Monday, April 21, 2014

Frmr Fukushima Mayor: Radiation killing our children, govt hides truth from us



Published on Apr 21, 2014
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Radiation from Fukushima nuclear plant disaster forced thousands from their homes and lead to the deaths of many others. Three years since the disaster are the after effects completely gone? Tokyo says yes; also claiming govt is doing everything it can for those who suffered in the disaster. However, disturbing facts sometimes rise to the surface. To shed a bit of light on the mystery of the Fukushima aftermath, Sophie Shevardnadze talks to the former mayor of one of the disaster-struck cities, Katsutaka Idogawa.

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Sunday, April 20, 2014

The Corruption of Mainstream Media

The Corruption of Mainstream Media



The United States' mainstream media still pretend they are custodians of "serious journalism," but those claims continue to erode as the corporate press shies away from its duty to challenge propaganda emanating from various parts of the US government.

US Tribe Looks to International Court for Justice

US Tribe Looks to International Court for Justice

Monday, April 14, 2014

America fuck yeah-team america

Death of the Bees, US Government Approves Another Toxic Insecticide

THIS IS WHAT CRAZED, AUTHORITARIAN ASS WIPES DO!

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“Beekeepers nationwide have experienced honey bee losses of over 40 percent over the 2012/2013 winter period —2013/2014 winter losses are likely to be released soon— with some beekeepers reporting losses of over 70 percent, far exceeding the normal rate of 10 to 15 percent. Some have even been driven out of business. Current estimates of the number of surviving hives in the U.S. show that these colonies may not be able to meet the future pollination demands of agricultural crops.”
Flying in the face of recent science demonstrating that pollinator populations are declining, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made the decision to unconditionally register another pesticide that is known to be highly toxic to bees, coming almost one year after EPA registered sulfoxaflor, disregarding concerns from beekeepers and environmental groups. The announcement, posted in the Federal Register on Wednesday, set tolerances for the pesticide cyantraniliprole in foods ranging from almonds and berries, to leafy vegetables, onions, and milk. EPA establishes the allowable limit of the chemical residue, called tolerances, based on what EPA considers ‘acceptable’ risk. EPA’s ruling details that “there is a reasonable certainty that no harm will result from aggregate exposure to the pesticide residue,” despite all evidence that cyantraniliprole is toxic to bees and harmful to mammals.
Ignoring beekeeper warning and concerns on their impacts to bees, EPA has given the green light for cyantraniliprole after recently registering sulfoxaflor.  In July 2013, beekeepers filed suitagainst EPA for their decision to register sulfoxaflor when it failed to demonstrate that it will not cause any ‘unreasonable adverse effects on the environment’ as required by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Several comments were submitted by concerned beekeepers and environmental advocacy groups, like Beyond Pesticides, during the public comment period that stated that approval of a cyantriliprole, pesticide highly toxic to bees would only exacerbate the problems faced by an already tenuous honey bee industry and further decimate bee populations. However, instead of denying or suspending registration in the face of dire pollinator losses, EPA has chosen to register another insecticide that is toxic to bees, dismissing concerns regarding bee health in its response, and setting itself up for further litigation.

The U.S. Is Not a Democracy, It Is an Oligarchy

INSANE OLIGARCHS AT THAT!

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study, to appear in the Fall 2014 issue of the academic journal Perspectives on Politics, finds that the U.S. is no democracy, but instead an oligarchy, meaning profoundly corrupt, so that the answer to the study’s opening question, “Who governs? Who really rules?” in this country, is:
“Despite the seemingly strong empirical support in previous studies for theories of majoritarian democracy, our analyses suggest that majorities of the American public actually have little influence over the policies our government adopts. Americans do enjoy many features central to democratic governance, such as regular elections, freedom of speech and association, and a widespread (if still contested) franchise. But, …” and then they go on to say, it’s not true, and that, “America’s claims to being a democratic society are seriously threatened” by the findings in this, the first-ever comprehensive scientific study of the subject, which shows that there is instead “the nearly total failure of ‘median voter’ and other Majoritarian Electoral Democracy theories [of America]. When the preferences of economic elites and the stands of organized interest groups are controlled for, the preferences of the average American appear to have only a minuscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy.”
To put it short: The United States is no democracy, but actually an oligarchy...

