Mitt Romney: Richer Than You Think
Romney would be the wealthiest president in American history, but the extent of his wealth goes well beyond what is normally reported in the press.
http://is.gd/pmAlyu
Life expectancy falling for the poorest Americans
According to a study conducted for the professional journal Health Affairs, life expectancy is falling for significant sections of the working class in the United States, and in some cases has reverted to levels not seen in half a century.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/sep2012/life-s22.shtml
Redistributing Wealth Upward
By Harold Meyerson
The market is not just redistributing income in the United States, then. It is redistributing life.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32560.htm
From Information Clearing House
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Romney s Monte Card Game
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/09/25
Romney Has a Jobs Plan ... for China
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/09/27-2
It s Up to All of Us to Protect Social Security
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/10/12-8
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Romney Energy Plan: Hot Cow Manure on Planet s Open Wounds
Dr. Brian Moench, Truthout: ''Mitt Romney is willing to risk the lives of billions of people, and a climate that could end modern civilization, so that he can live out his dream of being the president.''
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11746-romney-energy-plan-hot-cow-manure-on-our-open-wounds
The Moochers Mitt Missed: Meet the Welfare Queens of the 1%
Mike Lofgren, Truthout: ''Forget the laid-off workers, disabled veterans and elderly retirees. Pentagon contractors are far more dependent on taxpayers to pay their way than Mitt Romney s fabled 47 percent; and rest assured, Mitt can count on their support.''
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11781-meet-the-welfare-queens-of-the-1-the-moochers-mitt-missed-work-for-the-pentagon
Romney and ''Investments'' by the 1%?
Brendan Fischer, PRWatch: ''With support from these deep-pocketed outside donors and organizations, Romney could be the first candidate in modern history to out-raise and out-spend the incumbent president. Much of that money will be spent funding a flood of ads in the next few weeks in an effort to reverse Romney s poll numbers.''
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11786-romney-and-investments-by-the-1
Florida GOP Fired Romney Consultant s Voter Registration Firm After Fraudulent Forms Reported in Palm Beach
Brad Friedman, The Brad Blog: The Republican Party of Florida just had to fire Strategic Allied Consultingm a firm they paid about $667,000 this year to presumably run its voter registration campaigns in the state. The firm was found guilty of turning in more than 100 apparently fraudulent voter registration forms.
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11798-florida-gop-fired-romney-consultants-voter-registration-firm-after-fraudulent-forms-reported-in-palm-beach
After Making a Mess of Iraq, Bush Advisers Join Team Romney
Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: When Dan Senor spoke up for Mitt Romney following the aftermath of the protests in Libya and Egypt, Paul Krugman wondered what it says about Romney that he is relying on the same group of people that botched Iraq.
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11821-after-making-a-mess-of-iraq-bush-advisers-join-team-romney
Romney Versus Realonomy: A Peek Inside the Bubble
Salvatore Babones, Truthout: In the real economy, the place where the 99% live and work, it s hard to take Mitt Romney s plan seriously; but let s try to make sense of it anyway, unhindered by logic, arithmetic or the laws of time, space and gravity.
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11825-romney-versus-realonomy-a-peek-inside-the-bubble
The Real Question: Why Don t People Make Enough to Pay Income Taxes?
Dave Johnson, Campaign for America s Future: Mitt Romney believes that 47 percent of Americans don t make enough to pay taxes and are dependent on government. Dave Johnson says a better question is: ''Why do so many of us make so little?''
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11847-the-real-question-why-dont-people-make-enough-to-pay-income-taxes
Mitt Romney Invests in Global-Tech Sweatshop in China
Staff, Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights: Does Romney believe that young people in China are racing to climb over fortress-like walls topped with barbed wire, just to get a poorly paid job at Global-Tech? Or is it possible that the barbed wire and armed guards are meant to lock the Chinese workers in and strip them of their legal rights?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11848-mitt-romney-invests-in-global-tech-sweatshop-in-china
Media Ignore Republican Disdain for Basic Human Rights
Michael I. Niman, ArtVoice: These ''entitlements'' that Romney decried when discussing the ''47 percent'', a right to healthcare, a place to live, and food to eat, are not radical notions or fringe ideas. They are universally acknowledged basic human rights.
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11959-media-ignore-republican-disdain-for-basic-human-rights
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Elections have already cost more than $4 billion
The Raw Story
09/27/12
More than $4bn was spent on the presidential and congressional candidates and campaigns in the first 18 months of the election cycle, according to the Federal Election Commission. Presidential candidates have received $601.9m of that money, the data released on Wednesday, shows, while $1.21bn has been donated to congressional candidates donated to presidential candidates personally. The Federal Election Commission compiled campaign finance reports filed between 1 January 2011 and 30 June 2012 to produce the report. The time period covers the Republican primaries and the buildup to the presidential race...
