Plutocracy

Paul Krugman: Our Political System Has Been Warped By A Small, Wealthy Minority

The New York Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: 2008 Financial Crisis, Income Inequality, Richard Nixon, Great Recession, The New York Times, Plutocracy, Gop, Paul Krugman, Political Polarization, Norman Ornstein, N. Gregory Mankiw, Republican Party, Thomas Mann, Politics News

Before the Great Recession, I would sometimes give public lectures in which I would talk about rising inequality, making the point that the concentrat...

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1% Vs. 99% Battle Comes to GE Detroit Shareholder Meeting Tomorrow

Dave Johnson | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Manufacturing, Roger & Me, Ge, Plutocracy, GE Detroit, Detroit News
Dave Johnson

The cause of our terrible economic inequality is clear: the 1% have too much power, and use that power to enrich themselves at the expense of the rest of us -- the 99%.

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Republican Budget for Billionaires

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Ryan, Budget, Taxes, Cuts, Plutocracy, Paul Ryan Budget, Business News
Dave Johnson

The new Republican budget (called the "Ryan Budget" by DC insiders) reflects current electoral reality: billionaires and corporations now finance cand...

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The Republican Budget, Explained

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Taxes, Republicans, Budget, Paul Ryan Budget, Plutocracy, Business News
Dave Johnson

The new Republican budget plan: Smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke. Tax cuts for the 1%, cuts in the things We, the People do for each other.

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You Want to Bring the Old Economy Back? Really?

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Jobs, Climate, Trade, 1%, Plutocracy, Economic Crisis, Economy, Financial Crisis, US Economy, Business News
Dave Johnson

Democrats have to be perceived as actually fighting for the interests of the 99%. The way to be perceived as doing this is to actually do it

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Democracy V. Plutocracy, Unions V. Servitude

Dave Johnson | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Jobs, Democracy, Servitude, China, Trade, Plutocracy, Labor, Video, Business News
Dave Johnson

Servitude: "a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life" Democracy: "a government in which ...

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Whose Vision of Freedom? Ron Paul or MLK

Derrick Darby | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Populism, 2012 Elections, Martin Luther King, Income Inequality, MLK Day, Freedom, Plutocracy, Ron Paul, Barack Obama 2012, Politics News
Derrick Darby

Ron Paul and Martin Luther King Jr. would agree about the importance of restoring freedom to America. However, if we are burned up not by the MLK Day holiday but by the social engineering to advance the freedom of a select few, King's vision of freedom is clearly the way forward.

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What Next in the Fight Over Who Our Economy Is for?

Dave Johnson | Posted 02.25.2012

Read More: Labor, Democracy, Conservative Movement, Occupy, Occupy Movement, Occupy Wall Street, Plutocracy, Video, Business News
Dave Johnson

Who is our economy for, anyway? In the United States, We, the People are supposedly in charge, and our country and economy are supposed to be managed ...

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Bill Moyers Speaks at LBJ Library

Elana Estrin | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: LBJ Library, Plutocracy, Democracy, Gabrielle Giffords, Lyndon Johnson, George Bernard Shaw, Tom Johnson, Oligarchy, Bill Moyers, Australia Floods, Media News
Elana Estrin

Two days after Gabrielle Giffords was severely injured in a Tucson shooting, renowned journalist Bill Moyers found himself sitting in a radiology lab awaiting an MRI for a torn muscle.

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Occupy Wall Street: American as Apple Pie

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Karl Rove, David Crosby, Frank Capra, Steel Workers Organizing Committee, ?€ Erskine Bowles, Memorial Day Massacre, Pete Peterson, Occupy Wall Street, Tocqueville, Corporate Oligarchy, Zuccotti Park, ?€, ?€œthe Grapes of Wrath, Barack Obama, John Ford, ?€œSuper Committee, Ows, Koch Brothers, Auto-Lite Strike, Americans for Prosperity, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Herman Cain, Tea Party Patriots, Corporate Power, Grover Norquist, Kochs, Plutocracy, Graham Nash, Swoc, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

In 1776, had the American revolutionaries tried the Barack Obama approach of "reaching out" in a spirit of "cooperation" with the Tories and the British Crown there never would have been a United States of America in the first place.

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Skinner Box Elections and the Political Slot Machine: Why Young People Won't Play in 2012

Matthis Chiroux | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Politics, Youth, Plutocracy, Occupy Wall Street, Elections 2012, General Assembly, Democracy, Barack Obama, Voting, Politics News
Matthis Chiroux

Included at the core of the Occupy Wall Street movement's appeal to young people is a belief that America's electoral system is broken beyond repair. We don't even see a reason for winning anymore.

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A New Declaration of Independence

Bob Burnett | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Declaration of Independence, Democracy, Capitalism, Income Inequality, Plutocracy, Occupy Wall Street, Politics News
Bob Burnett

Occupy Wall Street indicates the need for a new Declaration of Independence and a new form of government.

