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2044: The Novel Comes True

By Eric Lotke
June 26, 2009

Remember a while ago I wrote about my new novel, 2044? 2044 starts where George Orwell’s 1984 left off. The problem isn’t Big Brother and the leviathan government. The problem is Big Brother Inc., and the all-powerful marketplace. more »

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Voters Want A New Balance of Power in Washington, D.C.

Submitted by Alex Carter
March 12, 2008

Voters want a new balance of power. To achieve significant change, voters see a need to rearrange the balance of power in Washington. Business interests, in particular, need to be challenged. Not only does business have too much money and power, described previously, it is not using its power wisely. more »

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Pew Research Center, “Trends in Political Values and Core Attitudes: 1987-2007,” adults, December 12, 2006 - January 9, 2007. http://people-press.org/reports/pdf/312.pdf. Pew Research Center, “Economic Discontent Deepens as Inflation Concerns Rise Adults,” January 30 to February 2, 2008. http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=395
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Tax Breaks Sweeten Purchase of Subprime Lender

From washingtonpost.com
January 15th, 2008

washingtonpost.com — For purchasing subprime giant Countrywide Financial, Bank of America will get half a billion in tax breaks over five years.

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Pay-to-play Politics

Deliberately and maliciously, conservatives have been dismantling the checks, balances and transparency that made our country great. From suspect campaign contributions to illegal junkets, government now serves the wealthy few, not the American people as a whole. more »

Corporate Welfare

So long as conservatives maintain governmental power, corporate welfare will run riot. Corporate executives are granted some special moral status as creators of wealth, a status that exempts them from the moral standards to which the rest of us are held. more »