The Financial Elite s War Against the US Economy
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/12/31-8
'World's Worst Poker Player': Obama Readies Gift for GOP
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/12/31-3
An Ugly, Ugly, Ugly Deal
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/01/02-0
Progressives: Fiscal Deal a Predictable, Terrible Mess
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/01/02-4
Corporate-Friendly Fiscal Deal Maintains Tens of Billions in Fossil Fuel Industry Giveaways
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/01/03-1
The Truth Behind the Fiscal Cliff s Reality TV Show
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/01/04
Tax Avoidance On the Rise: It s Twice the Amount of Social Security and Medicare
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/01/07
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Eight Corporate Subsidies in the Fiscal Cliff Bill, From Goldman Sachs to Disney to NASCAR
Matt Stoller, Naked Capitalism: This is what the fiscal cliff is about, who gets the money.... So without further ado, here are eight corporate subsidies in the fiscal cliff bill that you haven t heard of.
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13648-eight-corporate-subsidies-in-the-fiscal-cliff-bill-from-goldman-sachs-to-disney-to-nascar
Who Won in the Fiscal Cliff Deal?
Salvatore Babones, Inequality.org: The fiscal cliff deal is a deal for the comfortable; those of us who have good jobs and advanced degrees can be satisfied. For the 80 percent of Americans who don t, it s just more bad news.
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13651-who-won-in-the-fiscal-cliff-deal
The Ongoing War: After the Battle Over the Cliff, the Battle Over the Debt Ceiling
Robert Reich, Robert Reich s Blog: The single biggest failure of the White House and the Democrats in the cliff negotiations was not getting Republicans' agreement to raise the debt ceiling. The battle over the fiscal cliff is over, but the trench warfare will continue.
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13652-the-ongoing-war-after-the-battle-over-the-cliff-the-battle-over-the-debt-ceiling
Fiscal Cliff Follies: Political Theater Distracts From Key Problems With the Fix
Richard D. Wolff, Truthout: Extremely unequal distributions of wealth and income continue to enable the richest and largest individuals and enterprises to manipulate the economy and control the political parties. The result is an economic structure disinterested in a democratically focused way out of crisis and decline.
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13685-fiscal-cliff-follies-political-theater-distracts-from-key-problems-with-the-fix
American Dynasties Perpetuated by ''Cliff'' Estate Tax Deal
Paul Jay, The Real News Network: Economist, attorney and investigative journalist James Henry says Obama s deal with the GOP on estate taxes ensures very rich families will continue to amass historic levels of wealth and power.
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13716-american-dynasties-perpetuated-by-cliff-estate-tax-deal
Corporate Gold on the Fiscal Cliff
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Moyers & Co.: Behind closed doors, Congress larded the fiscal cliff deal with corporate tax breaks worth tens of billions of dollars.
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13939-corporate-gold-on-the-fiscal-cliff
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Fiscal Cliff Over, Now the Attack on the People Begins
By Kevin Zeese
Last night, Congress passed a watered down fiscal cliff package that will raise taxes on everyone, but the worst is yet to come, and this ''deficit cutting'' measure contains some surprises.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33504.htm
Obama s Deal Gave Away All His Leverage
By Zaid Jilani
Now that Obama has given away his leverage, Republicans can go after ''entitlements'', meaning Medicare and Social Security benefits.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33499.htm
Politicians Who Cut Social Programs Will Pay Price
By Orson Aguilar
Latinos aren t buying the notion that government is the problem and should be starved of funds. They value government services and want an adequate, fair tax structure to support it.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33500.htm
8 Huge Corporate Handouts in the Fiscal Cliff Bill
By Matt Stoller
Here are the corporate subsidies in the fiscal cliff bill that you may not know about.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33515.htm
GOP Threat: Cut Social Security and Medicare or we ll kill the economy
Op-Ed
Republicans are very clear about their latest extortion threat to the American people: Unless you cut Social Security and Medicare benefits, within the next two months we will throw the US economy back into recession by refusing to allow the US raise the debt ceiling and pay our bills.
http://is.gd/ZEWNs1
77 percent of Americans strongly disapprove of Congress
Nearly 80 percent of Americans say they believe Washington is causing "serious harm to the country," shedding further light on the low approval ratings of the most recent US Congress and the widespread pessimism regarding the country's future.
