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The Chamber of Commerce's Jobs Deception Campaign

Richard Trumka | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Mortgages, Labor, Wall Street, Lending, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Afl-Cio, Chamber of Commerce, Capitalism, Taxpayers, Unions, Free Enterprise, Richard Trumka, Business News
Richard Trumka

Unions are popularly known as "the folks who brought you the weekend." In contrast, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has the distinction of trying to take away a long and ugly list of benefits.

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Capitalism: A Propaganda Hate Film

Michael Shermer | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bank of America, Aig, Goldman Sachs, Free Markets, Capitalism—a Love Story, Gm, Propaganda, Democracy, Michael Moore, Willie Sutton, Franklin Roosevelt, Capitalism, Second Bill of Rights, Free Enterprise, Great Depression, Politics News
Michael Shermer

In Michael Moore's worldview, a goodly portion of the American people are ignorant, uneducated, clueless pinheads too stupid to realize the fundamental principle of a loan.

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Republicans Killed Capitalism, Not New Regs

Diane Francis | Posted 07.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Aig, President Obama, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, Financial Cxrisis, Financial Reform, Obama, Obama Plan for Wall Street, Obama Plan for Financial Regulation, Obama Financial Reform, Capitalism, Re-Regulation, Free Enterprise, Republicans, Business News
Diane Francis

This is not the economic version of the Cold War and the search for a new financial sector architecture does not mark the death of capitalism.

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Why Most Transportation Should Be Public and How That Could Help Private Enterprise

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 12.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Housing, Urban Planning, Pattern Language, Green, Advertiser-Supported, Private Car, Metrosprawl, Business, Free Enterprise, Highway Culture, Transportation, Stephen C. Rose, Politics, Car, Public Transportation, Christopher Alexander, Environment, Strip City, Sustainability, Al Gore, Huffington Post, Automobile, Green News
Stephen C. Rose

We presently allow our public rights of way to be filled with private automobiles. This pattern is being emulated globally. Public rights of way should belong to the public.

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How to Fix the Economic Meltdown and Stop Terrorism: Legalize Heroin and Whores

David Henry Sterry | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Master of Ceremonies, Law Enforcement, Serial Killer, Marijuana, Economy, Sex Trafficking, South America, Drugs, Asia, War on Drugs, Prohibition, Economic Recovery, Prostitution, Chicken, Ecstasy, Cigarettes, Alcohol, Sex Worker, Abraham Lincoln, Empowerment of Women, Willie Nelson, Sexual Predators, Al Capone, Drug Trafficking, Terrorism, Pimp My Ride, Bloomingdale's, Pimp My Crib, Victimization, Free Enterprise, Gangsters, Exploitation, Pimp, Economic Meltdown, Taliban, Afghanistan, Harry Potter, Afghan Taliban, Whores, Politics News
David Henry Sterry

The bottom line, economically, is that there is a big beautiful sexy cash cow to be milked here.

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Free Enterprise? Buffett Counts On Bailout

Robert Reed | Posted 03.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Warren Buffett Bailout, Warren Buffett Goldman Sachs, Wall Street Bailout, Wall Street Crisis, Bailout Belief, Economy, Warren Buffett, Warren Buffett GE, Free Enterprise, Bailout Outrage, Business News
Robert Reed

Don't kid yourself, Buffett knows the score. That's why he favors a bailout! Believe me, without the distinct possibility of a taxpayer rescue, Buffett doesn't go anywhere near Goldman, GE or anything else.

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The GOP Regulatory Debacle Was Presaged All Along

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 10.31.2008 | Business

Read More: Reagan, Republican Party Platforms, City on a Hill, Bush, Gop Platforms, Economic Crisis, Economy, Freedom, Gop, Regulation, Bush 2, Platform, Free Enterprise, Business News
Stephen C. Rose

I am doing a serial examination of the crisis in terms of Republican complicity, the coming congressional races and the need for an Obama landslide.

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