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82-Year-Old Connecticut Barber Offers the Homeless Haircuts in Exchange for Hugs
Business  (tags: humans, society, compasion, love, hugs, americans, abuse, economy, corruption, politics )

Evelyn
- 2 days ago - thedenverchannel.com
Each Wednesday, barber Anthony Cymerys sets up his chair in the shade of an oak tree in Hartford's Bushnell Park. For longtime clients, the homeless or those just down on their luck, the fee is always the same: a hug for a haircut..
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Ayn Rand USA: In 20 Years Corporate Profits Are Up 4X and Their Taxes Have Fallen By 50% -- Meanwhile the Workers' Payroll Tax H
Business  (tags: corporate, economy, politics, taxes, inequality, Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged )

Lynn
- 5 days ago - alternet.org
Ayn Rand's novel "Atlas Shrugged" fantasizes a world in which anti-government citizens reject taxes and regulations, and "stop the motor" by withdrawing themselves from the system of production. ... [but]... rejected taxes are shutting down productive people.
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Oil Demand in Developing Nations Overtakes Industrialised World
Business  (tags: world, usa, oil, politics, marketing, investors, investments, ethics, economy, corporate, business, consumers, americans, energy )

JL
- 6 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Shale oil has rapidly boosted oil production in the US, presaging a revolution in oil to mirror that in gas production
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OP-ED: The Biggest "Takers" and Societal Parasites Are the Rich, Not the Working Class and Poor
Business  (tags: rights, ethics, class warfare, economy, americans, corruption, society, news, politics, usa, ethics, dishonesty, abuse, world, society, dishonesty, corporate, corruption, business, corruption, society, politics, usa, world )

Cal
- 7 days ago - truth-out.org
In the past twenty years, corporate profits have quadrupled while the corporate tax percent has dropped by half. The payroll tax, paid by workers, has doubled.In effect, corporations have decided to let middle-class workers pay for national investments th
25 comments
Video:Charts: Why You're in Deep Trouble If You Can't Afford a Lawyer
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, culture, crime, dishonesty, ethics, family, freedoms, government, law, politics, rights, society, safety, women, police, congress, economy, propaganda, SupremeCourt, usa, labor, investments, humans, corruption, consumers, americans, abus )

JL
- 10 days ago - motherjones.com
Fifty years after the groundbreaking "Gideon" ruling, public defenders are overworked, underpaid--and America's poor are paying the price.
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JPMorgan Cheating on the Stress Test: Exhibit 46,
Business  (tags: abuse, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, debt, economy, ethics, finance, investments, investing, investors, law, lies, marketing, money, politics, society, usa, world )

JL
- 11 days ago - citizenvox.org
JPMorgan's "London Whale" episode may boil down to a few senior executives attempting to increase their personal compensation.
15 comments
TAKE ACTION NOW! THERE'S SOMETHING ROTTEN IN THE U.S. TOMATO INDUSTRY
Business  (tags: corporate, dishonesty, business, abuse, politics, exploitation, minimum wage workers, corporate corporate election spending, labor, usa, ethics, corruption, usa, news )

Cal
- 12 days ago - e-activist.com
Florida's tomato farms supply 50% of all U.S. fresh tomatoes but have also been called America's 'ground zero for slavery.' Countless workers held against their will, threatened with violence and forced to haul hundreds of heavy tomato buckets a day for
24 comments
"Business Climate" Rankings Bogus Says New Report
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, economy, cover-up, ethics, finance, marketing, lies, investors, investments, investing, politics, society, money, usa )

JL
- 12 days ago - prwatch.org
Six influential state tax studies by anti-tax organizations including the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), are "deeply flawed," include "highly inconsistent findings" & constitute "ideologically charged pseudo-social science published to fu
9 comments
Mozilla to Take Legal Action Against Spy Tech Firm Over
Business  (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', HumanRights, humanrights, government, ethics, society, politics, world, technology, business, consumers, dishonesty, corruption, marketing, society )

JL
- 16 days ago - slate.com
Mozilla, the maker of the Firefox browser, is well-known for battling online tracking.Now it's set to launch a fresh privacy-protecting offensive: taking on a controversial surveillance company that has been accused of selling spyware to authoritarian re
20 comments
Take Action: Tell the New Head of the SEC, Mary Jo White, to Force Corporations to Disclose Their Political Spending.
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, congress, corruption, cover-up, dishonesty, ethics, elections, GoodNews, government, media, lies, propaganda, politics, usa, SupremeCourt, corruption, corporate, cover-up, dishonesty, finance, investments, investors, law, lies, marketing )

JL
- 16 days ago - action.sumofus.org
Submit your comment to the SEC Send comments to the SEC supporting a rule change to require corporations to disclose political spending. A personal message will be the most effective, but feel free to use the one we provided.
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How a Much-Heralded Bank Reform Proposal Could Actually Blow Up the American Economy
Business  (tags: Banana republic, Banking industry, Derivatives, Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Politics, Regulations and regulators )

Judy
- 17 days ago - nakedcapitalism.com
So if the banking industry hates the bill, what's not to love? The real problem is not what the bailout bill does; it's what it doesn't do. Or, more specifically, who and what it leaves out.
9 comments
The Rich Have Gained $5.6 Trillion in the 'Recovery,' While the Rest of Us Have Lost $669 Billion
Business  (tags: wealth distribution, money, society, politics, usa, economy, government, business, Wall St bailout, Federal Reserve, trickledown economics, unemployment, criminal conspiracies )

Lynn
- 18 days ago - alternet.org
Do the math and you'll discover that the top 7% gained a whopping $5.6 trillion in net worth (assets minus liabilities) while the rest of lost $669 billion. Their wealth went up by 28% while ours went down by 4 percent.
21 comments
BAD BUSINESS: Big Banks Are Knee-Deep in the Dirty Money-Laundering Business
Business  (tags: dishonesty, abuse, corporate, Big Banks, funding terrorism, politics, world, news, society, ethics, law )

Cal
- 19 days ago - alternet.org
U.S. and UK financial firms are pretending they haven't been deeply involved in the dark side of banking.
23 comments
TAKE ACTION NOW! Walmart & Other American Retailers: Ensure Basic Safety & Human Rights for Workers in Bangladesh
Business  (tags: SAFETY CONDITIONS, safety conditions, labor, Bengladesh factory collapse, world, corporate, corruption, ethics, business, politics, news )

Cal
- 20 days ago - org.credoaction.com
Take immediate steps to deploy safety improvements in your supplier factories by joining the legally binding Bangladesh Fire and Building Safety Agreement and pay the compensation owed to injured workers and the families of workers killed while sewing yo
23 comments
Pharmaceutical Extortion: Pay Up, or Die
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, drugs, economy, finance, government, lies, marketing, money, Pharmaceutical companies, politics, society )

Kit
- 22 days ago - commondreams.org
Group of global cancer experts criticizes exorbitant drug costs that prevent access to life-saving treatments
18 comments
 
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