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Donald Trump continues to attempt to scare Americans into voting for him, painting a doom-and-gloom portrait of a collapsing U.S. economy should they elect Joe Biden president this November.
Wall Street and big bank economists, however, paint a very different picture.
"Mr Trump, this is bullshit. Can you hire someone who doesn't work for Goldman Sachs? What about that swamp? Huh? "
US taxpayers get screwed again as half of the Goldman Sachs $5 billion settlement with the Department of Justice will be tax deductible.
Cruz's actions, which his spokesperson now claims were "inadvertant," show that he is a hypocrite as well as dishonest
Hillary Clinton has a real conundrum on her hands. It's her walking-on-eggs observation about the upcoming Trans-Pacific Partnership vote. The vote will be in tandem with another controversial trade deal with the European Union, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
This is the class war billionaire Warren Buffet admitted his class was winning, and if any American doubted that the Kochs or Wall Street would stop at robbing retired people's incomes to satisfy their absolute greed, they are fools
Last Friday, a victim, Stephen "Laser" Haas, who has been denied justice for over a decade took the law into his own hands and filed a "Civil Racketeering" RICO complaint against Mitt Romney.
The arguments of the Republican default truthers fly in the face of rational thought and economic experts who are predicting that a default will have detrimental effects on world financial systems.
Financial institutions may not face prosecution because they cannot go to jail, but the men and women committing fraud and money laundering should be criminally prosecuted and sent to jail.
Americans are being held responsible for Republicans' debt for two unnecessary wars, costly prescription plan, tax cuts for the rich, and gifts to the oil industry.
In his Inaugural Address, the President assured the people he will fight to preserve their retirement investment, and he has the ability to make a strong case against the CEOs proposed cuts.
There has never been a better time for President Obama to educate the people about Social Security and its non-effect on the deficit and its financial health.
There is a report that Willard Romney committed perjury in his friend's divorce proceedings, and it is not the first time he is accused of perjuring himself.
It appears there is a pattern of malfeasance and possible illegal activities that should be a warning that Romney and Ryan are not trustworthy and not suited for the highest offices in the land.
Coming from what many would consider a "far Left" ideological foundation, my assertion is that this antagonism between the so-called "left" and "right" has been merely a smokescreen to divide us even further while the wealthy interests who actually dictate legislation---buying and manipulating politicians from both parties---continue to plunder our resources and bring our economy to the brink of collapse while we do nothing other than yell and scream at the other side.