Saturday, April 12, 2014

Jon Stewart: ‘White Collar’ Crimes Have Been Essentially ‘Decriminalized’

THAT'S BECAUSE THEY ARE SCUM AND ARE BEING PROTECTED BY THE LEGAL SYSTEM AND THE COPS (AND THE CIA, FBI, NSA, HOMELAND SECURITY, ET. AL)

It’s not just teenagers suffering from “affluenza.” In almost every area of the legal system, justice is distributed unequally based on how much money you have.
This week, The Daily Show had Rolling Stone reporter and best-selling author, Matt Tiabbi on to talk about wealth inequality in America. Tiabbi has a new book out covering the differences in criminal prosecutions for poor people and the wealthy. The contrast is stark and terrifying.
During the segment, host Jon Stewart pointed out that inequality is mainly conceptualized as a taxation issue or an income distribution problem, it’s rarely thought of as a legal problem. Taibbi argues that it’s the legal system which ensures that the rich stay rich, while the poor get poorer. His point: Before any lasting changes can be made, we must first address the legal snares that keep Americans perpetually poor.
As an example, Taibbi writes an anecdote in his book which shows just how easy it is to be viewed as a criminal when you’re poor – a system that is so commonplace as to become internalized, even among the lawyers, judges and victims whom experience it first hand every day.
A 35-year-old black man named Andrew Brown is arrested for “obstructing pedestrian traffic” in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Brown, having been similarly harassed by the cops countless times before, refuses to provide ID and accept a summons, and is consequently brought into court. Once there, Brown explains to Waldorf that he was talking to a friend outside his own apartment building after getting off work, and that, given the lateness of the hour (shortly before 1 a.m.), there wouldn’t have been any pedestrian traffic on Myrtle Avenue to obstruct.
None of this seems to register with Waldorf. “What are you arguing?” he asks. He wonders aloud whether Brown was “being a wise guy” with the cops, and expresses surprise that a person such as Brown would have a job. He advises his client to pay the $25 fine.
Brown refuses and explains it all over again to the judge. The judge turns to Waldorf and asks whether Brown will pay the $25 fine. Waldorf explains, for the second time, that Brown won’t pay, his manner suggesting that for the life of him he can’t figure out why not.
Only then does the judge bestir himself to ask the arresting officer whether he saw any other people on the sidewalk that night. No? “O.K., then,” the judge sighs. “Not guilty.” Out in the hallway, Taibbi asks Waldorf why white people never get arrested for obstructing pedestrian traffic. Oblivious to the lesson that has just played out, and puzzled as to why Taibbi would want to include any of this in a book, Waldorf replies, “Low-class people do low-class things.” [source]
It’s so unfair, as to be almost comedic. Why was Brown even cited in the first place? It’s likely even the officer doesn’t fully know. The justice system is built on stories like that.
On the flip side, we see incidences of exploitation and victimization that are so blatantly harmful to society and so destructive to the people who fall prey to them, that they must be crimes, and yet the law either treats them as minor offenses, or ignores them completely.
It’s these crimes, which are committed by the wealthiest members of our society, which are the most rarely punished.
“For some reason, the white collar rip offs have been decriminalized to some extent, except for fines,” Stewart says.
He’s not speaking in hyperbole. The major actors in the financial meltdown of 2008 are almost universally sheltered from any criminal liability. In fact, hardly any banker or Wall Street executive has been charged with a crime for what essentially amounts to, as Taibbi puts it, “robbing old ladies” of their pension funds to enrich their shareholders and, of course, themselves.
The lack of accountability is not just bad, its historically bad.
It is now almost five years since the world’s financial system was brought to its knees and had to be bailed out by taxpayers at a cost of billions. Millions of people lost their jobs or suffered from lower living standards because of the recession brought on by the financial collapse. Yet almost no bankers have faced legal sanctions for their part in precipitating the crisis. In Britain, which had to bail out three of its biggest banks, not one senior banker has gone on trial over the failure of a bank. In America there have been just a handful of criminal charges brought against senior executives of banks, and even fewer successful convictions. This is very different from the response of prosecutors in earlier banking crises, such as the meltdown of Savings & Loans institutions in America in the 1980s. In that case more than 1,000 bankers were convicted for their misdeeds. [source]
The financial sector is always trying to push the envelope to see what the American public and the United States government will let them get away with. In 2008, they pushed the envelope right off the table and still no one batted an eye. That should be a warning sign that things are not alright.
It’s not enough for the economy to slowly get back on its feet, we must also address the criminal activities that led us here and that have, so far, been left unpunished. The media, the government, and the public may have ignored it, but the bankers surely didn’t it.

