In 1963, former JFK administration officials Marcus Raskin and Richard Barnet formed the Institute for Policy Studies. The American organization became involved in civil rights, feminism, economic reforms, peace movements, and military draft resistance. Uncomfortable with such radical ideas, the Nixon administration added Raskin and Barnet to their lengthy enemies list. Now in its seventh decade, IPS remains focused on social justice.
Report: A quarter of U.S. millionaires pay taxes at a lower rate than some in middle class, by Lori Montgomery, Washington Post, October 12/11 “A quarter of millionaires in the United States […]
From Sister Sage’s Musings “Local right-wing gadfly and embarrassment to the city, Vancouver’s Paris Hilton, Leah Costello, is hosting war criminal Dick Cheney at her very elite, very right wing Bon Mot […]
Frank Rich wrote an interesting op-ed in the New York Times a few months ago. I thought of it again after reading another story in the news recently. I think the dots […]
Have you heard the Canadian Taxpayers Federation or the Fraser Institute economists complain of wasteful and non-market subsidies to the oil industry? No? Strange. Climate Action Network Canada
US based auto maker Ford Motor Company has awarded $56.5 million in stock to Alan Mulally and $42.4 million in shares to its executive chairman William Clay Ford Jr. Here is Ford’s profit […]
First to Profit from $1 Billion Smart Meter Program: Liberal Insiders By Will McMartin, The Tyee Is anyone surprised? Will there be no end to BC Liberal larceny?
See the whole strip at This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow Global TV and their media partners want you to know we cannot afford reasonable healthcare because economic affairs are so bad […]
There are tens of billions at stake and this is one of the reasons the Obama Administration scares the uber-rich: From the Financial Times: A US tax evasion investigation that has prompted […]
New Style Public Broadcasting FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting, a volunteer group, advocates for Canadian content in radio and TV broadcasting. The group is worried about the Harper Government’s intentions. Rightly so. Commercial broadcasters […]
From the Globe and Mail, Maclean’s no longer worthy of public funding, says Senator: “A Canadian senator is asking the federal government to revoke federal subsidies to Maclean’s magazine over an article […]
Black Press news item from BC Liberal PR man Tom Fletcher: Kevin Falcon was in Fort St. John Monday to announce his “Northern Prosperity Agenda” that promises more provincial money for resource […]
BC Liberal spinmasters say that recovering any or all of the $6 million paid in lawyer bills on behalf of Basi and Virk is not worth any effort. Shannon Daub, writing at […]
I won’t admit to learning about this first on Global TV. Let’s say that I stumbled on it during newsgathering. You should too.Billionaires for Wealthcare A few members of this organization: Bill […]
Among the special advantages granted to billionaires? They can create monopolies which politicians will both subsidize and protect. Are domestic…
You mention investing. Anybody remember Canada Savings Bonds? Seventy years ago it offered people worried about becoming destitute pensioners a…
A huge fan of long-eclipsed Russian military glory, Mr. Putin expected Ukraine to collapse in 3 days. Three years ago.…
One thing I think people forget is - it became a good idea to invest in real estate as an…
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Blair Fix at _Economics from the Top Down_ also wrote two very good papers on the converion of housing into…