http://is.gd/1jW7kN
Half of Republicans in Congress Are Apparently Cool With America Defaulting
GOP leaders in Congress are saying that ''more than half'' of Republicans in Congress are willing to let America default ''unless Obama agrees to dramatic cuts he has repeatedly said he opposes.''
http://is.gd/xh0fzu
From Information Clearing House
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The big lie loses
The Nation Blog
by William Greider
01/01/13
Despite the media s 'fiscal cliff' hysteria and relentless propaganda from the monied interests, their 'big lie' politics has lost. The people won. At least the people did not lose. This result is a promising sign for the political conflicts that lie ahead, another indication that 'big money' does not always have its way. Liberal-labor progressives must make the most of this opportunity, mobilize folks for the next round of battles and force their progressive values upon the often ambivalent President Obama and other hesitant Democrats. The phony drama over 'fiscal crisis' was always designed to punish the wrong people for the nation s economic ills. The establishment s goal was to demonize the federal programs most valued by ordinary citizens, Social Security and Medicare, blaming them for Washington s soaring deficits and debt instead of the collapsed economy that Wall Street produced...
http://www.thenation.com/blog/171958/big-lie-loses
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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Congress Avoids the Cliff by Selling Us Down the River
http://lewrockwell.com/schiff/schiff193.html
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=America+default
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=US+Congress
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Republican
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=GOP
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=elite
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=dynast
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=corporat
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Progressives
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Latinos
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=US+economy
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=collaps+economy
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=debt
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=recession
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=decline
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=deficit
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=fiscal+cliff
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=debt+ceiling
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=hysteria
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=propaganda
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=establishment
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=bipartisan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=corporat
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Big+Money
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=wealthy
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=super-rich
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Wall+Street
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Goldman+Sachs
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=NASCAR
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=leverage
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=tax+structure
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=tax+break
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=entitlement
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=social+programs
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=medicare
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=social+security
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Michael+Hudson
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Matt+Stoller
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Salvatore+Babones
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Robert+Reich+Blog
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Robert+Borosage
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Jon+Queally
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Kevin+Zeese
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Zaid+Jilani
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Orson+Aguilar
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=William+Greider
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=com/schiff
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Beth+Brogan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Richard+D.+Wolff
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Paul+Jay
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=David+Sirota
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Paul+Buchheit
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=moyers
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Michael+Winship
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'World's Worst Poker Player': Obama Readies Gift for GOP
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/12/31-3
An Ugly, Ugly, Ugly Deal
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/01/02-0
Progressives: Fiscal Deal a Predictable, Terrible Mess
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/01/02-4
Corporate-Friendly Fiscal Deal Maintains Tens of Billions in Fossil Fuel Industry Giveaways
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/01/03-1
The Truth Behind the Fiscal Cliff s Reality TV Show
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/01/04
Tax Avoidance On the Rise: It s Twice the Amount of Social Security and Medicare
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/01/07
--------
Eight Corporate Subsidies in the Fiscal Cliff Bill, From Goldman Sachs to Disney to NASCAR
Matt Stoller, Naked Capitalism: This is what the fiscal cliff is about, who gets the money.... So without further ado, here are eight corporate subsidies in the fiscal cliff bill that you haven t heard of.
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13648-eight-corporate-subsidies-in-the-fiscal-cliff-bill-from-goldman-sachs-to-disney-to-nascar
Who Won in the Fiscal Cliff Deal?
Salvatore Babones, Inequality.org: The fiscal cliff deal is a deal for the comfortable; those of us who have good jobs and advanced degrees can be satisfied. For the 80 percent of Americans who don t, it s just more bad news.
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13651-who-won-in-the-fiscal-cliff-deal
The Ongoing War: After the Battle Over the Cliff, the Battle Over the Debt Ceiling
Robert Reich, Robert Reich s Blog: The single biggest failure of the White House and the Democrats in the cliff negotiations was not getting Republicans' agreement to raise the debt ceiling. The battle over the fiscal cliff is over, but the trench warfare will continue.
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13652-the-ongoing-war-after-the-battle-over-the-cliff-the-battle-over-the-debt-ceiling
Fiscal Cliff Follies: Political Theater Distracts From Key Problems With the Fix
Richard D. Wolff, Truthout: Extremely unequal distributions of wealth and income continue to enable the richest and largest individuals and enterprises to manipulate the economy and control the political parties. The result is an economic structure disinterested in a democratically focused way out of crisis and decline.
