By Carl Ginsburg
The word from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at last week's community meeting in the Bronx was disappointing, to say the least. After promising "good jobs" during a recent campaign, how could a man with so many billions, and now fresh from a re-election victory, oppose a $10-an-hour wage?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24078.htm
The Economic Crisis And What Must Be Done
By Richard C. Cook
The United States does not control its own destiny. Rather it is controlled by an international financial elite, of which the American branch works out of big New York banks like J.P. Morgan Chase, Wall Street investment firms such as Goldman Sachs, and the Federal Reserve System. They in turn control the White House, Congress, the military, the mass media, the intelligence agencies, both political parties, the universities, etc.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24076.htm
What Is Totalitarianism?
By Michael Kleen
If the United States came under the control of a totalitarian regime, would we recognize it? This question is of utmost importance today, when many of us harbor fears that some time in the near future ideas such as freedom, liberty, and privacy will be alien to our society.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24073.htm
UK: Recession 'is even worse than feared':
Chancellor predicts steepest slump ever.
http://snipurl.com/tfuj6
Americans Toss Out 40 Percent of All Food
While some have plenty of food to spare, a recent report by the Department of Agriculture finds the number of U.S. homes lacking "food security," meaning their eating habits were disrupted for lack of money, rose from 4.7 million in 2007 to 6.7 million last year.
http://www.livescience.com/culture/091126-food-waste.html
From Information Clearing House
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Bloomberg spent more than $100 million for reelection
Reuters
11/27/09
Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s narrower-than-expected reelection campaign cost the billionaire some $102 million, or about $183 per vote, The New York Times reported on Friday evening, making him the top-spending self-financed politician in U.S. history. Data on the mayoral election released on Friday found Bloomberg’s run for a third term in office, which required special legislation overturning a city law that held the mayor to a maximum of two terms, was the most expensive campaign in municipal history, the Times said...
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5AR08320091128
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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Senate Bill Contains a Gift for Big Banks
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/11/30-7
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