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Bloodsuckers
The Republicans vow never to give anything away, except, of course, to the already wealthy. They demand an ever-shrinking government. How will they diminish the varmint? Eliminate taxes on the rich and on corporations, for a start, and protect the … Continue reading
Posted in Current events, Life, Politics
Tagged banks, class action, controls on corporations, corporations, costs, debt, fracking, greed, insurance companies, loopholes, oil drilling, pharmaceuticals, Republicans, shrinking government, social services common good, taxes, the rich, The Supreme Court, theh poor and middleclass, Wall Street, wealth inequity
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Greed is good, so is ignorance (not)
Tom Wolfe’s novel, The Bonfire of the Vanities, introduced me to the phrase, masters of the universe. Wolfe’s novel opened my eyes to the immensity of corruption and greed within our financial and political systems. That same year, Michael Douglas … Continue reading
Posted in Current events, Education, Life, Reading
Tagged anti-intellectualism, Bandwagon, bedbugs, Bonfire of the Vanities, Card Stacking, corporations, corruption, elected officials, financial insstitutions, Glenn Beck, Glittering generalities, greed, Institute for propaganda analysis, insurance companies, Name calling, Newt Gingrich, Plain Folks, political discourse, Rush Limbaugh, Testimonial, Tom Wolfe, Transfer
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