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Foreign policy and Syria with Sandy Davies
Posted: 2013/09/02 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in AnnouncementsTags: Foreign Policy, justice, Sandy Davies, syria
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Much has been made of the fact that nearly half of Americans paid no federal income tax in 2010. Some people interpret that statistic as saying that we are a nation of makers and takers, with the makers paying the taxes that support the takers. But the story is not that simple. This video explains who doesn’t pay income taxes and why, and notes that the share of non-payers is headed down to just a third a decade from now.
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Posted: 2013/08/30 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in Links/Articles/Video
Tags: Income tax, Income tax in the United States, Late-2000s financial crisis, Mitt Romney, myth, Social Security (United States), tax, Tax Policy Center
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Posted: 2013/08/29 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in Links/Articles/Video
Clip from Martin Luther King’s Vietnam speech. I hate how this great revolutionary is watered down for general consumption.
Posted: 2013/08/28 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in Links/Articles/VideoTags: imperialism, justice, Martin Luther King, MLK, racism, Vietnam
Here’s some of his best:
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Greg Palast talking about how top Treasury officials and the big banks secretly colluded to deregulate the banking industry worldwide.
Posted: 2013/08/27 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in Links/Articles/VideoTags: Clinton, deregulation, finance, fraud, Goldman, Greg Palast, Kleptocracy, Larry Summers
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