The Rot of Wall Street Stinks All the Way to the Bank

IT'S ONLY BECAUSE THEY ARE SCUM WHO ARE PROTECTED BY THE POLICE AND LEGAL SYSTEM (AND CIA, FBI, NSA, ETC. ETC.)

 
 

 
Not too many years ago, any news story about bonus money would've been about some 20-year-old baseball player — an up-and-coming superstar getting $100,000 or so on top of his salary as an extra incentive to join the Yankees, Giants, Red Sox or whatever team. Sportswriters dubbed them: "Bonus Babies."
How quaint. These days, stories about bonus money don't elicit cheers, for they feature some of society's least admirable people: Wall Street bankers. Far from superstars, they can be subpar performers or even what amounts to crime syndicate bosses overseeing everything from simple fraud to laundering money for drug cartels. Yet, in the first part of each year, we witness this cluster of greedmeisters quaffing champagne, laughing uproariously and shouting, "It's bonus time, baby!"
This year, even though the Wall Street bosses have presided over a 30 percent drop in their banks' profits, they've extracted a 15 percent raise in overall bonus money, totaling a ridiculous $27 billion. That averages out to $165,000 in extra pay to each Wall Street banker. But averages deceive, for thousands of lower-level bankers are given a dab, while those up in the executive suites make off with the bulk of the bonus heist.
Michael Corbat, CEO of Citigroup, for example, didn't just grab a 15 percent increase in bonus pay, but nearly three times that. His total haul was $16 million. Then there's Jamie Dimon, boss of JPMorgan Chase. He had a really terrible year in 2013, forcing his shareholders to shell out some $22 billion in penalties for tallying up a long list of illegalities. But that didn't stop Jamie from taking a 74 percent hike in bonus money this year — he pulled in a cool $18.5 million.
In a time when the 90 percent majority of Americans see their income falling, you'd think Wall Street might show a bit of modesty.
But, instead, they choose to show us just how much Wall Street crime really does pay.
Let's review the rap sheet of Wall Street banks: Defrauding investors, cheating homeowners, forgery, rigging markets, tax evasion, credit card ripoffs ... and so sickeningly much more.
At last, though, some of the cops on the bank beat seem to be having regulatory epiphanies. The New York Times reports that some financial overseers are questioning "whether such misdeeds are not the work of a few bad actors, but rather a flaw that runs through the fabric of the banking industry. ... Regulators are starting to ask: Is there something rotten in bank culture?"
Really? Where've they been?
Millions of everyday Americans had no problem sniffing out that rot back in 2007 at the start of the Wall Street collapse and nauseating bailout. Imagine how pleased they are that it took only seven years for the stench of bank rot to reach the tender nostrils of authorities. Still, even sloooww progress is progress.
Both the head of the New York Fed and the Comptroller of the Currency are at least grasping one basic reality, namely that the tightened regulations enacted to deal with the "too big to fail" issue do nothing about the fundamental ethical collapse among America's big bankers. The problem is that, again and again, Wall Street's culture of greed is rewarded — bank bosses preside over gross illegalities, are not punished, pocket multimillion-dollar bonuses despite their shoddy ethics and blithely proceed to the next scandal.
More restraint on bank processes miss a core fact: Banks don't engage in wrongdoing; bankers do. As Comptroller Tom Curry says, the approach to this problem is not to call in more lawyers, "It is more like a priest-penitent relationship."

