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March 10, 2013 MEDIA ROOTS — The top 1% hold 40% of the nation’s wealth. But the bottom 80% hold only 7% of the nation’s wealth. This infographics video provides an arresting presentation of widening wealth inequality in the USA. It also compares and contrasts our perceptions with actual reality. A notable segment is a graph [...]
by Greg Fernandez Jr cover image by Alec Scheer of We Are 1776 “We wish guns were never invented, but they were. We wish criminals would follow laws, but they don’t.” – Greg Fernandez Jr The line has been drawn with the 2nd Amendment. The rights to establish a well regulated militia and the rights [...]
Editor’s note: While many will point at some of the Agenda 21 tendencies of Zeitgeist/Venus project, we also feel the need to say that this isn’t about alienating anyone because there are some awesome people in Zeitgeist/Venus project. As truthers, looking at ALL angles (whether it makes us uncomfortable or not) is of importance. Please [...]
By Chris Markowski, The Street.com – Opinion NEW YORK — On April 1, our ally Japan is playing a cruel little April Fools’ Day joke on us: The country is lowering its corporate tax rate from 39.5% to 35%. This will give the United States the dubious and awkward distinction of having, at 39.2%, the [...]
Gene Sperling, director of the White House’s national economic council, said today at an official meeting that “we need a global minimum tax”: “He supports corporate tax reform that would reduce expenditures and loopholes, lower rates for people investing and creating jobs in the U.S., due so further for manufacturing, and that we need to, [...]
Update: Obama’s Georgia Ballot Hearing: Judge Wanted To Immediately Enter Default Judgment Against Obama Dean Haskins on the Scene at Hearing As we are trying to get a quick lunch, and then do some interviews, this is just a very brief synopsis of what happened today. Before the hearing started, the judge called the attorneys [...]
U.S. Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano says the risk of “lone wolf” attackers is on the rise as the global terrorist threat has shifted in recent years. Napolitano is also warning about the need to keep dangerous travelers from reaching the United States and urging European partners to finalize a deal on sharing passenger data. [...]
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