McDonald’s CEOs Get Big Pay Increases, Despite Falling Sales
NEW YORK — McDonald’s Corp. more than tripled the pay packages last year for its new CEO Don Thompson and the man he replaced, Jim Skinner.
Trickle Down Economics, Voodoo Economics, Supply Side Economics — Whatever You Call It, It’s Been a Boon to the Richest One Percent and a Disaster for Everyone Else
"Ronald Reagan's theory was really 'trickle down' economics...and renamed 'supply side.' Cut tax rates for the wealthy; everyone else will benefit. As Reagan's budget director David Stockman confided at the time, the supply-side rhetoric 'was always a Trojan horse to bring down the top rate.'" —The Gipper's Economy. To see how the Trickle Down Con was sold to the public click here.
THE RIGHT-WING SHADOW GOVERNMENT — Illegal Covert Operations and Right-Wing Subversion of the Constitution
Offshore Tax Havens and Tax Dodging
Wealth Inequality — How Bad is It Really?
The Richest One Percent at its Worst
To see how the billionaire Koch brothers are trying to buy American democracy click here.
War Profiteering — $2 Trillion in Tax Dollars Spent in Iraq — Guess Who Got Rich?
Right-Wing Think Tanks
Billionaires like Charles and David Koch are funding far-right think tanks that produce highly flawed studies promoting policies that favor the richest one percent. For more on what the billionaires are up to click here.
The People’s Budget
What is Liberalism and How is It Different from Socialism?
Climate Change Deniers — What Exxon-Mobil Learned from Big Tobacco
Fossil Free — Why You Should Divest from Dirty Fossil Fuels and Reinvest in Clean Energy
The 7 Biggest Minimum Wage Myths Promoted by the Richest One Percent
Progressive Books
Audit the Pentagon — Where Exactly is the $637 Billion Per Year in Taxpayer Money Going?
Hardcore Libertarian Ayn Rand Defends the Taking of Native American Land and Genocide
