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How America's Financial Sector Became A Massive and Unregulated Gambling Operation.
Business  (tags: Gambling With Lives, Laissez Faire, Markets Without Morals, Human Misery, Undeserved Wealth, Rich, Poor, Even More Poor )

Panda Eat
- 75 days ago - alternet.org
Lest we forget so soon,it was unregulated ,laissez faire oligarchal capitalism that brought about the recent world crash.All the worlds fate,decided by a few gamblers..what a way to run a planet..they take the profits..we take the fall out.
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TurboTax Lobbyists Try To Block State Aid to Poor
Business  (tags: Intuit, TurboTax, software, California, lobbyists, corporate, greed, ethics, money, politics, government, corruption, business, consumers, poor, taxpayers, abuse )

Tom
- 124 days ago - latimes.com
For several years Intuit lobbyists have tried to kill a state program that allows some California residents, mostly low-income taxpayers, to have the state tax board fill out their tax returns for free -- competition for Intuit's popular TurboTax software
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Creditors Use Loophole to Seize Protected Benefits
Business  (tags: banks, creditors, collection, law, money, americans, abuse, corporate, greed, finance, economy, ethics, government, politics, society, consumers, business, social, security, veterans, benefits, poor, rich, class, warfare )

Tom
- 177 days ago - seattlepi.com
Federal law has long protected Social Security and veterans benefits from most creditors. But creditors have been seizing the payments anyway by getting court orders to freeze and garnish bank accounts that receive the benefits through direct deposit.
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Bank of America Wins Appeal on Overdraft Fees
Business  (tags: banks, law, money, americans, abuse, corporate, greed, finance, economy, ethics, government, politics, society, consumers, business, social, security, poor, rich, class, warfare )

Tom
- 178 days ago - latimes.com
The Court said banks can take overdraft fees from Social Security recipients' accounts. Banks earn $40 million a year from overdraft charges. Social Security recipients in the suit lost 20% of their monthly income in a single day because of bank fees.
13 comments
Money for a Wall Street Bailout, But Not for the Poor - Opinion
Business  (tags: economy, money, health care, homeless, education, housing, jobs, poor, corporate bailouts, tax breaks )


- 425 days ago - nydailynews.com
They would like to know how it is that there is no money for health care, education, housing and real jobs for poor people, but there are trillions for state-sponsored corporate bailouts and tax breaks for the rich.
1 comment
Rich Pay Less Percentage in Taxes Than Poor, Report Finds
Business  (tags: Canadian tax rates, rich, poor, class distinction )

Heidi
- 748 days ago - finance.sympatico.msn.ca
OTTAWA - The era of tax cuts ushered in by federal and provincial governments in recent years have made Canada's tax system so regressive that the country's richest now pay the lowest rates of all income groups, says a report to be released Thursday
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