Why Big Corporations Get Special Tax Breaks and You Don’t
America’s tax code is an arcane work of gobbledygook written in back rooms — so powerful corporations get special tax breaks and you don’t. Free market ideologues fabricate … Read more
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Corporate Giants Say You Don’t Mind Their Price Gouging. Do You?
It’s pure corporate larceny, also known as price gouging, adding up to a stunning level of unearned profit for the perpetrators. According to an old saying, “You can’t … Read more
How to Guarantee a Train Wreck
Who would’ve thought that in these modern times of digital monitoring of everything, a train wreck could spew a toxic fireball? Stuff happens, right? A train wreck here … Read more
How Inequality Happens
One reason these Wall Street types make so much is that theirs is a dirty job — they are why inequality happens. I don’t usually cover hard-luck sob … Read more
Let’s Admit It: The Supreme Court is Corrupt and Clueless
There’s nothing supreme about the six-pack of corrupt and clueless far-right-wing political activists currently on the Court. Question: How many legs does a dog have if you count … Read more
The Shame of Modern Corporate Management
Modern corporate management awards zero “productivity points” for thinking, conferring with colleagues, listening to customers, etc. For generations, workers have been punished by corporate bosses for watching the … Read more
Quiet Quitting: Confused?
“Quiet quitting” is defined as workers who don’t leave their jobs, but only do what they were hired to do. Imagine that! For more than a year, America’s … Read more
Trucker Shortage: Drivers Are Hijacked by Immoral Corporate Bosses
The trucker shortage isn’t due to COVID restrictions, it’s because they are underpaid, overworked and dehumanized. The recent traffic-clogging protests in Canada, Washington, D.C., Europe and elsewhere by … Read more
How Corporate Greed is Causing Tornado Deaths
For years, an effective, cheap defense against tornado deaths has been readily available: Safe rooms. But corporate bosses can’t be bothered. In its ranking of business values, corporate … Read more
We’re Talking About Power
What power do people really have if we can’t even control what’s in our dinner and where it comes from? In 1971, Susan DeMarco, Susan Sechler and I … Read more
