Desperation clouds judgement so a lot has slipped by on the habits and beliefs of the Washington Post savior, Jeff Bezos. One thing you should know: he hates taxes. With a passion.
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Coal Miners Recoup?
Posted on 12 August 2013.
Some of the worst bastards in the free market are coal company operators. I remember, back in the 1980s, the support lots of us gave to the strikers at the Pittston Coal Company and the guys running that operations were scum, too. So, here’s a little news from the mines.
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Another JPMorgan Little Fish Snagged, Dimon Skips
Posted on 09 August 2013.
For a very long time, I’ve pointed out that the little fish get charged with crimes while the big fish get away. Drum roll please…we have another example in the House That Jamie Dimon Rules, JPMorgan Chase.
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Jamie Dimon Still Has A Job?
Posted on 08 August 2013.
What else needs to happen before Jamie Dimon loses his job as CEO of JP Morgan Chase? Forget putting him in jail — I’ve given that up. But, when does the litany of lawsuit and criminal investigations add up to enough reasons to boot the guy? And so here is a new reason.
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No Zits Here
Posted on 07 August 2013.
Ah, The corporate bag of rhetorical nonsense. The gift that keeps giving. As in, we get to starve people by impoverishing them when they work for us because actually we’re such good people — we give jobs to teenagers. You’ve probably heard of that argument by the fast-food industry…hey, you may have gotten that loud of bullshit yourself when you had one of those jobs. But, it is bullshit.
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Another Day, Another Suit Against Bank of America
Posted on 06 August 2013.
It would be a great day if just once — just once — the bankers who caused financial mayhem ended up in jail. That’s not going to happen in the latest charges leveled against Bank of America because the charges are civil, not criminal. But, for now, we can feel a smidgen of glee.
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Health Care Amnesia
Posted on 05 August 2013.
Here is a good example of making sure the frame of a discussion is pretty narrow. And, in this case, it’s an omission that is worth hundreds of billions of dollars.
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Ho, Hum, Just Another Example of Detroit Workers v. Attempted CEO Robbery
Posted on 02 August 2013.
Today’s lesson is another chapter in why Detroit workers — regular people — don’t get treated like CEOs. Meaning, when someone else screws up, workers get the shaft. But, when the CEO screws up, no problem — he gets to keep a truckload of money. Though one trustee, thankfully, is not buying it.
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How Nike Does You
Posted on 01 August 2013.
It’s either a very bad sense of humor or cluelessness but over at the swoosh, tax evasion has a weird name thing going on.
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Jamie Dimon and His Posse Skate Again
Posted on 31 July 2013.
I make it a habit of regularly bagging the transcribers of press releases (formerly known as “journalists”) for utterly failing to do their jobs, particularly when it comes to challenging the rhetoric of the so-called “free market.” So, today, is a day of rest ranting about the sad state of affairs among the denizens of the Fourth Estate. Because, hells bells, Michael Hiltzik at the Los Angeles Times has penned a devastatingly good piece about the most recent example of JP Morgan Chase getting slapped on the wrist for a pretty big piece of scamming the people.
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