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13685-fiscal-cliff-follies-political-theater-distracts-from-key-problems-with-the-fix
American Dynasties Perpetuated by ''Cliff'' Estate Tax Deal
Paul Jay, The Real News Network: Economist, attorney and investigative journalist James Henry says Obama s deal with the GOP on estate taxes ensures very rich families will continue to amass historic levels of wealth and power.
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13716-american-dynasties-perpetuated-by-cliff-estate-tax-deal
Corporate Gold on the Fiscal Cliff
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Moyers & Co.: Behind closed doors, Congress larded the fiscal cliff deal with corporate tax breaks worth tens of billions of dollars.
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13939-corporate-gold-on-the-fiscal-cliff
--------
Fiscal Cliff Over, Now the Attack on the People Begins
By Kevin Zeese
Last night, Congress passed a watered down fiscal cliff package that will raise taxes on everyone, but the worst is yet to come, and this ''deficit cutting'' measure contains some surprises.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33504.htm
Obama s Deal Gave Away All His Leverage
By Zaid Jilani
Now that Obama has given away his leverage, Republicans can go after ''entitlements'', meaning Medicare and Social Security benefits.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33499.htm
Politicians Who Cut Social Programs Will Pay Price
By Orson Aguilar
Latinos aren t buying the notion that government is the problem and should be starved of funds. They value government services and want an adequate, fair tax structure to support it.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33500.htm
8 Huge Corporate Handouts in the Fiscal Cliff Bill
By Matt Stoller
Here are the corporate subsidies in the fiscal cliff bill that you may not know about.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33515.htm
GOP Threat: Cut Social Security and Medicare or we ll kill the economy
Op-Ed
Republicans are very clear about their latest extortion threat to the American people: Unless you cut Social Security and Medicare benefits, within the next two months we will throw the US economy back into recession by refusing to allow the US raise the debt ceiling and pay our bills.
http://is.gd/ZEWNs1
77 percent of Americans strongly disapprove of Congress
Nearly 80 percent of Americans say they believe Washington is causing "serious harm to the country," shedding further light on the low approval ratings of the most recent US Congress and the widespread pessimism regarding the country's future.
http://is.gd/1jW7kN
Half of Republicans in Congress Are Apparently Cool With America Defaulting
GOP leaders in Congress are saying that ''more than half'' of Republicans in Congress are willing to let America default ''unless Obama agrees to dramatic cuts he has repeatedly said he opposes.''
http://is.gd/xh0fzu
From Information Clearing House
--------
The big lie loses
The Nation Blog
by William Greider
01/01/13
Despite the media s 'fiscal cliff' hysteria and relentless propaganda from the monied interests, their 'big lie' politics has lost. The people won. At least the people did not lose. This result is a promising sign for the political conflicts that lie ahead, another indication that 'big money' does not always have its way. Liberal-labor progressives must make the most of this opportunity, mobilize folks for the next round of battles and force their progressive values upon the often ambivalent President Obama and other hesitant Democrats. The phony drama over 'fiscal crisis' was always designed to punish the wrong people for the nation s economic ills. The establishment s goal was to demonize the federal programs most valued by ordinary citizens, Social Security and Medicare, blaming them for Washington s soaring deficits and debt instead of the collapsed economy that Wall Street produced...
http://www.thenation.com/blog/171958/big-lie-loses
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
--------
Congress Avoids the Cliff by Selling Us Down the River
http://lewrockwell.com/schiff/schiff193.html
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=America+default
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=US+Congress
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Republican
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=GOP
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=elite
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=dynast
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=corporat
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Progressives
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Latinos
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=US+economy
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=collaps+economy
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=debt
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=recession
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=decline
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=deficit
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=fiscal+cliff
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=debt+ceiling
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=hysteria
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=propaganda
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=establishment
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=bipartisan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=corporat
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Big+Money
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=wealthy
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=super-rich
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Wall+Street
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Goldman+Sachs
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=NASCAR
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=leverage
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=tax+structure
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=tax+break
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=entitlement
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=social+programs
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=medicare
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=social+security
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Michael+Hudson
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Matt+Stoller
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Salvatore+Babones
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Robert+Reich+Blog
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Robert+Borosage
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Jon+Queally
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Kevin+Zeese
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Zaid+Jilani
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Orson+Aguilar
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=William+Greider
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=com/schiff
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Beth+Brogan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Richard+D.+Wolff
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Paul+Jay
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=David+Sirota
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Paul+Buchheit
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=moyers
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Michael+Winship
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