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Trump's Tank-less Parade Could Feed Our Veterans. And More!
Talking climate disasters, frivolous wastes of money, Pharmaceutical monopolies, environmental justice, and how Trump is continuing to ignore the American tragedies unfolding around him.
http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-feed-homeless-veterans-cost-military-parade-839813
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/03/local-news-anchors-now-have-to-read-pro-trump-propaganda.html
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2018/mar/12/burning-coal-may-have-caused-earths-worst-mass-extinction
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/welcome-to-the-age-of-climate-migration-w516974
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-03-air-pollution-linked-brain-cognitive.html
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/02/corporate-america-would-rather-not-be-associated-with-mass-murder
http://www.businessinsider.com/cignas-67-billion-express-scripts-acquisition-changes-pharma-industry-2018-3 -
We're Back! And Look At All These Folks Still Profiting From Death
So much to cover, so little time. Links below.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2018/01/09/cost-of-weather-climate-disasters-was-306-billion-in-2017-what-could-you-buy-with-that/#254f111271ed
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-07/nra-s-banker-wells-fargo-climbs-to-top-of-gunmaker-debt-market
https://theintercept.com/2018/03/02/crapo-instead-of-taking-on-gun-control-democrats-are-teaming-with-republicans-for-a-stealth-attack-on-wall-street-reform/
https://theintercept.com/2018/03/06/bank-regulation-citigroup-cbo/
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/charles-koch-corporate-influence-problems_us_5aa1ed9ce4b086698a9c1930
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/09/pipeline-ceos-facing-environmental-activism-vow-to-fight-back.html
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-06/zinke-says-interior-should-be-a-partner-with-oil-companies
https://www.apnews.com/fe6edd739fff49d3a8e56324f7cc9721
https://www.axios.com/health-care-industry-tax-savings-1519943623-3eb9c0dd-a89b-496b-a6e4-96977ad6d969.html -
Trump's Budget: Callous, Cowardly, and Weirdly Totalitarian
The proposed Trump budget is the exact opposite of what our economy needs.
The greedy liars who have proposed it either 1) don't understand economics, or 2) are lying to steal our money. A little of column A, a little of column B. -
Let's Talk Soil Economics - After A Run Through the News Jungle
It's been a few days since the last one, so I run through some news you might have missed. Verizon will pocket its tax cut. Exxon quintupled its profit. Student debt is dragging down the economy, and young people are unionizing.
Finally, let's talk about a plan I call "Soil Economics"
https://heavy.com/news/2018/02/risks-costs-private-water-lead-poison/
https://www.themaven.net/beingliberal/room/verizon-will-pocket-tax-cut-savings-not-create-better-network-or-jobs-KshzJNl4zEu6eyAOM7JPkQ
https://bangordailynews.com/2018/02/05/business/ll-bean-starts-employee-buyouts-ends-pension-plan/
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hy-musk-subsidies-20150531-story.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/02/02/exxon-mobil-profit-trump-tax-cut/300076002/
http://www.epi.org/publication/biggest-gains-in-union-membership-in-2017-were-for-younger-workers/
http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/11/health/aetna-california-investigation/index.html
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/02/lets-cancel-everyones-student-debt-for-the-economys-sake.html
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/life/historian-shines-light-on-region-s-forgotten-history-of-slaves/article_a5dcfb35-fd5f-50c7-9b06-51f456cde046.html -
In America, Fines are Fine for the Rich - but Prison for the Poor
In a lengthy rant, I talk about the criminalization of poverty, and how that leads to big profits for private prisons and other companies that exploit prison labor. On the other hand, if you're rich in America, you grin and ask for your bank to be fined. With enough money, a prison sentence isn't social death - it's a springboard for a senate run!
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/02/09/384968360/jail-time-for-unpaid-court-fines-and-fees-can-create-cycle-of-poverty
https://www.npr.org/series/313986316/guilty-and-charged
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/43412-jailing-the-poor-for-fines-and-bail-is-a-government-operated-loan-shark-operation
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/43453-yes-lots-of-people-go-to-jail-because-they-can-t-pay-a-fine
http://www.hcn.org/issues/49.8/how-the-booming-business-of-private-prisons-came-to-be
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2017/09/slavery-prison-system-170901082522072.html
https://www.npr.org/2018/01/30/581778796/er-use-goes-down-as-hospital-program-pays-homeless-peoples-rent
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/06/us/baltimore-police-corruption.html
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/gazette_opinion/op_ed_commentaries/troy-n-miller-it-was-never-about-the-drugs-and/article_674a982f-4639-5741-ba8c-a60bb9a3e872.html
http://www.businessinsider.com/jamie-dimon-said-he-could-afford-fines-2015-3
https://www.salon.com/2018/02/05/mick-mulvaneys-cfpb-gives-up-on-equifax-probe/
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/11/ex-con-coal-baron-don-blankenship-is-running-for-u-s-senate.html -
The Flu, Or: How Greedy Employers Kill Grandmothers
Today we talk about the flu; how climate change plays a role; how the absence of paid sick leave in America leads to epidemics; and, ultimately how greedy employers kill grandmothers.
http://time.com/5105929/why-is-the-flu-so-bad-2018/
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/02/03/581805417/the-liberian-elbow-bump-is-your-good-friend-during-flu-season
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130128142847.htm
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24045424
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-ebola-policy-hamper-fight/