Author: Richard Eskow

Bernie Sanders Calls Out GE, Boeing, and Verizon For Not Paying Their Fair Share In Taxes

Bernie Sanders Calls Out GE, Boeing, and Verizon For Not Paying Their Fair Share In Taxes

Posted by | Jan 31, 2016 | , , , |

On Friday, Senator Bernie Sanders talked about his favorite topic to a rapt Iowa audience: income inequality. Senator Sanders addressed critics who asked Sanders how he would pay for the massive programs he has proposed. Sanders told the audience that the massive corporation General Electric and several others have gotten away with paying zero taxes, and often received a tax refund from the government. How do they do this? By stashing their billions in tax shelters in the Caymen Islands and other places. By making it impossible for corporations to engage in these dishonest practices, and making them pay...

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Bankers Warn Dems To Shut Elizabeth Warren Down – The Ring of Fire

Bankers Warn Dems To Shut Elizabeth Warren Down – The Ring of Fire

Posted by | Jan 30, 2016 | , , , , |

From March 2015: Since taking office in January of 2013, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has made a name for herself with her fiery takedowns of big banks and the regulators who failed to keep those big banks in check. For example, back in 2013 she asked a panel of bank regulators whether or not ‘too big to fail’ has become ‘too big for trial.’ Comments like that have made many Wall Street enemies for the senator, but that is certainly a sign that she’s on the right track. As it turns out, some banksters are actually thinking of boycotting...

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Staples Inc. Is Floundering, Hundreds Laid Off In “Bloodbath”

Staples Inc. Is Floundering, Hundreds Laid Off In “Bloodbath”

Posted by | Jan 28, 2016 | , , , |

Office supply chain Staples, which opened its first store in 1986, is in decline. After two years of closing stores across the country, the ongoing job cuts are now hitting company headquarters in Framingham, Massachusetts. In what one source describes as a “bloodbath,” layoffs will affect hundreds of employees – but CEO Ron Sargent’s job is (naturally) secure. Sargent, who has given a pink slip to the company’s North American retail chief and 30-year executive Demos Parneros, calls it “streamlining” the organization. Parneros’ job will be incorporated into the duties of  Staples’ Business-to-Business department head, Shira Goodman, who has...

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Is Hillary Struggling In The Polls A Fluke, Or Is Bernie The Real Deal? – The Ring of Fire

Is Hillary Struggling In The Polls A Fluke, Or Is Bernie The Real Deal? – The Ring of Fire

Posted by | Jan 27, 2016 | , , |

Both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have been debating whether or not the Vermont Senator’s single-payer healthcare plan is possible – and the answer is that yes, it certainly is – but that seems to be the lowest thing on the list for the Democratic candidates at the moment. The problem that Hillary Clinton has at the moment is that all of her problems from the past 6 months have come back, some of which because they were never properly handled by Clinton in the first place. For example, her speaking fees from Wall Street banks have become a...

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Hillary Attacks Bernie on Single Payer – Thom Hartmann’s Big Picture

Hillary Attacks Bernie on Single Payer – Thom Hartmann’s Big Picture

Posted by | Jan 16, 2016 | , , , |

Hillary Clinton has stepped up her totally dishonest attacks on Bernie Sanders’ plan for a single-payer healthcare system. Could that have anything to do with the speaking fees she’s received from the for-profit healthcare industry? Richard Eskow, Bernie Sanders Campaign/The Zero Hour & Zaid Jilani, The Intercept join...

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