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The Cotton-Pickin' Economic System [via The Hipcrime Vocab]

nebris wrote in the_recession Oct 16, 2012 14:28

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

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I am a job creator: A manifesto for the entitled

nebris wrote in the_recession Oct 01, 2012 18:41

By Steven Pearlstein,
Published: WaPo September 29, 2012 ( Read more... )

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"ALEC Rock"

nebris wrote in the_recession Aug 01, 2012 10:04

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Produced by Mark Fiore (http://www.markfiore.com) and the Center for Media and Democracy (http://www.prwatch.org), which is the creator of ALECexposed (http://www.alecexposed.org), ( Read more... )

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The Austerity Agenda

nebris wrote in the_recession Jun 01, 2012 08:59

From The NYTBy PAUL KRUGMAN ( Read more... )

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Arizona Pulls a “Scott Walker” With Funds Meant for Struggling Homeowners

nebris wrote in the_recession May 31, 2012 20:21

From Main Street

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and her allies in the state legislature are seeking to use millions of dollars intended for struggling homeowners to pay for prison construction and tax cuts instead, echoing a policy put in place earlier this year in Wisconsin by Governor Scott Walker.

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A list of ALEC corporations, and what you can do

nebris wrote in the_recession Mar 28, 2012 03:08

By Gaius Publius on 3/27/2012 01:30:00 PM

Via a column by Paul Krugman, we are led by clicks to a number of great ALEC resources. (ALEC background here and here.)

If you're brand new to ALEC, here's a taste from SourceWatch.org (my emphasis and paragraphing):
ALEC is not a lobby; it is not a front group. It is much more powerful than that.

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Thanks to Citizens United...

nebris wrote in the_recession Jan 20, 2012 02:37

...Multinational Mega Lobbyist Firm Salivates Over $4 Billion in Campaign CashBy Lee Fang, AlterNet ( Read more... )

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Robert Reich: "The First Amendment is being stood on its head"

nebris wrote in the_recession Nov 29, 2011 18:36

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Ideas for Sale

cieldumort wrote in the_recession Oct 07, 2011 16:38

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Ideas for Sale

October 7, 2011

“IDEAS FOR SALE”: HOW DIME STORE MINIGARCH ART POPE BECAME THE KOCH KINGPIN OF NORTH CAROLINA

By Mark Ames

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