Tag Archives: Everything Is Rigged
THAT AIN’T RAIN, IT’S PISS: THE SHIBBOLETH OF CAPITALISM
An old saw about deceit and chicanery: “Don’t piss on my boots and tell me it’s raining.” The phrase has even made it into at least one song (with the great John Prine singing a verse)… In other words, don’t … Continue reading
NO, IT’S NOT YOUR IMAGINATION: YOUR REAL WAGES ARE GOING DOWN
You know that cold dread that drops into the pit of your stomach when you check your balance and see that you’re down to your last few dollars and payday is still a week away? Too much month at the … Continue reading
PART 2: WHAT “RECOVERY”? WHO CAN AFFORD ANYTHING?
Who can afford anything? Not many people, it seems. As noted in yesterday’s post, half of America cannot afford the house they are “buying,” while at the same time rents are skyrocketing, with the number of people who pay half … Continue reading
WHO OWNS WHAT: BANKS AND THE NEW FEUDALISM
In a new Salon article, David Dayen eloquently sums up root cause of the new feudalism, which is being helped along by the federal government and federal courts: “Many focus on how the failure to prosecute financial crimes, by Attorney … Continue reading
“IT’S ALL A FUGAZI”: MOVIE TELLS IT STRAIGHT UP
“It” being the stock market, stocks, money, everything, as Matthew McConaughey’s coked-up stockbroker explains in the above scene from “Wolf of Wall Street.” The important point about it all? “It’s not fucking real,” as McConaughey’s character points out. In other … Continue reading
TAXES DO NOT FUND THE GOVERNMENT OR SERVICES…
Just a reminder on this lovely tax day that in 1984, the report of the Grace Commission made this statement: “With two thirds of everyone’s personal income taxes wasted or not collected, 100 percent of what is collected is absorbed … Continue reading
WAKE UP: “ENTIRE STATUS QUO IS RIGGED”
Charles Hugh Smith gets it exactly right in this excerpt below. The emperor is naked, and you can see it with your own eyes, if only you will open them and wake up! Smith’s commentary: The stock market is only … Continue reading