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04 Jan 10

News Corp.’s Deal With Time Warner Precedes More Cable Fees - NYTimes.com

The bottom line is always the same: corporations (and their owners) get more money, and consumers get to provide it. Ain't capitalism grand?

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24 Dec 09

Banks That Bundled Bad Debt Also Bet Against It - NYTimes.com

Another method by which Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street criminal enterprises cheated their customers, got even richer, and wrecked the economy.

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08 Dec 09

Millions in U.S. Drink Contaminated Water, Records Show - NYTimes.com

Another manifestation of Bushworld and rampant capitalism: the rich and the politically connected drink clean water, while everyone else drinks sewage.

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12 Nov 09

The Betrayal - Timothy Egan Blog - NYTimes.com

Argues that the rich and powerful have broken the social contract. What happens next is unpredictable, but honest people's sense of betrayal and rage will be a significant factor.

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14 Oct 09

Along With Layoffs, Recession’s Cost Can Be Seen in Pay Cuts - NYTimes.com

While the rich and politically connected take home unconscionable salaries, fat bonuses, and unearned stock dividends, honest working people either get laid off entirely or have their wages cut. Ain't capitalism grand?

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07 Oct 09

Spend the ‘bonus’ years on work and play | Ros Altmann - Times Online

Columnist warns that most working people cannot save enough to retire as they would have in previous generations. They should spend their "bonus years" as cubicle slaves.

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30 Jun 09

U.S. Plan to Stem Foreclosures Is Mired in Paper Avalanche - NYTimes.com

Banks and other financial institutions are "losing" paperwork from thousands of people who seek to have their mortgages adjusted under new law. There is an argument for taking the bastards out back and giving them last cigarettes with their blindfolds. Not that I would support such an action, of course.

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