Triage Starts in Government Bailouts: Who will get the money?
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at Strategic Culture Governments throughout the world are now facing heavy activity by lobbyists seeking a bailout by their government. The activity is ferocious, and ferociously competitive, because some lobbies have bigger money backing them than others do, and different politicians owe their careers to different types of lobbies; so, for…
Who can NOW say America hasn’t become a mega-corporate dictatorship?
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at Strategic Culture Jon Hellevig posted on January 16th at The Saker, “Capitalism in America: How a Dismal Decimal is Robbing Americans Blind” the most extensive and up-to-date compendium anywhere, of data on economic inequality in America, and one fact especially stands out from it: “Today Top 1% are losers compared…
George Washington’s Advice to Us Now
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org U.S. President George Washington’s final words to his fellow Americans, upon leaving office, are now even more timely than when he spoke them, but have been ignored in practise for many decades; and the most recently published popular book about that speech ignores the most enduringly important part, so…
America’s Astroturf ‘Democracy’
Dear MoveOn member, It’s game time on impeachment: This weekend, House committees are writing articles of impeachment, at the direction of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.1 The House vote is just days away. That means Republican members of Congress will soon face a choice: Will they continue to cover up for Trump? You can be sure…
