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Archives: Plutocracy

Why do the Super-Rich hate the Poor & Workers so Much?

Sam Pizzigati | Institute for Policy Studies | - - Only days after the horrific aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, Donald Trump unleashed a tweet that outraged many but surprised…

Corporations Shouldn’t Get to Have ‘Religious’ Objections to Your Health Care

By Martha Burk | (Otherwords.org) | - - Expanding "corporate citizen" rights into health care could ultimately affect everybody, not just women. When Obamacare — aka, the Affordable Care Act — became…

The Trump Presidency: How to Further Enrich the Masters of the Universe (Chomsky)

By Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - [This interview has been excerpted from Global Discontents: Conversations on the Rising Threats to Democracy, the new book by Noam Chomsky…

We Get Sick, They Get Rich

by Sam Pizzigati | ( Inequality.org ) | - - Our ‘free market’ health care system gives CEOs the freedom to squeeze us. Blogging Our Great Divide. Our current health care system…

After Hurricane, Trump Reminds Puerto Rico of ‘Massive Debt’

TeleSur | - - “Maria has left behind her a trail of devastation and a humanitarian crisis,” said the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico's largest city. As Puerto Rico struggles to…

Why Black Athletes might be Protesting: Racial Inequality Growing

By Dedrick Asante-Muhammad and Chuck Collins. | ( Inequality.org ) | - - As our country becomes more diverse, our racial wealth gap means it's also becoming poorer. America’s middle class is…

How Colonialism, Inequality turbocharge Caribbean Hurricanes

By Levi Gahman and Gabrielle Thongs | (The Conversation) | - - Hurricane Maria, the 15th tropical depression this season, is now battering the Caribbean, just two weeks after Hurricane Irma wreaked…

How GOP plans to repeal Health Care will blight millions of Lives

By Simon Haeder | (The Conversation) | - - At the end of July, the nation held its collective breath as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) looked poised to achieve his…

Those 90 Companies that Caused Climate Crisis? They Should Pay for It

By Sarah van Gelder | Yes! Magazine | - - The companies responsible for the climate crisis should cover the costs of fighting wildfires and recovering from hurricanes. Pacific Northwest forests are…

Superstorm Donald Hits GOP, aims to Ravage US

By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) | - - If Trump succeeds in ramping up military spending and gutting everything else, we’ll be left with a bunch of…

AT&T and Verizon Need to Hang Up On Fossil Fuels

By Todd Larsen | Otherwords.org | - - One text at a time, America's largest telecommunications companies are fueling climate change. Smartphones are a huge part of our lives. We use them…

Tax Cuts for the Rich Help the Rich, Not You

By Josh Hoxie | ( Inequality.org ) | - - Big money will pull out all the stops to sell you a tax plan that exclusively benefits the wealthy. Don’t buy it.…

Why Climate Criminals like Exxon should pay for Hurricane Destruction

By Jake Johnson, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | - - "It may take tens to hundreds of billions of dollars to support disaster relief and recovery among Gulf Coast communities affected…

Trump “presidency” as Ponzi Scheme: Madoff in the White House?

John Feffer | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - Here and abroad, Trump's wealthy backers understand that his populist rhetoric is a masquerade. In 1993, I arrived one fall evening in…

Media Ignore Harvey’s Devastation of Working Class Communities

By Jake Johnson, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | - - "Hurricanes don't care if you're rich, poor, white, or black—but that doesn't mean that every person is equally vulnerable to a…

Where Do “Alt-Right” Groups Get Their Money?

AJ+ | (Video News Report) | - - "As white nationalists protest across the country, we wanted to know who's financially funding their hate. And there's more money in it than you…

Remember GOP in Texas opposing Aid for NY after Sandy? Now they want Aid

By Jake Johnson, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | - - Ted Cruz, who voted against a relief package for states impacted by Hurricane Sandy, urged President Trump on Friday to quickly…

Bannon must go, but after that, Protesters should listen to Bernie

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Steve Bannon ran, and is still likely pulling the strings at, Breitbart, the "Stormfront" in a business suit with a skinny tie. Bannon…

Unable To Kill Obamacare, Republicans Plot To Kill Medicare (TYT Video)

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video Report) | - - "Republicans want to privatize, cut, and eventually kill Medicare. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. "If House…

Trump’s Worst Collusion Isn’t With Russia — It’s With Corporations

By Peter Certo | (Otherwords.org) | - - The billionaires who backed Trump are making out a lot better than Putin. I’ve always been a little skeptical that there’d be a smoking…