Friday, April 11, 2014

All the President's Bankers: Nomi Prins on Secret History of Washington-...



Published on Apr 8, 2014
http://www.democracynow.org - With U.S. inequality at its highest point since 1928 and Wall Street bonuses hitting pre-2008 levels, we look at the 100-year history of secret collusion between Washington and the financial industry. In her new book, "All the Presidents' Bankers: The Hidden Alliances That Drive American Power," financial journalist Nomi Prins explores how a small number of bankers have played critical roles in shaping a century's worth of financial, foreign and domestic policy in the United States. Prins examines how these relationships have influenced events from the creation of the Federal Reserve, the response to the Great Depression, and the founding of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Now a senior fellow at Demos, Prins is a former managing director at Bear Stearns and Goldman Sachs, and previously an analyst at Lehman Brothers and Chase Manhattan Bank.

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Published on Apr 8, 2014
http://www.democracynow.org - With U.S. inequality at its highest point since 1928 and Wall Street bonuses hitting pre-2008 levels, we look at the 100-year history of secret collusion between Washington and the financial industry. In her new book, "All the Presidents' Bankers: The Hidden Alliances That Drive American Power," financial journalist Nomi Prins explores how a small number of bankers have played critical roles in shaping a century's worth of financial, foreign and domestic policy in the United States. Prins examines how these relationships have influenced events from the creation of the Federal Reserve, the response to the Great Depression, and the founding of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Now a senior fellow at Demos, Prins is a former managing director at Bear Stearns and Goldman Sachs, and previously an analyst at Lehman Brothers and Chase Manhattan Bank.

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"Imagine Living in a Socialist USA": New Book Envisions Greater Democrac...



Published on Apr 11, 2014
http://www.democracynow.org - We end today's show looking at a new book titled, "Imagine: Living in a Socialist USA." The book features essays by many prominent people, including Michael Moore, Angela Davis, Frances Fox Piven, Martín Espada, Rick Wolff and Democracy Now! co-host Juan González. The book comes out at a time when polls show Americans aged 18 to 29 have a more favorable reaction to the word "socialism" than "capitalism." The book is co-edited by the legendary book agent Frances Goldin, who has worked in the publishing world for more than six decades and will turn 90 years old in June. In 1951 at age 27, Goldin ran for New York State Senate on an American Labor Party slate headed by W.E.B. Du Bois. Goldin joins us now along with one of her co-editors, Michael Smith. He is a New York City attorney and a board member of the Center for Constitutional Rights.

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Nano-Particles in Consumer Products Damage DNA Leading to Cancer


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One of the latest trends in manufacturing for today’s consumer products is the use of engineered nano-particles(ENP’s), yet, most people have no idea that they are consuming and absorbing ENP’s. Research is discovering that certain ENP’s may be toxic and extremely harmful to human health, causing cell and DNA damage, potentially leading to the development of cancers.

