The Corporate World's 1%
Trump just withdrew the US from the Paris Climate Accord and…
… we can stop looking over our shoulder for China – and start looking in the mirror. Remember when China got all the manufacturing jobs by ignoring pollution, and the health and welfare of its people?
Trump just withdrew the US from the Paris Climate Accord and…
… even oil companies are acknowledging climate change is real and a threat.
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Here’s a brief economic history of the last quarter-century in taxes and growth. In 1990, President George H. W. Bush raised taxes, and GDP growth increased over the next five years. In 1993, President Bill Clinton raised the top marginal tax rate, and GDP growth increased over the next five years. In 2001 and 2003, […]
Two days after United Airlines was publicly eviscerated for having a passenger beaten up and dragged off of an airplane, its stock has recovered. But people haven’t. That man was forced off the flight from Chicago to Louisville because United had crew members who needed to get to Louisville to work their next flight. Disturbing […]
The epidemic of opioid addiction that’s sweeping the nation is a massive issue that’s costing an estimated $78.5 billion, according to a recent study. Most of that burden is in the healthcare system — medical care for overdoses and repercussions of addiction, as well as treatment for the addiction itself — and the criminal justice system. […]
If you put any two people in a room, one of them will be more greedy than the other. In matters of greed, the “more greedy” always beat the “less greedy.” They should; by definition they care more about it. That’s the phenomenon that drives corporate practices toward increasingly exploitative behavior with customers. In climate […]
