What the Panama Papers Tells Us About Global Capitalism...

[thomhartmann]

[RoccoR5955]

1. +1

As always, Richard Wolff examines this problem, and gives us remedies, in terms that all of us can understand.

[SoapBox]

2. Capitalism...one of THE dirtiest words in my book.

I've said it for years.

[navarth]

3. bookmarking this, thanks very much.

Thom Hartmann and Richard Wolff, two of my favorites.

[Overseas]

4. K&R. Well said.

[Ferd Berfel]

5. This s/b called: Why We Can't HAve Nice Things

I am very concerned that the Clinton's will be implicated Yuuugely as this turd ripens.



This isn't something that Clinton will ever even try to do anything about

[Dustlawyer]

6. Kind of blows the arguements against Bernie's agenda that we don't have the money to do the

things he wants and we need. We can pay for these things easily once Representative Democracy is restored with Publicly Funded Elections. Without the legalized bribery of our politicians, this huge house of cards will fall down and the money would be there. There is so many ways that our tax dollars are virtually stolen, from the Pentagon who cannot even account for trillions of dollars, health insurance companies who are leeches on our health care system, the oiling archives in several industries that then arbitrarily jack up prices because no real competition, subsidies to industries that already make huge profits and pay little to no taxes...

Just by changing how our elections are financed we could bring back economic fairness and a new level of prosperity. The only note of caution would be that the planet can not currently sustain a big increase in consumption without making the environment much worse. We would need to use much of this new wealth to convert to a greener economy and energy platform. This new wealth would enable the government to make these changes and buffer the displaced workers that would normally suffer from the change from fossil fuels to renewable energies.

The thing is, Bernie has all along said that he cannot make these changes himself, he needs the American people to express their commitment to these changes in order to make them happen. Most people here realize that some level of change is needed. The problem is how high do we set our goals. Hillary advocates "incremental change" which gives time and opportunity for the wealthy to propagandize us, dissemble and deflect as they have proven to be adept at. It has to be transformational change done quickly even at the cost of temporary disruptions in order to be achieved. Let's get busy and feel the Bern!

[redruddyred]

7. two of my very favorite progressives

thanks for sharing

[99th_Monkey]

8. Prof. Wolff for Sec. of Commerce. nt

[Plucketeer]

9. Indeed!

We need to develop a game - Fantasy Cabinet

Wolff - Sec of Commerce

OK, who's next? What seat does Robert Reich get?

[99th_Monkey]

10. Treasury?

[Plucketeer]

11. That works

How about SOS? Grayson maybe?

How 'bout a place for Kucinich?

[99th_Monkey]

12. SoS is a tricky one. Kerry's doing a decent job IMHO

and it would definitely be wise IMHO to have a few hold-overs, esp
regarding foreign policy.

[Warpy]

13. Eliot Spitzer for AG

Yeah, so he goes to hookers. Big woop. He also knows where a lot of corporate bodies are buried and would love the opportunity to dig them up.

[Plucketeer]

14. We DEFINITELY

Need an AGGRESSIVE AG for the PEOPLE for a change!