Category: US Politics
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Nearly One Million US Workers Cut Off Unemployment Benefits / Politics / US Politics
By: Global_Research
Patrick Martin writes: With 12 Democrats joining a unanimous Republican bloc, the US Senate voted Wednesday to defeat a proposed extension of unemployment benefits for workers who have been jobless for nearly two years. The bill would have extended unemployment benefits for those out of work more than six months, until November 30.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Reasons Why American Workers Hate the State / Politics / US Politics
By: Global_Research
James Petras writes: Why does the rightwing attack on “Big Government” increasingly resonate with working people?
Liberals claim wage and salaried workers are acting against their “self-interest”, citing government welfare programs like social security and unemployment payments. Progressives argue that workers hostile to the state are ‘racists”, “fundamentalists” and/or irrational, blinded by misplaced fears of threats to individual freedoms.
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Saturday, June 19, 2010
Washington Mafia's $20 Billion Shakedown of BP / Politics / US Politics
By: LewRockwell
Jim Davies writes: I was very disappointed to hear how the D.C. Mafia had subjected BP to what the possibly vertebrate Joe Barton (R-TX) called a "shakedown" for $20B to compensate those hurt by its oil spill, but had also made the company agree not to cap that sum (meaning the bill may be higher yet) and to let a government nominee administer the payments (meaning it is almost sure to be higher yet).
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Albany New York’s Public Pension: Perfect Example of What’s Wrong in This Country / Politics / US Politics
By: JD_Rosendahl
New website reveals NY retirees' public pensions. We have the same kind of website in California, which confirms similar data on pay.Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Busted Governments, Pensions and Unions / Politics / US Politics
By: Gary_North
We are seeing the end of an era. The trade union movement in the United States has declined for the last 30 years. It is now in its final stages. The only area of the economy in which unions still have any degree of clout is in government. The union movement barely functions outside of government employment. Today, as states and municipalities face massive deficits, the union movement is threatened with destruction.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Authoritarianism is Bad for Your Health / Politics / US Politics
By: Dr_Ron_Paul
The administration's terrible healthcare reform bill is now law, but the debate over how-- and whether-- the federal government should be involved in providing healthcare services is not over. It is not too late for America to correct its course and stop the march toward a government run, "single payer" healthcare system.
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Saturday, June 12, 2010
Abolish Publish Schools, a $600+ Billion Spending Cut / Politics / US Politics
By: Gary_North
This will not be done. It will not be done because Americans do not really want major spending cuts.
To demonstrate my point, let us consider America's sacred cow, tax-funded education.
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Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Gold and The New Great Game / Politics / US Politics
By: David_Vaughn
Good morning Americans! It’s Friday! Or ought to be.
Well, what’s happening? Busy lately and can’t find the time to get inside Microsoft Word. Probably put readers to sleep anyway. Ever wonder what brought on the first Great World War? Later to be called World War 1. And what the devil brought on the horrible World War II?
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Sunday, June 06, 2010
Paul Krugman and P. Diddy....Together In A Movie?? / Politics / US Politics
By: Static_Chaos
Yes, I'm talking about a cameo by the Nobel Prize winner, famed economist and New York Times columnist, Paul Krugman and Sean P. Diddty in an upcoming summer comedy with enough sex and drugs to kill a small commune--"Get Him To The Greek." (Trailer here, and I'm quoting from some of the movie reviews since I've not seen the movie.)
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Tuesday, June 01, 2010
America's Complicity in Evil / Politics / US Politics
By: Paul_Craig_Roberts
As I write at 5pm on Monday, May 31, all day has passed since the early morning reports of the Israeli commando attack on the unarmed ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, and there has been no response from President Obama except to say that he needed to learn "all the facts about this morning's tragic events" and that Israeli prime minister Netanyahu had canceled his plans to meet with him at the White House.
