The 400 richest Americans made $200 billion in just one year. That’s equivalent to the combined total of the federal food stamp, education, and housing budgets. First of all, who are they? Mostly the 1%….
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Cutting Corporate Welfare Queens Off from the Dole Would be the Best Way to Cut the Debt Image by William Banzai In previous installments, we’ve noted that we could more than offset the…
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation and its largest oil producer, is from all evidence being systematically thrown into chaos and a state of civil war. The recent surprise decision by the government of Goodluck Jonathan…
China has agreed to halt subsidies to wind power manufacturers that violate World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, according to US Trade Representative Ron Kirk. The move comes after the United Steelworkers Union filed a complaint…