Apple CEO Tim Cook says that the idea that Apple avoids taxes is “political crap.” But the simple fact is – corporations are paying fewer and fewer taxes in America – and the American taxpayer has been making up the...
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The internet rejoiced when Shkreli got arrested – but the simple fact is – even if he’s convicted for securities fraud – he’d likely spend way less than even 5 years in jail. And if the Koch brothers get their way and push through their version of “criminal justice reform” – he might not even face that much of a penalty. The Kochs have gotten lots of praise for their efforts to reform the criminal justice system – but a new report from the Center for Media and Democracy spells out exactly who the Kochs are trying to help...
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The DNC handled #WasserGate all wrong and still are. John Gray, Conservative Review & Ari Rabin-Havt, -The Agenda/SiriusXM Progress/The Benghazi Hoax & Bryan Pruitt, RedState all join...
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By raising interest rates have the feds set us up for a new financial crisis? Here to discuss the Fed’s interest rate hike – the likelihood of an economic crash in 2016 – and what’s really going on in our economy – is Marshall Auerback – Research Fellow – the Levy Institute and Director of Economists for Peace and...
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Congress finally reached a spending bill that the President signed late last week. They managed to avoid a shutdown – but did this bill just make sure that consumers will never be able to know where there meat was before it reached the store? 90 percent of Americans support country of origin labeling laws for meat like beef and pork. So why did the most recent government spending bill do away with these laws altogether? Melinda St. Louis, Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch & Patty Lovera, Food & Water Watch joins Thom. – Thom Hartmann’s Big...
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