Working Life

Each year, I mark this day with a posting about Paul Wellstone — the day he died 11 years ago in a plane crash while campaigning for re-election. This year it seems just as relevant — can you imagine how different the world might be if he was still in the U.S. Senate…or maybe in The White House?

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It just hit me how we can make money off of Jamie Dimon — it’s a *weekly* crime show, or even a reality show. Because every day you wake up you’d have new material for the show. Seriously. Like today.

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Maybe I’m naive or just stubborn (yes) or both but I can’t get too excited by today’s news of a judgement against Bank of America. Because it doesn’t change much down the road. You’ll see why.

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Jamie Dimon isn’t alone in living the Teflon life in the world of the financial elite. He’s got company at least from Lloyd Blankfein.

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Jamie Dimon should be in jail, or at least he should be jobless. But, a different point is worth making about the damage he has caused: why would any child, growing up today, or entering the workforce, listen to any lecture about corporate ethics or “doing right” after being exposed to the farce around Dimon and JPMorgan Chase?

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Here is the full interview I did with Bernie Sanders.

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The lunacy of a small group of tin-foil Republicans has caused a great deal of damage — but not in the way most of the discussion unfolded in the media. You see, the lunacy simply obscured the shellacking everyone of us will probably have to absorb in the coming months.

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You finally got the keys to the executive suite, Janet Yellin. And, oh, about that easy money…wadda ya gonna do to avoid a nightmare?

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If you are some corporate lawyer or finance guy who is looking to get ahead, the surest way to move up the food chain is to find a way to fleece the American taxpayer. Drumroll, please. The newest one is: corporate mergers to shift taxes overseas.

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I’ve always laughed every time Wal-Mart rolls out its newest pitch to fill its coffers — and make the Waltons even wealthier than they already are — by invoking patriotism. Waving the flag and crying “Buy American” has very little to do with helping working Americans. Because it’s still based on low wages for everyone.

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