Mammon category archive
Greecing the Skids 0
Bonddad analyzes the promise of austerity as economic policy and finds it lacking. Here’s a bit; follow the link for the rest.
Total GDP at constant prices has decreased about 25%. That means there has been NO GROWTH. For the economically challenged, NO GROWTH IS BAD.
Support the Troops, Bushie Style 0
You can’t make this stuff up.
Safe as Houses
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YouTube chose to preface this video with a commercial for–wait for it–make-up.
Chartering a Course for Disaster 0
It’s all about the grift.
Football Fiduciaries 0
Ahh, the financial industry, a rock of integrity and strength.
All he had to do was betray his employer and its clients’ confidence, prosecutors have said, committing wire fraud conspiracy in the process.
Sticker Schlock 2
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel tries to make sense of consumer health care prices and finds out that it can’t.
A Wealth of Water 0
The rich in Cali use more water than the not-rich. That wouldn’t be a surprise anywhere.
The disparity in usage, though, does take one aback (emphasis added):
The massive difference highlights an issue that has become more clear across California as the drought has worsened: Wealthy areas are using dramatically more water than lower-income areas.
The story goes on the explain that the rich are doing it because they can.
And This Surprises You How? 0
Unlimited my anatomy. There are always limits.
The Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday that the company misled consumers into buying plans they believed would give them unlimited ability to send and receive data, including Web browsing, GPS navigation and streaming videos. But the FCC said that once the consumer hit a certain level, the data on unlimited plans would be slowed down significantly, at speeds lower than advertised.
AFAIC, the only “service” Southwestern Bell Cingular AT&T provides is to make Verizon look like a good corporate citizen by comparison.
Of course, AT&T intends to appeal because doublespeak.
The Privatization Scam Charters a Course for Disaster 0
Freeda Cathcart explains the scam. Here’s a bit:
Your tax dollars are responsible for paying for this unfortunate circumstance. Jason Turesky and Charles Chieppo of the Pioneer Institute describe our nation’s testing program as a $16 billion federal mandate. Most of those public funds are going to for-profit corporations not subject to transparency or accountability.
A Grift of Higher Education 0
In the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Saul Newton dissects Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s war against learning. A snippet:
The Fee Hand of the Market 0
If corporations are people, my friend, they are really terrible people.
The “Off-Label” Medicine Show 0
Here’s some iodine. Have a swig if you break your arm.