http://tinyurl.com/9vuy58h
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=2012+election
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Romney
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bush+legacy
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=vot+regist
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Iraq
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Libya
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Egypt
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Pentagon
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=human+rights
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=mainstream+media
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=contractor
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=deep-pocket
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=poor
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=working+class
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=workers
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=laid-off
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=veterans
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=retire
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=social+security
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=taxpayer
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Cesar+Chelala
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Brian+Moench
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Mike+Lofgren
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Brendan+Fischer
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Harold+Meyerson
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Brad+Friedman
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Paul+Krugman
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Amy+Goodman
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Salvatore+Babones
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Dave+Johnson
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Michael+I.+Niman
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Rose+Ann+DeMoro
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http://is.gd/pmAlyu
Life expectancy falling for the poorest Americans
According to a study conducted for the professional journal Health Affairs, life expectancy is falling for significant sections of the working class in the United States, and in some cases has reverted to levels not seen in half a century.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/sep2012/life-s22.shtml
Redistributing Wealth Upward
By Harold Meyerson
The market is not just redistributing income in the United States, then. It is redistributing life.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32560.htm
From Information Clearing House
--------
Romney s Monte Card Game
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/09/25
Romney Has a Jobs Plan ... for China
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/09/27-2
It s Up to All of Us to Protect Social Security
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/10/12-8
--------
Romney Energy Plan: Hot Cow Manure on Planet s Open Wounds
Dr. Brian Moench, Truthout: ''Mitt Romney is willing to risk the lives of billions of people, and a climate that could end modern civilization, so that he can live out his dream of being the president.''
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11746-romney-energy-plan-hot-cow-manure-on-our-open-wounds
The Moochers Mitt Missed: Meet the Welfare Queens of the 1%
Mike Lofgren, Truthout: ''Forget the laid-off workers, disabled veterans and elderly retirees. Pentagon contractors are far more dependent on taxpayers to pay their way than Mitt Romney s fabled 47 percent; and rest assured, Mitt can count on their support.''
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11781-meet-the-welfare-queens-of-the-1-the-moochers-mitt-missed-work-for-the-pentagon
Romney and ''Investments'' by the 1%?
Brendan Fischer, PRWatch: ''With support from these deep-pocketed outside donors and organizations, Romney could be the first candidate in modern history to out-raise and out-spend the incumbent president. Much of that money will be spent funding a flood of ads in the next few weeks in an effort to reverse Romney s poll numbers.''
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11786-romney-and-investments-by-the-1
Florida GOP Fired Romney Consultant s Voter Registration Firm After Fraudulent Forms Reported in Palm Beach
Brad Friedman, The Brad Blog: The Republican Party of Florida just had to fire Strategic Allied Consultingm a firm they paid about $667,000 this year to presumably run its voter registration campaigns in the state. The firm was found guilty of turning in more than 100 apparently fraudulent voter registration forms.
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11798-florida-gop-fired-romney-consultants-voter-registration-firm-after-fraudulent-forms-reported-in-palm-beach
After Making a Mess of Iraq, Bush Advisers Join Team Romney
Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: When Dan Senor spoke up for Mitt Romney following the aftermath of the protests in Libya and Egypt, Paul Krugman wondered what it says about Romney that he is relying on the same group of people that botched Iraq.
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11821-after-making-a-mess-of-iraq-bush-advisers-join-team-romney
Romney Versus Realonomy: A Peek Inside the Bubble
Salvatore Babones, Truthout: In the real economy, the place where the 99% live and work, it s hard to take Mitt Romney s plan seriously; but let s try to make sense of it anyway, unhindered by logic, arithmetic or the laws of time, space and gravity.
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11825-romney-versus-realonomy-a-peek-inside-the-bubble
The Real Question: Why Don t People Make Enough to Pay Income Taxes?
Dave Johnson, Campaign for America s Future: Mitt Romney believes that 47 percent of Americans don t make enough to pay taxes and are dependent on government. Dave Johnson says a better question is: ''Why do so many of us make so little?''
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11847-the-real-question-why-dont-people-make-enough-to-pay-income-taxes
Mitt Romney Invests in Global-Tech Sweatshop in China
Staff, Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights: Does Romney believe that young people in China are racing to climb over fortress-like walls topped with barbed wire, just to get a poorly paid job at Global-Tech? Or is it possible that the barbed wire and armed guards are meant to lock the Chinese workers in and strip them of their legal rights?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11848-mitt-romney-invests-in-global-tech-sweatshop-in-china
Media Ignore Republican Disdain for Basic Human Rights
Michael I. Niman, ArtVoice: These ''entitlements'' that Romney decried when discussing the ''47 percent'', a right to healthcare, a place to live, and food to eat, are not radical notions or fringe ideas. They are universally acknowledged basic human rights.
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11959-media-ignore-republican-disdain-for-basic-human-rights
--------
Elections have already cost more than $4 billion
The Raw Story
09/27/12
More than $4bn was spent on the presidential and congressional candidates and campaigns in the first 18 months of the election cycle, according to the Federal Election Commission. Presidential candidates have received $601.9m of that money, the data released on Wednesday, shows, while $1.21bn has been donated to congressional candidates donated to presidential candidates personally. The Federal Election Commission compiled campaign finance reports filed between 1 January 2011 and 30 June 2012 to produce the report. The time period covers the Republican primaries and the buildup to the presidential race...
http://tinyurl.com/9vuy58h
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=2012+election
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Romney
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bush+legacy
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=vot+regist
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Iraq
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Libya
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Egypt
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Pentagon
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=human+rights
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=mainstream+media
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=contractor
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=deep-pocket
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=poor
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=working+class
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=workers
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=laid-off
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=veterans
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=retire
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=social+security
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=taxpayer
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Cesar+Chelala
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Brian+Moench
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Mike+Lofgren
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Brendan+Fischer
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Harold+Meyerson
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Brad+Friedman
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Paul+Krugman
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Amy+Goodman
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Salvatore+Babones
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Dave+Johnson
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Michael+I.+Niman
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Rose+Ann+DeMoro
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