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Category Archives: Corporate Greed
What Is Causing Inflation?
Remember inflation didn’t just pop up out of nowhere on January 20, 2021. Remember also that the US is not alone in fighting inflation. The whole world is. I believe the following makes fairly good sense. When it comes to … Continue reading
Posted in Biden-Harris, Corporate Greed, Economy
Tagged inflation, oil prices
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Of The People, By The People And For The People
As we crash into the Independence Day weekend this year with a feeling that the doom that was at the door last year is no longer quite beating the door down, our thoughts can go beyond merely surviving to once … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Corporate Greed, money out of politics
Tagged constitution, Filibuster, money in politics, oligarchy, wealth
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Health Care About To Take A Beating
Wednesday United Health Care, the big behemoth in the health insurance industry, announce that it is cracking down on emergency room visits beginning on July 1st in 34 states. This includes Iowa. From an article in USA Today: UnitedHealthcare … Continue reading
Media News: More Mergers, Less Players And Net Neutrality Still On The Ropes
Gannett and GateHouse: USA Today, The Des Moines Register and The Iowa City Press-Citizen are newspapers that most iowans are familiar with. These papers are also some of the big names for newspaper industry Gannett. USA Today is fairly … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Corporate Greed, Internet Issues, media
Tagged corporate media, corporate mergers, net neutrality
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Corporate America Invented Christian America
Historian Kevin Kruse explains how Corporate America created what we call “Christian America.” (26 minutes): So many of us want to know how our current alignments got to be the way they are. Some are somewhat easily explainable even if … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Greed, Republican hypocrisy
Tagged Christian America, Eisenhower, Great Depression, Kevin Kruse, labor unions, new deal, Nixon
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From Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Is Everybody Here?
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @Ocasio2018 Right now Freshman members of Congress are at a “Bipartisan” orientation w/ briefings on issues. Invited panelists offer insights to inform new Congressmembers‘ views as they prepare to legislate. # of Corporate CEOs we’ve listened to here: … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Commons, Congress, Corporate Greed, Environment
Tagged Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, congressional orientation
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Herbicide Linked To Damage Of More Than 150,000 Acres Of Iowa’s Soybean Crop
Austin Frerick calls on EPA to ban the use of Monsanto’s Dicamba until further testing. WINTERSET – Today, Third Congressional District candidate Austin Frerick called on the United States’ Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Agriculture to halt the … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Corporate Greed, Farming
Tagged Austin Frerick, dicamba, Iowa soybeans, Monsanto
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Corporate Tax Cuts And Jobs
It’s a Myth That Corporate Tax Cuts Mean More Jobs By SARAH ANDERSON AUG. 30, 2017 “The arithmetic for us is simple,” AT&T’s chief executive, Randall Stephenson, said on CNBC in May. If Congress were to cut the 35 percent tax on … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Corporate Greed, Economy, Republican Policy
Tagged AT&T, Corporate Welfare, false connection between cutting taxes and jobs
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Progress Iowa: Apple Deal Ripped In Iowa And Around The Country
RE: RELEASE: Business leader: Apple deal gets an ‘A’ for return on investment Matt Sinovic <matt@progressiowa.org> Thursday, August 31, 2017 3:14 PM How do you know the Apple deal isn’t being received well? Less than an hour ago, the Governor’s … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Corporate Greed
Tagged Apple, Corporate Welfare, Kim Reynolds
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Employers Used to Believe in the Power of Aggregate Demand, What Happened?
From the Thom Hartmann Show Thursday: Thom discusses the change in America’s business community from being good corporate citizens who saw their employees as assets to today’s atmosphere where corporations exploit whatever they can. Thom speaks with guest Rick Wartzman … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Corporate Greed, Labor
Tagged Rick Wartzmann, rising inequality, thom hartmann
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