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US Politics & Gov't News tagged with greed

Evidence That the US Is a Failed State - Are You Ready for the Next Crisis; Greed Vs Poverty?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: usa, economy, abuse, greed, wealth, poverty, ethics what are they? )

David
- 25 days ago - informationclearinghouse.info
Income inequality in the US is now the most extreme of all countries. The 2008 OECD report, "Income Distribution and Poverty in OECD Countries," concludes that the US is the country with the highest inequality and poverty rate across the OECD.
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Are We the Martians of the Twenty First Century, and Is the War in Afghanistan Fun?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: war, iraq, afghanistan, pakistan, iran, north korea, crime, abuse, lies, money, money money, greed, military, death, media, dishonesty, flying saucers, pigs will fly, propaganda, politics, troops, ethics )

David
- 36 days ago - motherjones.com
After almost eight years of war, only now does the danger that we might "look increasingly like occupiers" rise to the surface. Since "occupier" is a role Americans just can't compehend. Let's agree that we are aliens, intent on destroying the planet?
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As Troops Draw Down, More Contractors Hired - Greedy US Corporate Empire Builders Descend on Iraq - Blood for Money?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: war, greed, terrorism, oh what a luverly war, money money money!, ethics what is that? )

David
- 46 days ago - votersforpeace.us
"The wages are attractive. With bonuses, income can surpass $95,000 a year. The first $84,000 is nontaxable for contractors who agree not to return to the United States within the first 11 months of the contract. What's more, food and shelter are free!
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Money-Driven Medicine - The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much - Must Watch VIDEO
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: healthcare, money, greed, corruption, crime, ethics )

David
- 80 days ago - alternet.org
A new documentary by Alex Gibney, an Academy Award-winning filmmaker (Taxi to the Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room.) The film, Money-Driven Medicine aired on Bill Moyers Journal on Friday. (You can watch the whole Moyers segment here.)
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How Corrupt Is the Economic System of the U.S.A. Today? - VERY! - The New York Times Reveals Sickening U.S. Economic Statistics
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: economy, poverty, reality, crime, abuse, healthcare, housing, education, corporate crime gone wild, greed, money, ethics )

David
- 102 days ago - informationclearinghouse.info
At one time the high standards of the American lifestyle were the envy of the world. That day is gone with the wind. A 30 nation survey placed the poverty rate of the U.S.A. only above Mexico and Turkey. The economic gap between rich and poor widening.
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VIDEO - Bill Moyers: Insider Reveals Health Insurance Industry Deceit
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, cover-up, lies, dishonesty, corruption, republicans, democrats, politics, healthcare, propaganda, americans, insurance, corporate, greed, profits, stockholders, money, influence, public, policy, illness, disease, medicine )

Tom
- 104 days ago - pbs.org
Former Health insurance Executive Wendell Potter saw for-profit insurers hijack our health care system and put profits before patients. Now, he speaks with Bill Moyers about how those companies are corrupting politicians and lying to the American people.
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Bombshell: Osama Bin Laden Worked for US Until 9/11
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: bin laden, bushadministration employee, 9/11 truth, politics, corporations, greed, lies, dishonesty, corruption, abuse, republicans, terrorism, Govtfearmongering, cover-up, crime, military, war, usa, ethics )

David
- 107 days ago - globalresearch.ca
The US outsourced terror operations to al Qaeda and the Taliban for many years, promoting the Islamization of Central Asia in an attempt to personally profit off military sales as well as oil and gas concessions. US governmental silence is deafening!
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The Ugly Racism of the Right Will Be Their Undoing
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: republicans, dishonesty, greed, abuse, lies, corruption, propaganda, government, politics, hate, speech, rush, limbaugh, glenn, beck, racism, welfare, healthcare, poor, unemployed, unlucky )

Tom
- 108 days ago - alternet.org
Everyday it gets harder to think of the whiny Republican hate speech as sheer coincidence. Instead, it's beginning to look inevitable -- so much so that maybe the real question is, What is it about health care that brings out the latent racism in the GOP?
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$2,000 for a Dead Afghan Child - $100,000 for Any American Who Died Killing It - God Save America!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: USA, Murder, greed, money, money, money, death and destruction, Credibility, ethics? )

David
- 143 days ago - informationclearinghouse.info
Embarrassing that no Afghani or Pakistani child or parent has any human right at all, including the right not to be blown to pieces in a US drone air strike? - the final insult being the value of their lives put at a mere $2,000 by the US government!
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119 Million Americans Want a Public Health Option -- Why Aren't Politicians Listening?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: single payer healthcare, industry rejection, profits above healthcare, greed, absurdity, dollars dollars dollars, profit before death, abuse of power, ethics )

David
- 161 days ago - alternet.org
Rarely has an issue more dramatically highlighted the question of whether our government represents the people's interests or an industry's. The industry says its allies in Congress must prevent a single payer scheme,It's NOT in OUR interest!
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Petition - Swine Flu - Demand Protection From Mandatory Vaccination
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: swine flu, big pharma, mandatory injections, greed, manufactured flu, manufactured prevention, money money money, your health, your rights, crime, ethics )

David
- 162 days ago - salsa.democracyinaction.org
The vaccines produced for the bioengineered H1N1 Pandemic will not have been tested in any meaningful way by the time they are delivered into our bodies and those of our children in the fall of 2009. Big Greedy Pharma is is sick! You are not!
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Nightmares Come True for the Neediest
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, california, Gov. Schwarzenegger, rich, class, warfare, greed, lies, corruption, dishonesty, republicans, cruel, abuse, budget, cuts, poverty, poor, disabled, blind, homeless, hungry, sick, elderly, low-income, suffering )

Tom
- 163 days ago - latimes.com
Faced with a budget deficit in the fiscal year starting July 1, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed cutting state supplemental payments for the elderly and disabled down to the minimum allowed by federal law. It would be their third cut this year.
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Gov. Schwarzenegger Targets Only Low-Income Californians
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, california, Gov. Schwarzenegger, rich, class, warfare, greed, lies, corruption, dishonesty, republicans, cruel, abuse, budget, cuts, poverty, poor, disabled, blind, homeless, hungry, sick, elderly, low-income, suffering )

Tom
- 170 days ago - californiaprogressreport.com
The governor wants to kick 90 percent of the low-income elderly, blind and disabled clients out of the In Home Supportive Services Program, despite the fact that IHSS saves California taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
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Barack Obama Spins the Facts, Takes Single-Payer Health Care Off the Table
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: obama, americans, government, dishonesty, corruption, cover-up, lies, healthcare, medicine, illness, disease, treatment, protection, single, payer, universal, insurance, business, money, politics, corporate, greed )

Tom
- 185 days ago - opednews.com
In the United States the insurance and pharmaceutical companies spend hundreds of millions of dollars of your insurance premiums on lobbying and campaign contributions, and greedy politicians have become quite comfortable feeding off of that cash cow.
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CA Politicians Target Young Children and The Mentally Ill
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, economy, greed, politics, money, ethics, dishonesty, corruption, children, health, disabled, mentally ill, treatment, protection, society, culture, sadness, rights, abuse )

Tom
- 213 days ago - latimes.com
CA lawmakers fighting to balance the budget put two propositions on the May 19 special election ballot that would yank more than $2 billion from a pair of popular programs that help some of the state's most vulnerable: young children and the mentally ill.
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