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Time for making the hard choices
Written by Robert Schwarzwalder   
Thursday, 12 January 2012 15:42

Once as he was about to give an interview to some reporters, President Eisenhower was asked by his press secretary, Jim Haggerty, what he would say if a certain topic came up.

"Don't worry, Jim," said Ike. "If that question comes up, I'll just confuse them."

 
Is it time to occupy the food system?
Written by Jim Goodman   
Thursday, 15 December 2011 15:49

By Farmers have been through this before — our lives and livelihoods falling under corporate control. It has been an ongoing process: consolidation of markets; consolidation of seed companies; an ever-widening gap between our costs of production and the prices we receive. Some of us are catching on, getting the picture of the real enemy.

The "99 percent" are awakening to the realization that their lives have fallen under corporate control as well. Add up the jobs lost, the health benefits whittled away, and the unions busted, and the bill for Wall Street's self-centered greed is taking a toll.

 
Corporate tax holidays don't create jobs
Written by Jacqueline Thomas   
Wednesday, 23 November 2011 16:30

More than 80 of America's largest 100 publicly traded companies shift profits offshore to avoid paying taxes in the United States. All told, tax havens cost American taxpayers $100 billion a year in lost revenue.

Now corporate America is pushing for a sweetheart deal that would let them bring the money back home at a massively discounted tax rate.

 
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