Nano-particles are microscopically sized particles with at least one dimension less than 100 nano-meters (nm). To put this in perspective, a sheet of paper is about 100,000 nm thick, and a strand ofhuman DNA is about 2.5 nm thick. A current trend in research and development, ENP’s are generating widespread interest for their potential to enhance consumer materials and food products, and for their potential applications in the electronic, optical and biomedical fields. “Nanoparticles are of great scientific interest as they are effectively a bridge between bulk materials and atomic or molecular structures.” [1]

In the marketplace, nano-particles can be found in sunscreens, toys, clothing, food, drugs, candy, cosmetics, ceramics, paints, and many other common products, and are already an ubiquitous part of our toxic consumer environment. Some food activists have already called attention to the dangers of the commonly used nano-particle titanium dioxide, noting that the “form of the common ‘whitening’ agent known as titanium dioxide is capable of inducing “tumor-like” changes in exposed human cells.” [2]

Nanotitanium is found in products produced by Jello, Nestlé, M&M’s, Mother’s, Mentos, Albertson’s, Hostess and Kool Aid. [1]
Previous concerns have largely been focused on cell damage in the human body, however, a new study from MIT and the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) indicates that certain ENP’s may in fact directly damage human DNA, a concern that should have manufacturers and regulators immediately halting the use of nano-particles in consumer products.
The researchers found that zinc oxide nanoparticles, often used in sunscreen to block ultraviolet rays, significantly damage DNA. Nanoscale silver, which has been added to toys, toothpaste, clothing, and other products for its antimicrobial properties, also produces substantial DNA damage, they found. [3] ...
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Thursday, April 10, 2014

Criminalizing People Who Live in Cars Is a New Low in the War on the Poor

BUNCHA RIGHT-WING SICK FUCKS!
MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT
8036143615 c34c5348ce m(Photo: origamidon)The war on the homeless - in which some cities have passed laws outlawing giving food to the homeless, not to mention longstanding laws against "vagrancy" - has taken a cruel turn. Now, some municipalities are outlawing living in cars and other vehicles.
People who live in cars are one step above the penury of complete homelessness. Denying them the shelter that an automobile provides is another cruel step in the war against people without economic means. Such actions give the term "the war on poverty" a whole new perspective: punishment for not having enough money to afford increasing rents.
Nearly 70 cities are considering such crackdowns on people whose vehicles have become their homes, according to the Journal:
For months now, Mr. Smith [a former information technology specialist] has feared he might lose his current home, which is stationed on a street near a quiet Palo Alto park. An ordinance passed by Palo Alto last year would punish people cited for living in a vehicle with as much as a $1,000 fine or six months in jail.
"You're at risk of losing everything," Mr. Smith said recently. "It's a weird feeling that until you've lived this way, you don't realize what it's like."
For the moment, the city has delayed enforcing the ban while the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals considers a challenge to a similar law in Los Angeles. A decision is expected in the next few months and could affect similar laws in cities including nearby San Jose and Santa Clara.
Local advocates for the homeless in Silcon Valley are fuming:

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

NEW WORLD ORDER NOW IN AMERICA 2014- IT HAS BEGUN (SHOCKING VIDEO)



Published on Apr 9, 2014
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Tuesday, April 8, 2014


‘Hardcore History’ host: Justice Roberts told America to accept plutocracy or revolt (via Raw Story )

“Common Sense” and “Hardcore History” host Dan Carlin blasted Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday for his “breathtaking” decision in the McCutcheon v. FEC case, warning it was pushing Americans towards radical action. The court last Wednesday…

Libya War: What They Don't Want You to Know



Published on Apr 8, 2014
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We are taught all our lives that our modern political systems are "by and for the people." In order to justify taking us to war, then, our misleaders have to convince us that war is not a racket, as General Smedley Butler revealed, and is not for the benefit of the industrialists who sell the munitions or the politicians in their back pocket or the financiers that own them both, but in the interest of the average man or woman. In other words, they lie through their teeth.

Find out more about the lies that led us to Libya in 2011, and the cover up of what is taking place there today in this week's edition of The Eyeopener report.

