The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Exclusive: For years, U.S. politicians have rejected allegations of Israeli racism and excused mistreatment of the Palestinians as a temporary necessity that would be fixed by a two-state solution. But Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has destroyed those arguments in his panic to keep his job, reports Robert Parry.
For Every Dollar Spent Influencing US Politics, Corporations Get $760 Back
The first time we read the recent analysis by the Sunlight Foundation in which it combed through 14 million corporate records, including data on campaign contributions, lobbying expenditures, federal budget allocations and spending, in order to determine the “rate of return” on lobbying and spending to buy political goodwill, we were left speechless.
When it comes to the rate of return on lobbying, the rates are simply staggering, and range anywhere between 5,900% for oil subsidies, to 22,000% for multinational tax breaks and even higher for America's legal drug dealers.
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This is theatrical — not a real reform at all.
New group calls for changes in presidential debate rules
Philip Rucker
Washington Post, 17 March 2015
A group of political elders, concerned that the American public is losing faith in the presidential election system, is pushing for changes to general-election debate rules to make it easier for independent candidates to gain traction.
The group, called Change the Rule, recently wrote a letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates, the nonpartisan organization that runs general-election debates, urging it to eliminate the rule requiring non-major-party candidates to average at least 15 percent in public polling to participate.
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U.S. In Worse Financial Shape Than Greece, Congress Told
Boston University economist, Laurence Kotlikoff, has said that the U.S. is in worse fiscal shape than any developed country including Greece. Speaking to the Senate Budget Committee on February 25th, 2015 Kotlikoff warned, “The first point I want to get across is that our nation is broke … Our nation’s broke, and it’s not broke in 75 years or 50 years or 25 years or 10 years. It’s broke today.”
Yet again we have evidence that the compassionate life-affirming choice in social programs is not only the most wellness oriented, it is also cheaper, and more efficient. We see this over and over, so one must ask, why so often is this not the option chosen? Hate, a need to punish the vulnerable? Self-righteous superiority? Just plain nastiness? Given the evidence I think we ought to be asking this question.
Giving Homes to the Homeless is Cheaper Than Leaving them on the Street. Here’s Proof
