Two Right-Wing Billionaire Brothers Are Remaking America for Their Own Benefit Markets spooked as Greek rescue plan crumbles: Europe’s rescue plan for Greece appears to be crumbling after the country threatened to call in the International Monetary Fund unless Brussels comes up with real money on acceptable terms within a week. Latvia government collapses amid economic crisis: Latvia's coalition government has collapsed after failing to tackle a crippling economic crisis. Banker Bob's £63m jackpot: Anger and disgust as scale of City fat-cat culture hits new record: One of Britain's richest bankers has landed a record pay package of £63.3million. The extraordinary deal for Barclays president Bob Diamond sparked a major new row over payouts to banking fat cats. Cigna Gives $110.9 Million Compensation Package To Ex-CEO: The insurance giant Cigna last year gave compensation packages worth more than $120 million to two executives who left the company, according to a filing with the SEC on Friday Bankrupt banks: Regulators seize seven more banks: Seven banks closed in Georgia, Utah, Ohio, Minnesota and Alabama brought the number of U.S. bank bankruptcies to 37 so far this year, regulators said. Unemployment soars in U.S. metropolitan areas: Unemployment rates in 363 U.S. metropolitan areas rose in January, and 346 areas reported year-on-year declines in their number of jobs, the Labor Department said The homeless pay the price: Homeless and mental health services in the US are being cut back as cities, counties and states run out of cash
By Jim Hightower
It's not paranoia if they really are out to get you--and they are! "They" are the corporate powers that collect our consumer dollars and then, as hush-hush as possible, use that money to finance their interlocked array of right-wing foundations, think tanks, "scholars," media sparklies, political personalities, and other fronts. Continue
Monday, 22 March 2010
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