Emmanuel Saez has updated his famous work: "Striking it Richer: The Evolution of Top Incomes in the United States", Pathways Magazine, Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality, Winter 2008, 6-7 Saez is a professor at the University of California, Department of Economics, 549 Evans Hall #3880, Berkeley, CA 94720. Much of his … Continue reading Rich get richer and richer and richer in the worst inequality crisis since 1930s
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Public option not open to everyone
The so-called public option in the House bill is not an alternative for anyone offered an employer's plan, or getting VA, Medicare or Medicaid. It is only allowed for people uninsured, and was one of many choices. The public plan would have taken years to implement under the House Bill, and was really an extra … Continue reading Public option not open to everyone
Law passed to exempt workers under ten
Watching Henry Paulson explain the trillions of dollars spent on the banks today, it didn't make me yearn for the good old days when capitalism was even more unfettered than presently. He, and his friends Tim Geitner and Larry Summers, epitomize what happens when bankers and their lackeys run America. Conservative politicians and commentators (have … Continue reading Law passed to exempt workers under ten
You can fool nearly all the people... 