Eagle: Charles Hugh Smith on What Killed the Middle Class (Government Legalization of Banking and Corporate Crime)

03 Economy, 11 Society
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300 Million Talons…

What Killed the Middle Class?

If the four structural trends highlighted below don't reverse, the middle class is heading for extinction.

Everyone knows the middle class is fading fast. I've covered this issue in depth for years, for example: Honey, I Shrunk the Middle Class: Perhaps 1/3 of Households Qualify (December 28, 2015) and What Does It Take To Be Middle Class? (December 5, 2013)

This raises an obvious question: what killed the middle class? While many commentators try to identify one killer cause (for example, the U.S. going off the gold standard in 1971), the die-off of the middle class is more akin to the die-off in honey bees, which is the result of the interaction of multiple causes (factors that increase the toxic load dumped on bees and other pollinators by modern agriculture).

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Berto Jongman: Computer Programmer Testifies He Was Hired to Rig Elections

11 Society, Corruption, Government, IO Impotency
Berto Jongman
Berto Jongman

Computer Programmer Testifies He Was Hired To Rig Elections

A video has been released of computer programmer Clinton Eugene Curtis testifying under oath in front of the U.S. House Judiciary claiming that he was hired by authorities to help rig the outcome of U.S. elections. 

Curtis told the court in 2000 that he was hired by Congressman Tom Freeny to build prototype software that would allow authorities to push the results to a 51/49 outcome if needed.

Jean Lievens: Finland’s Hugely Exciting Experiment in Basic Income, Explained

03 Economy, 11 Society, Money
Jean Lievens
Jean Lievens

Finland's hugely exciting experiment in basic income, explained

The headlines are shocking: “Finland plans to pay everyone in the country $876 a month”; “Finland plans to give every citizen a basic income of 800 euros a month”; “Finland plans to give every citizen 800 euros a month and scrap benefits.”

The reality is a little less wild. Finland is definitely not close to paying “everyone in the country” or “every citizen” — not yet, anyway. What it is doing is weighing a proposal for a basic income: an approach to welfare in which residents would get a flat amount of money every month, regardless of how rich they are.  Read more.

Berto Jongman: Elite Pedophilia in Australia & USA

06 Family, 07 Other Atrocities, 09 Justice, 11 Society, Corruption, Government
Berto Jongman
Berto Jongman

AU: Survivor of alleged elite paedophile ring including former prime minister speaks out

A WOMAN claiming to be the victim of a “VIP paedophile ring”, which involved three former prime ministers, has alleged she was prostituted to “paedophile parties” at Parliament House in Canberra.

US: Banned TV Documentary Exposes Government Child Sex Abuse Ring

Conspiracy of Silence is a powerful yet disturbing documentary that reveals the horrific U.S. child sex abuse and pedophilia rings within the highest echelons of government.

See Also: Pedophilia @ Phi Beta Iota

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