Jim Rickards: The Demise Of The U.S. Dollar



Published on Apr 8, 2014
Air Date: April 7th, 2014

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Exclusive: Climate Change Philosopher A Target Of Abusive Hate Campaign (via Desmogblog)

Tue, 2014-03-25 19:07Graham Readfearn “DIE you maggot,” reads one of the hundreds of emails from climate science deniers that have dropped into philosopher Lawrence Torcello’s inbox in recent days. “Fortunately, your kind will be marched to…

Sunday, April 6, 2014

NASA Funded Study Predicts Likely Civilization Collapse

April 6th, 2014

A new scientific study partially funded by NASA predicts that our current economic framework will likely cause a collapse of civilization. The study published in Ecological Economics has received much online attention recently based on its theory that previous instances of civilization collapse occurred based on the depletion of natural resources, which depletion occurred at a faster rate than necessary due to inequitable distribution of such resources. The study noted that the creation of commoner and elite segments in previous civilizations led to over consumption of resources.
Those reading between the lines can see the potential hot button political issues. Economic or scientific discussion of inequitable allocation of resources becomes an indictment of capitalism and an endorsement of a more socialist model of society. NASA has been quick to distance itself from the study. A NASA statement attached to the study provides that the Goddard Space Flight Center only partially funded the research and that the space agency in no way endorses any of its conclusions, whether related to predictions of likely civilization collapse or otherwise. If the results of the study continue to gain media traction, much discussion will focus on the study’s division of society into commoners and elites, which sounds similar to the framework adopted by Karl Marx.
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You Don't Even Know You're Being Manipulated - MOC #295



Published on Apr 2, 2014
There is a secret prison that is impacting us all. It was built 80 years ago but we still haven't been able to knock it down.
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Chris Hedges on "Israel's War on American Universities"



Published on Apr 5, 2014
Excerpts from Chris Hedges talk at Northeastern University in support of its now banned Students for Justice in Palestine chapter

Russell Brand ~ Worldwide #WaveOfAction



Published on Feb 21, 2014
Created in support of https://WaveOfAction.org ~ Russell Brand on the Worldwide Wave of Action:

"The time is now. This movement is already occurring. It's happening everywhere. We're at a time when communication is instantaneous and there are communities all over the world....

If people are empowered with information, if people are unified, if people have a common understanding and are prepared to look at what we share, what unifies us instead of what separates us, then the people are invincible.

This is the irrefutable truth of the elitist pyramid structures: when the people are awake, it is impossible to maintain... when the people decide that this is over now, then it's over now....

The important thing is to have as a central tenant of your being, love, compassion and tolerance....

Yogananda said, 'A cave could have been in darkness for 10,000 years... but as soon as the match is struck, the light is there.'

There is going to be a revolution. It is totally going to happen. I ain't got a flicker of doubt. This is the end. This is time to wake up."

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Saturday, April 5, 2014

The Average CEO Got a 13% Raise Last Year. How Did You Do?

ROTTEN SONS-A-BITCHES! ALL THEY DID WAS STEAL IT FROM THOSE WHO WORKED ABD ACTUALLY CREATED THE WEALTH!

