This piece was reprinted by OpEd News with permission or license. It may not be reproduced in any form without permission or license from the source.
Increasing amounts assure permanent wars. Unconscionable annual budgets aren't debated. They're rubber-stamped and enacted.
Something has to give to maintain them. America's social contract is targeted. It's on the chopping block for elimination.
Austerity is policy. Popular needs don't matter. Debt reduction hypocrisy masks exponentially higher levels annually.
Quantitative easing creates "free money." Trillions subsidize Wall Street. Open-checking amounts are readily available.
At the same time, destroying America's social contract is planned. Washington spurns doing the right thing.
Political priorities "encourage financial and rent extraction that has become the major economic problem of our epoch. Industrial productivity continues to rise, but debt is growing even more inexorably.""Instead of fueling economic growth, this credit/debt threatens to absorb the economic surplus, plunging the economy into austerity, debt deflation and negative equity."
America's "financial system is broken." Wall Street bosses control government policies. Public debt rises exponentially. Money printing madness sustains it.
Next Page 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11
(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).