Should Big Corporations Pay the Taxes They Owe?
U.S. corporations owe $600 billion in taxes Carl Icahn, noted corporate predator and takeover specialist who made billions of dollars in corporate deals, has recently begun pushing a … Read more
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Building Monopolies, One Merger After Another
Corporate monopolies are experiencing a surge in the urge to merge. Control of market after market — from cable TV to chickens, banking to washing machines — has … Read more
CEOs Call for Wage Increases for Workers! What’s the Catch?
Wage increases are a great idea, but… Peter Georgescu has a message he wants America’s corporate and political elites to hear: “I’m scared,” he said in a recent … Read more
Big Food and Hotel Giants Peddle Fake ‘Alternative’ Authenticity
“Alternative” lifestyle hotels and restaurants actually owned by mega-conglomerates Near my home in Austin, Texas, there is a great, old refurbished motel that I recommend to people when … Read more
Amazon Is Crushing Main Street and Threatening the Vitality of Our Communities
Maybe we should rethink shopping online at Amazon.com It’s that time of year — Thanksgiving holiday will be here soon, and we’ll gorge ourselves on turkey. And then … Read more
History Calling: Time to Re-Declare Our Independence
It’s time once again for re-declaring our independence, this time from “They the Corporations.” Most of us celebrated July 4th by barbequing, doing a few 12-ounce elbow bends … Read more
Holiday Formerly Known as ‘Thanksgiving’ to be Called ‘Selfish-Taking’
Due to the state of our society, ‘Thanksgiving’ is to be renamed Thanksgiving, once a proud cornerstone of our traditional American holidays with roots harkening back to our … Read more
Instead of Bombing Syria, How About Cutting Off Western Corporate Support?
Late last year, as the regime of Bashar Assad was continuing its murderous rampage against the people of Syria, the governments of Iran and Russia offered their diplomatic … Read more
The Mean Team Piles on Jobless Americans
Team GOP wants to make things even worse for America’s millions of jobless workers “Come on, team, let’s get mean!” This is not the chant of rabid football … Read more
Corporatizing National Security
There’s big money to be made by corporatizing America’s assets and functions By Ralph Nader Privacy is a sacred word to many Americans, as demonstrated by the recent … Read more