Monday, May 31, 2010
United States Deafening Silence Over Israeli Terrorist Attack / Politics / US Politics
By: Finian_Cunningham
This time, the Israeli war machine may have gone too far for international public opinion to stomach. In the early hours of 31 May, before daybreak, Israeli commandos stormed the international civilian aid convoy heading for Gaza. Between 20-24 volunteers onboard have been killed and at least 50 injured, according to various reports, but the number of casualties has risen rapidly from the initial reports of two dead. The final death toll could be greater.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Property Rights, Liberty, and Immigration / Politics / US Politics
By: LewRockwell
Glenn Jacobs writes: Libertarian philosophy is based on the concept of self-ownership. Human beings own themselves. When we rightfully acquire property, either by making first claim to that property (homesteading) or through voluntary transfer with another person or persons, that property becomes part of our lives, and thus we lay claim to ownership of that property as we would our own bodies.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Television, The Reason Why Asia Will Overtake America / Politics / US Politics
By: Gary_North
Asians manufacture cheap televisions and sophisticated home theater audio systems. Americans buy them. Then we use them, expensively. The cost in forfeited productivity of watching television is greater than any other single waste factor in the West's economy. The only thing that comes close is Web media. TV consumes on average 4 to 5 hours a day of every American's life. The statistics are really amazing.
Web-based time consumption is catching up, especially among teenagers. Teens spend between 7 and 8 hours a day on media-related leisure.
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
U.S. Recession Breeds Escalating Violent Crime / Politics / US Politics
By: Janet_Tavakoli
The Wall Street Journal reported that violent crime is down in the big cities in the U.S., saying this breaks the pattern between economic downturns and an increase in crime. Supposedly this is because policing has advanced, not because human nature has changed. I do not believe the article is plausible.
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
BP Gulf Oil Spill Puts U.S. Energy Bill on Slippery Slope / Politics / US Politics
By: OilPrice_Com
With energy, Senate Democrats find themselves between a rock and two hard places. Nonetheless, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., have introduced their climate and energy bill.Its timing is awful. Its fate is uncertain. Yet its sponsors felt it had to be done now.
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010
U.S. Government Has Become An Overgrown Monstrosity / Politics / US Politics
By: Pravda
Today, the number of Americans who are able to financially survive without any reliance on the U.S. government whatsoever is declining at a staggering rate. Whether it is through direct handouts, entitlement programs, student loans, government bailouts, government contracts or direct employment, the truth is that now a solid majority of the American people are at least partially dependent on the federal government for their economic survival.
Monday, May 24, 2010
The 1099 Tsunami in the Healthcare Insurance Bill / Politics / US Politics
By: Gary_North
Earlier this year, some staffer in some office on Capitol Hill dutifully inserted a provision into the health insurance bill that will force businesses to file 1099 forms on every transaction with another business for over $600. Buy a $601 used car for your business? You must file a 1099. The Cato Institute describes this law.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
THE GULF OIL SPILL: A Matter Of National Security / Politics / US Politics
By: T_Anthony_Michael
Why does the US Federal Government continue to allow British Petroleum (BP), a serial criminal among oil companies, control the biggest crime scene in American history?!Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, May 20, 2010
A Citizen’s Indictment Of Co-Conspirators BP & BO / Politics / US Politics
By: T_Anthony_Michael
Picture Ali Baba and the forty thieves (read OPEC et al) sitting around a sumptuous dinner table after a big heist at the local commodity exchange. British Petroleum (BP) says to Barack Obama (BO), “Please, just one more day to cap this gusher. Remember, the tanker sitting above this well can hold 1.4 million barrels of oil. At $85 a barrel were talking 119 million dollars every time we fill a tanker. Ahh, nothing like a real undersea gusher sittin’ atop a 3 billion barrel oil field. This is the big one, BO! The real megilla! I mean the CASH COW that never stops giving!” And so it was.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Feedback on Opting Out of Social Security / Politics / US Politics
By: Nilus_Mattive
Last week’s column on the Amish opting out of Social Security generated a tremendous response. Within a few hours of publication, I had hundreds of comments on my blog.
I want you to know that I appreciated all the comments, even the ones that were critical. It’s a touchy, complicated subject. There are no easy answers. And that’s precisely why I continually try to initiate conversation and debate on this very important topic.
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