@Accipiter It's true that recessions tend to turn around with the outbreak of war. War is profitable and it mobilizes the economy. Unfortunately, these wars are started on purpose. The banks stand to make a lot of money if a war breaks out. Governments needs weapons to fight wars and they need money to buy those weapons.…
Looks like you did to me but maybe I misinterpreted it? Agreed. If you're talking about Anwar Al-Awlaki yes he did get killed in a targetted campaign, and that's part of why I suspect congress is rushing to codify crap like this into law that essentially states that if you're a threat we can do whatever we want. Thats the…
Personally I don't mind corporations so long as they socially aware of their actions and choose to make the right decisions. Such as laying off 2 people at the executive level to save a few hundred jobs. Corporations that provide services and value their customers. The ones that piss me off and need to be shut down are the…
Much as I agree with you in overturning Citizen's United, I think the effect that will have will be minimal at best. Most of the U.S. problems have been growing for a long time, Citizen's United was only ruled on in 2010. Corporate personhood isn't entirely relevant (although it's primarily the reason WHY the citizen's…
There's a line that's being blurred here that determines who the 1% is and many are misrepresenting it on both sides of the argument and too many are focusing on it. The 1% that people are enraged about are the millionaires that use the financial system to make money from the debt of the common citizen without adding…
I've always been of the opinion that government should legislate for the benefit of the many rather than to elevate the few. If that's an entrenched ideology, then I don't want to know what the "open-minded" stance is. The problem is, we have a lot of policy that only serves to benefit a few, whom don't need it at the…
Biggest fear is that. People can easily be talked into change and I agree that hunger,poverty can be a bit motivator, a lot of people think short term here and not long term. If you can put a band aid over over an issue to fix it now it can fulfill their appetite for change. Most people don't have any savings at all here…