how companies subvert the laws, but that's ok because it's 'selfish', right?
- American workers got what they deserved
- Fire 100 years ago gave birth to worker rights
- In 2010, CEO Pay Went Up 27% While Worker Pay Went Up 2%
- Daily Show: I Give Up - Pay Anything...--"As greedy public workers bankrupt states, America makes it harder for honest corporate citizens to create jobs."
- March to stop the freeloaders
- Craig Ferguson on Capitalism and Democracy
- American People Hire High-Powered Lobbyist To Push Interests In Congress The Onion
- Hedge Fund Manager John Paulson Earned $5 Billion In 2010
- Borders Group Awards Executives Millions for Putting 6,000 Out of Work
- Was Monopoly originally meant to teach people about the evils of capitalism?
- Corporate Persons Are Jerks
- CEO Pay On The Rise Again The Onion