By Leonard Pitts The argument is over and conservatives have lost. Some of them just don’t know it yet. That’s the takeaway from the remarkable events of last week wherein the states of Indiana and Arkansas executed high-speed U-turns —… Read More ›
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Lindsey Graham Proves Ayatollah Right – America Is Disintegrating in Madness
By Rmuse; It is certain that since Americans elected an African American man as President, much of the world is aware that Republicans have deliberately and with malice aforethought acted to wipe out America’s government in one form or another;… Read More ›
Even at $10/barrel, oil can’t match solar on cost
One of the biggest banks in the Middle East and the oil-rich Gulf countries says that fossil fuels can no longer compete with solar technologies on price, and says the vast bulk of the $US48 trillion needed to meet global… Read More ›
2 Years After Raising Taxes on the Rich, Here’s the Hellscape Minnesota Has Become
By Zeeshan Aleem March in Policy.Mic Since 2011, Minnesota has been doing quite well for itself. The state has created more than 170,000 jobs, according to the Huffington Post. Its unemployment rate stands at 3.6% — the fifth-lowest in the… Read More ›
PNC Bank Will Cease Investments in Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
Bowing to pressure from Quaker environmentalists, PNC Bank announced yesterday that it will be restricting financing of mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia. The shift outlined in its 2015 Corporate Responsibility Report means PNC Bank will effectively cease its investment in this… Read More ›
The GOP’s state budget disaster is the best case for Big Government
By Jeff Spross The Republican Party is cutting a swath of destruction through state budgets. In Kansas, Gov. Sam Brownback’s experiment in income and business tax cuts has blown a $344 million hole in the budget for this fiscal year,… Read More ›
Avoidance of taxes is a form of corruption.
A legal definition from Legal Dictionary is this: Avoidance An escape from the consequences of a specific course of action through the use of legally acceptable means. Cancellation; the act of rendering something useless or legally ineffective. A taxpayer may… Read More ›
OECD Prepares to Close Tax Loophole
By Paul Hannon Preparations for an overhaul of the international tax system to make it more difficult for companies to shift profits to low-tax countries advanced on Friday, with an agreement to launch talks on modifying more than 3,000 bilateral… Read More ›
US Fiscal Debate Could Learn From Norway
By Mark Provost in The Progressive Press If Washington sincerely wants to reduce the budget deficit and national debt while protecting the broader economy, it should learn from other nations which have succeeded. One country stands out: Norway. Norway has… Read More ›
New Greek Government Sympathetic to Putin’s Russia
The anti-austerity coalition that took power in Athens this week could threaten the West’s hold on Greece and give Russia a chance to expand its influence in the country. In a sign of things to come, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’… Read More ›
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