by Richard Eskow | Jul 24, 2014 | Blog, Tax Reform
Walgreens is the pharmacy that, at least according to its website, can be found “at the corner of Happy & Healthy.” If its executives have their way, however, it may soon be found near the intersection of Ziegelackerstrasse and Untermattweg in Bern, Switzerland....
by Thom Hartmann | Jul 23, 2014 | Blog
Rich brat billionaires and giant transnational corporations have hijacked our political system. CNN is reporting that Shelly Adelson, the same man who dropped a cool $150 million during the 2012 election cycle to defeat President Obama, is now talking about spending...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 23, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision, The New Populism
The 2016 election is two-and-one-half years off, but already Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, is getting pummeled. Her book tour, designed to provide soft interviews burnishing her record as secretary of state, has been plagued by missteps. She’s...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 22, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
We've got to make our way to higher ground. We've got to get our politics above the snake line. Click here to support Rev. William Barber's Freedom Summer project.People came to Netroots Nation to see Senator Elizabeth Warren speak, and discovered Rev. William Barber...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 22, 2014 | Blog, Tax Reform
Corporations get enormous benefits that regular “persons” do not. One of the biggest is limited liability. This means that the shareholders are not liable for the debts of the corporation. A corporation can get in a lot of trouble, financial and otherwise, and then...
by Leo Gerard | Jul 22, 2014 | Blog, Economy, Tax Reform
Early last week, the drug firm Mylan stomped on the Stars and Stripes as it ditched America for the Netherlands. Then, on Friday, the drug company AbbVie similarly renounced America. For 30 pieces of silver, it will become Irish. Medical device maker Medtronic...
