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August 30, 2014
http://billmoyers.com/2014/08/29/dark-money-hits-50-million-most-still-to-come/
The 1% of the 1%ers own this country ... seriously WTF ...
WTF ...125
http://billmoyers.com/2014/08/29/dark-money-hits-50-million-most-still-to-come/
The 1% of the 1%ers own this country ... seriously WTF ...
August 29, 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/08/28/this-is-why-it-feels-like-the-recession-never-ended/?wpisrc=nl-wonkbk&wpmm=1
WTF ...124
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/08/28/this-is-why-it-feels-like-the-recession-never-ended/?wpisrc=nl-wonkbk&wpmm=1
August 29, 2014
WTF ...123
August 28, 2014
"More than $2 trillion in U.S.-based multinational profits currently sit in offshore accounts, representing, by credible estimates, in excess of $500 billion in unpaid taxes. If that money were deposited in federal coffers tomorrow, it would wipe out the deficit for 2014. And every year that Congress dithers on a crackdown, America is forfeiting an approximate $90 billion in revenue."
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-biggest-tax-scam-ever-20140827?wpisrc=nl-wonkbk&wpmm=1
WTF ...122
"Corporations paid nearly $100 billion less in federal income taxes last year than before the Great Recession down nearly 40 percent as a share of GDP. In fact, corporate profits and corporate tax collections are now trending in opposite directions. Profits were up $93 billion last year to a high of $2.1 trillion, according to the Commerce Department. Yet corporate tax payments actually fell last year by more than $15 billion..."More than $2 trillion in U.S.-based multinational profits currently sit in offshore accounts, representing, by credible estimates, in excess of $500 billion in unpaid taxes. If that money were deposited in federal coffers tomorrow, it would wipe out the deficit for 2014. And every year that Congress dithers on a crackdown, America is forfeiting an approximate $90 billion in revenue."
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-biggest-tax-scam-ever-20140827?wpisrc=nl-wonkbk&wpmm=1
August 28, 2014
Wonder how much the payoff was on this decision ...
http://blog.nwf.org/2014/08/state-department-approves-illegal-scheme-for-doubling-tar-sands-flowing-through-the-great-lakes/
WTF ...121
Wonder how much the payoff was on this decision ...
http://blog.nwf.org/2014/08/state-department-approves-illegal-scheme-for-doubling-tar-sands-flowing-through-the-great-lakes/
August 26, 2014
We all know that something is really really wrong in the richest country in the world ...
WTF ...120
We all know that something is really really wrong in the richest country in the world ...
August 26, 2014
WTF ...119
August 26, 2014
This is as crazy as any fundamentalist in the middle east ... only this loon is not in the middle east ...
WTF ...118
This is as crazy as any fundamentalist in the middle east ... only this loon is not in the middle east ...
August 26, 2014
Around the World, fires known as "flaring" are a symptom of the rapid spread of fracking. Cities and towns around the World are scrambling to keep up with a newfound surplus of natural gas, and towering flames arise when excess gas is burned off at drill sites.
http://skytruth.org/viirs/
WTF ...117
Global Fracking Fires Raging Around the World ... Absolute Insanity which should be labeled mass suicideAround the World, fires known as "flaring" are a symptom of the rapid spread of fracking. Cities and towns around the World are scrambling to keep up with a newfound surplus of natural gas, and towering flames arise when excess gas is burned off at drill sites.
http://skytruth.org/viirs/
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