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20 Things the Poor Do Everyday That the Rich Never Have to Worry About
By Benjamin Irwin Financial advisor and evangelical Christian Dave Ramsey probably wasn’t expecting this much pushback when he shared a piece contrasting the habits of the rich with those of the poor. In her response on CNN, Rachel Held Evans … Continue reading
Report: Half of U.S. Families Live on the Edge of ‘Economic Chaos’
By Imara Jones Half of all families in the United States are poor, near poor or face economic insecurity where “one major setback in income could push them into poverty.” That’s the shocking conclusion of a report released today by … Continue reading
3 Places To Live The American Retirement Dream
By Kathleen Peddicord Perhaps you like the idea of stretching your retirement dollars as far as possible (who doesn’t?) and reducing your cost of living and of health care, while at the same time enriching and enhancing your quality of … Continue reading
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Tagged American dream, Panama, relax, retire, Retirement, United States, work
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It’s the Wages, Stupid
By Daniel Gross Welcomed by the left, and sure to be jeered or ignored by the right, it was full of plenty of old-time Democratic economic gospel and present-day center-left thought leadership. But it was a little bit light on … Continue reading
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Tagged Economic, Economic Inequality, economic mobility, minimum wage, United States, wages
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Millions of Americans Have No Food at Holiday Time
By Edward Wyckoff Williams It is a strange and ironic truth that in the world’s richest democracy, many Americans are going to work in the morning, but they and their families are going to bed hungry at night. As Christmas … Continue reading
Launch code for US nukes was 00000000 for 20 years
By Sean Gallagher Remember all those cold war movies where nuclear missile crews are frantically dialing in the secret codes sent by the White House to launch nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles? Well, for two decades, all the Minuteman nuclear missiles … Continue reading
Noam Chomsky: America hates its poor
By Chris Steele This is an excerpt from the just released second edition of Noam Chomsky’s “Occupy: Class War, Rebellion and Solidarity,” edited by Greg Ruggiero and published by Zuccotti Park Press. An article that recently came out in Rolling … Continue reading
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Tagged Class Warfare, culture, greed, income inequality, Noam Chomsky, poor, United States
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Top 10 Ways the US Is the Most Corrupt Country in the World
By Juan Cole Those ratings that castigate Afghanistan and some other poor countries as hopelessly “corrupt” always imply that the United States is not corrupt. VOA reports : While it is true that you don’t typically have to bribe your … Continue reading
6 Signs Our Culture Is Sick With Greed
By RJ Eskow The love of money for money’s sake is the social disease of our time. We see it all around us: in the celebration of ill-gotten stock gains, public admiration for the heads of criminal banks, the words … Continue reading
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12 Years a Slave and the Obama Era
By Jonathan Chait This last weekend, I finally saw 12 Years a Slave. It was the most powerful movie I’ve ever seen in my life, an event so gripping and terrifying that, when I went to bed ten hours later … Continue reading →