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David Korten: Capitalism, Democracy, and Food (Video)

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Food System, Local Food, New Economy, David Korten, Global Food, Agriculture, Plutocracy, Capitalism, Local Food Movement, Local Food Systems, Local Food Economy, Video, Green News
Rebecca Gerendasy

David Korten argues that both "peak oil" and climate change makes it imperative that we transition to a more localized food economy to insure continued access to adequate food supplies.

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"It's the Democracy, Stupid!": The "Vague" Goals of the Other 99%

David J. Dunn, PhD | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Marx, Congress, Karl Polanyi, Poverty, The Other 99%, Monopoly, Social Safety Net, Democracy, Libertarian, Student Loan Debt, Market Liberalism, Consumerism, Wealth, Andrew Napolitano, Protest, Occupy Wall Street, Plutocracy, Socialism, John Stewart, Politics News
David J. Dunn, PhD

To help my students think about the way the market works, and especially how it affects real people, I have them play Monopoly. But I modify the rules to make the game more realistic.

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Occupy the Constitution

Peter M. Shane | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Ows, Citizens United, Equality, Corporate Expenditures, Gerrymandering, Plutocracy, Voting Rights, Democracy, Occupy Wall Street, Politics News
Peter M. Shane

The Occupy Wall Street movement has brought a level of energy and inspiration to participatory Left politics unseen since the 2008 Obama campaign and ...

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David Korten: Capitalism's Threat to Democracy (Video)

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Capitalism, Wall Street, New Economy, Real Wealth, David Korten, Plutocracy, Business News
Rebecca Gerendasy

In this frank interview with noted author and visionary David Korten, he minces no words about the dangers our current capitalist system poses to demo...

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A Warning From Thomas Jefferson

Larry Flynt | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Thomas Jefferson, Wall Street, Plutocracy, Politics News
Larry Flynt

When it came to setting up our government, Thomas Jefferson had three concerns: tyranny of kings, tyranny of theocrats, and tyranny of the wealthy. For the time being we seem to be safe from kings and theocrats. We are not, however, safe from the superrich.

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Jobs Fix Deficits

Dave Johnson | Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Deficit, Jobs, Stimulus, Plutocracy, Business News
Dave Johnson

Republicans understand that making things worse now helps Republicans later. The question is why aren't Democrats and the President focusing on making things better now to help themselves and all of us later?

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Dems Should Vote for Clean Debt Limit Bill

Dave Johnson | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Debt Ceiling, Medicare, Hostage-Taking, Budget, Taxes, Plutocracy, Politics News
Dave Johnson

As a result of Reagan-era changes, our trade deficits soared, wages stagnated, pensions disappeared, and a few extremely wealthy started getting much, much richer.

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Yet Another Poll Shows... Plutocracy Stupid, Democracy Smart

Dave Johnson | Posted 06.20.2011

Read More: Deficit, Budget Deficit, Democracy, Spending, Plutocracy, Public Opinion, Public Opinion Polls, Politics News
Dave Johnson

Here's the thing: what the public wants actually would fix the borrowing. And what the plutocrats want would make it worse. So maybe the public isn't that stupid after all.

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Plutocracy: GE Doesn't Pay Taxes -- Taxpayers Pay GE

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Ge, Plutocracy, General Electric, GE Taxes, General Electric 2010, General Electric Taxes, General Electric 2010 Profits, Business News
Dave Johnson

Not only did GE, the highly-profitable recipient of federal contracts and bailout money, not pay taxes, we paid them $3.2 billion.

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America Waking up to Value of Unions

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Deficit, Jobs, Labor, Unions, Plutocracy, Collective Bargaining, Union Benefits, Collective Bargaining Rights, Labor Unions, Wisconsin Unions, Business News
Dave Johnson

There has been a virtual blackout of information about unions in the corporate media: More than 1/3 of the public hasn't heard enough about unions to know if they like them or not.

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Crappy Jobs Caused by Plutocracy and Austerity

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jobs, Plutocracy, Goldman Sachs, Unemployment, Economy, Economic Crisis, Tax Cuts, Economic Growth, Job Creation, Austerity, Politics News
Dave Johnson

Why isn't the economy producing lots of good jobs? Plutocracy forces the money and power to the top, and that power forces austerity measures on us to remove money and power from the rest.

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It's a Really Bad Time to Be Middle Class in America

Michelle Kraus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wall Street Bailout, Social Security, Class Warfare, Wealth, Federal Budget Deficit, George W. Bush, Plutocracy, Republicans Health Care Repeal, Speaker Boehner, Middle Class, Bush Deficit, Obama Budget, Budget Deficit, Medicare, Entitlement, Wall Street Bonuses, Helping the Poor, Politics News
Michelle Kraus

Obama is being forced to rip open the social fabric of this country to reduce the Bush generated debts.

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Democracy Or Plutocracy? A Chart

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democracy, Plutocracy, Politics News
Dave Johnson

DEMOCRACY PLUTOCRACY We, the People Wealthy Few One Person One Vote One Dollar One Vote ...

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