Socialism
Guest Post: The Socialization Of America Is Economically Impossible
by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 07/05/2012 I understand the dream of the common socialist. I was, after all, once a Democrat. I understand the disparity created in our society by corporatism (not capitalism, though some foolish socialists see them as exactly the same). I understand the drive and the desire to help other human beings,... »
DEATH PANEL: SUPREMES SET FATAL BLOW TO OBAMACARE?
For Obama, Supreme Court health-care, immigration rulings to close a tough term By Robert Barnes WasingtonPost.com Sunday, June 24, 2012 The Supreme Court this week will conclude its term by handing down much-anticipated rulings on health care and immigration, President Obama’s remaining priorities before the justices. It is a finale that cannot come quickly... »
Turn Out The Lights – The Largest U.S. Cities Are Becoming Cesspools Of Filth, Decay And Wretchedness
TheEconomicCollapseBlog.com Once upon a time, the largest U.S. cities were the envy of the entire world. Sadly, that is no longer the case. Sure, there are areas of New York City, Boston, Washington and Los Angeles that are still absolutely beautiful but for the most part our major cities are rapidly rotting and decaying.... »
Vote all you want: The flight plan doesn’t change
Marti Oakley PPJG.com April 12, 2012 Vote all you want, the flight plan does not change no matter who wins. We got us a big election coming up and of course the country is dividing itself right down the middle at least in some areas. For most of us out here this coming election... »
20 Things We Can Learn About The Future Of America From The Death Of Detroit
TheEconomicCollapseBlog.com Do you want to know what the future of America is going to look like? Just check out what is happening to Detroit. The city of Detroit was once one of the greatest industrial cities in the history of the world, but today it is a rotting, decaying, post-apocalyptic hellhole. Nearly half the... »
Bank of England launches QE3 on to a still-stormy sea…(UK Death Spiral Continues!)
A new £50bn round of quantitative easing suggests the Bank remains concerned about the economic climate by Larry Elliott GuardianUK Thursday 9 February Bad news for savers. Tough times ahead for pension funds. Precious little joy for everybody else. That was the subtext to the Bank of England’s announcement on Thursday that it needed... »
Greek death spiral accelerates
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard TelegraphUK February 9th, 2012 Another normal day at the Hellenic Statistical Authority. We learn that: Greece’s manufacturing output contracted by 15.5pc in December from a year earlier. Industrial output fell 11.3pc, compared to minus 7.8pc in November. Unemployment jumped to 20.9pc in November, up from 18.2pc a month earlier. I have... »
Greece: ‘There’s no more left to cut’…(Yep!…Time For A War!)
Thousands of Greeks protest over the ‘asphyxiating pressure’ from foreign creditors NATHALIE SAVARICAS IndependentUK WEDNESDAY 08 FEBRUARY 2012 That’s enough, we can’t take it anymore.” That was the popular chant coming from protesters in Athens yesterday during the latest 24-hour general strike against the country’s austerity measures. Teachers and doctors joined bank employees to... »
“The system is already in breakdown mode”
Spread the Wealth Around: 48.5% of American Households Receive Government Benefits; $6,640 For Every Member Of the Population Mac Slavo January 25th, 2012 SHTFplan.com Socialism sirens across America were blaring when, on the 2008 campaign trail, President Obama addressed taxpayer Joe ‘The Plumber’ Wurzelbacher’s concerns regarding excessive taxation. Mr. Obama, whose staunchly left leanings... »
Doctors may strike over cuts to their pension pots…(UK…He He He!..)
Doctors have threatened their first industrial action for more than 30 years after refusing to accept cuts to their pension pots, which are each worth an average of £1.7million. By Robert Winnett, and Rebecca Smith TelegraphUK 18 Jan 2012 The British Medical Association, which represents 130,000 doctors and medical students, said two thirds of... »