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The Deregulation Scam

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BY VERN TURNER Paul Buchheit recently wrote a scathing piece citing why the great lie about deregulation is destroying our economy. Below is my summary...

Radical Kleptocrats Anxious To Stop Disclosure Of Corporate Money In Elections

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER Perhaps I’ve been too harsh on congressional Republicans. I had assumed that their vitriolic attacks on even the meekest of proposals to restrict the tsunami of secret corporate cash slamming into our elections stemmed from a hallucinogenic mix of partisan self-interest and Koch-induced plutocratic ideology. But I’ve since learned that they might […]

I Love You More

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH When you’re young, three years seems like a lifetime. The difference between 15 and 18, or 18 and 21; the difference between a 2-year-old and a kindergartner; the difference between the first date and the wedding. It’s been three years since my beloved friend Kath died. It feels like yesterday. I tell […]

A World Of Rotten Tax Laws

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BY FROMA HARROP Guy writes a film script full of four-letter words. But when the actors repeat them, he gets all huffy about the dirty language. An absurd reaction, wouldn’t you say? But it’s not so different from the scene in which our lawmakers scold corporate chieftains for exploiting tax loopholes their legislatures helped create. […]

Our Centrist President

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BY SHARON MARTIN There’s that cautionary tale of the man who wanted to remain neutral during the U.S. Civil War: he donned blue pants and...