by Jameson
The country struggled, but if you happened to be a CEO of a major company, 2013 was a good year, indeed.
USA Today review of the combined income of Standard & Poor's 500 companies, found that the average CEO was paid $10.2 million last year. That's an astonishing 13% increase in pay from just the year before. Things like salary and bonuses were factors, but the biggest payday for executives came from a rebounding stock market which - given the sizable stock options written into their contracts - means huge profits in a growing market.
"The stock market's rebound has created a massive wealth effect, and the speed with which people can amass hundreds of millions of dollars is accelerating," notes long-time corporate compensation analyst Paul Hodgson, who says 2013's batch of publicly held company mega-earners may be the largest since the 2008 financial crisis crippled Wall Street and corporate earnings.
In fact, some executives did much better than the average. USA Today identified four CEOs in particular that amassed dizzying fortunes in 2013.
The four CEOs in the study who brought in realized gains of more than $100 million included John Martin of Gilead Sciences at $168.9 million, followed by Howard Schultz of Starbucks at $145 million. The other $100-million men included Philippe Dauman of Viacom and James Gallogly ofLyondellBasell.
These massive takes by company heads comes at a time when much of the country is struggling to get by. In a climate of growing frustration at the one percent, CEOs are in no rush to disclose how much they make. It also adds to the furious debate over how best to address growing wealth inequality.
By having their money tied to stock options, so the thinking goes, CEOs will have an incentive to grow their business and please the shareholders. Unfortunately, the stock market numbers are often divorced from what is good for the average employee or his productivity. It's no wonder we see that worker pay has stagnated and poorer Americans are still hurting from the recession, even while the stock market continues to break records.
Here is a graph that should give any economist nightmares:
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The stock market increases have little influence on what workers make. It does, however, make a big difference to what executives make. Right now, with an economy beholden to the stock market numbers, America is ensuring that only the top earners in the country benefit from economic growth.
What's worse, consumer spending power has actually been falling (that's what happens when wages stagnate, but inflation keeps marching on). The actual purchasing power of the average American is in a decline year-by-year.
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The time to act is now, but Congress continues to dither. It's hard to be motivated when the biggest campaign donations are coming from the companies telling you not to help their workers.
Now that corporations are seeing major profits while still managing to pay their workers very little, there is a clear incentive to maintain the status quo. It's the ultimate flaw in the wage earners playbook. By accepting a paycheck by time-served rather than, like an executive, company performance, you are forever cut off from reaping the real benefits of your labor. Things like federal and state laws, and unionization, are the typical methods of counteracting that untenable position. If there is one thing that workers have in their favor it is their vast numbers and the fact that they, you know, do something that gives their company value. Unfortunately, they are now playing in a rigged game. Corporations and politicians have colluded in order to strip away any power the workers might have. So-called "right to work" laws have blocked access to unions and collective bargaining rights have been eroded as well.
Rather than put the power into the people's hands through collective negotiations, politicians have made it so that they are the only ones who can truly get pay raises for workers. So far, despite the Obama administration's call to action, a group consisting of nearly every conservative and a few liberals have shown a steadfast opposition to having that discussion. The game has been decided in advance, there is a clear victor, and the ones sitting at the top of the food chain have already claimed the spoils.

Madness: Fox News Says Overtime Pay Is Harmful to the American Work Ethic

WHAT A BUNCH OF ELITIST FUCKING ASS CLOWNS!

Has anybody at Fox News actually had a job that real middle class Americans do? Because if you want to be paid for overtime, now you're a moocher destroying the American dream.
Fox News is now spinning workers being paid for overtime into a new souffle of conservative silliness. If you don't show up early and work late to show your boss how dedicated you are, then you're lazy moochers with a "punch in," "punch out" mentality that's destroying the American work ethic.
Do they even know what a "work ethic" is?
Roger Ailes is a soulless demon who preys on the working class family.
Fox News is once again pining for the days when more work came with less pay, claiming that expanding overtime pay protections "undercuts work ethic."
The knee-jerk reaction that amending existing policy to help workers is somehow harmful to the American work ethic is a common theme at the network, and has been brought up to undermine the minimum wage, disparage the Affordable Care Act, and demonize vital assistance programs.
Watch Fox hearken back to a bygone era when worker protections weren't impeding the American Dream
Have Conservatives making these insane claims ever worked a job before in like a coffee shop, laundromat, clothing warehouse, supermarket, drug store, etc?
WATCH THE INSANE VIDEO FROM THESE INSANE ASS CLOWNS HERE! YOU CAN TELL THEY HAVE NEVER HAD TO WORK A DAY IN THEIR LIVES WITH THE SILVER SPOONS THAT HAVE BEE JAMMED UP THEIR ASSES.