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Jail is for the Little People

By sidd | Published: March 25, 2011
“The Law condemns the lesser felon That steals the goose from off the Common But lets the greater felon loose That steals the Common from under the goose” Finest justice money can buy. You got no money ?Tough luck
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Who Is to Blame for the Financial Crisis?

By admin | Published: March 14, 2011
A friend wrote: Three years ago, the US had one of the most horrific financial crises in history caused by a massive fraud. Not a single financial executive is in jail… helllloooooooo!!! I replied: Correction… those who committed crimes on the business side, such as, Bernie Maddof, are in jail for a very, very long [...]
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Market Economics

By sidd | Published: March 6, 2011
Slavery never went away. It just evolved into more efficient slavery: wage servitude. Men As Beasts of Burden
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Coming to a Neighborhood Near You

By sidd | Published: October 4, 2010
Now it’s ‘Rent-A-Fireman.’ Next : ‘Rent-A-Cop.’ ‘Rent-A-Judge.’ ‘Rent-A-Congressman.’ ‘Rent-A-Senator’ Who am i kidding. That’s here already. Welcome to the Company Town. “firefighters watched as an Obion County, Tennessee, home burned to the ground.”
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Mines or Tombs ?

By sidd | Published: June 24, 2010
Let us say you are a large coal mining company. And that your regulatory agency has cited you for repeated safety violations, including ineffective dust removal. And that dozens of your workers have recently died in accidents. The regulators have finally ordered you to cease using ineffective dust scrubbers. Do you take steps to fix [...]
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Coming Home

By sidd | Published: May 30, 2010
Millions of gallon of oil spilled. Fishing industry ruined. Lives lost. Gulf of Mexico ? Not quite. Try Nigeria. “In fact, more oil is spilled from the delta’s network of terminals, pipes, pumping stations and oil platforms every year than has been lost in the Gulf of Mexico, the site of a major ecological catastrophe [...]
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Geen Housing

By admin | Published: April 15, 2010
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced that Washtenaw County, Michigan is being awarded a $250,000 grant to produce 30 new affordable green rental units in Ann Arbor. The County will use Avalon Housing, Inc., an established community-based affordable housing developer, to create these new apartments which will feature [...]
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Preying on the Ill

By sidd | Published: March 17, 2010
Sell expensive insurance, then drop those who fall ill. What a business. “Shortly after his diagnosis, however, his insurance company, Fortis, revoked his policy.” “Fortis had a company policy of targeting policyholders with HIV. A computer program and algorithm targeted every policyholder recently diagnosed with HIV for an automatic fraud investigation, as the company searched [...]
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Sugar Daddy

By sidd | Published: March 8, 2010
After poisoning the land, losing half a billion dollars, who you gonna call to bail you out? The politicians you bough and paid for, that’s who. “United States Sugar was, as one official put it during an interview, ‘pretty much in the driver’s seat.’ ” “On Nov. 15, 2007, two United States Sugar lobbyists met [...]
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Eat Your Share

By sidd | Published: March 6, 2010
And act like you like it. “Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may force lenders including Bank of America Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wells Fargo & Co. and Citigroup Inc. to buy back $21 billion of home loans this year as part of a crackdown on faulty mortgages.” Heeheehee, sob. I dunno whether to laugh [...]
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