Thursday, July 17, 2025

Tag: greed

What happens when bad guys win—without direct counter-punches except defiance and...

If we don’t learn from failure, do we then not forfeit the “sapiens” (wisdom, intelligence) that in the end allegedly sets our species apart?

Bezos praises Manchin for blocking Biden’s corporate tax hike

"Biden's plan was to make billionaires and corporations pay their fair share in taxes, and use that money to help families," said one critic. "Of course a billionaire owner of a $1.1 trillion corporation doesn't like that."

Sanders hails growing union movement as threat to ‘oligarchy and corporate...

"It is that growing trade union movement that makes me so very hopeful for the future of this country."

Government contracting: The next big battleground for a more equal America?

Our tax dollars don’t have to be feeding executive-suite greed and grasping.

Greed is prolonging the pandemic

The longer it takes the world to get vaccinated, the more variants we’ll see.

Watch: Bernie Sanders argues ‘we must end the greed of Big...

"Why is it that the pharmaceutical industry is able to charge the American people the highest prices on the planet for prescription drugs? Because their greed goes unchallenged in Washington, D.C."

The rich are different—richer than us and far greedier

There is a class war raging, one that’s being fought by the ruling class of billionaires and millionaires against the rest of us.

Former sheriff’s lieutenant pleads guilty to stealing $30K

“The appalling criminal actions of former Lt. Scott Pillow revealed his lack of integrity and greed.”

Is the run on the dollar due to panic or greed?

The banks could not function without public support. They should be turned into public utilities.

Why is there increasing poverty in America?

We pretend that we are a fair and equal culture. And yet we let rampant greed take over.

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House Republicans move to block EPA action on toxic PFAS in farm fertilizers

A provision in the latest GOP spending bill would halt enforcement of an EPA risk assessment warning that sewage sludge fertilizer contaminates farmland with cancer-linked forever chemicals.

Progressive legacy triumphs as Adelita Grijalva wins Arizona primary

A clash of legacy versus digital insurgency, this Arizona primary uncovers deep intra‑party tensions around candidate experience, social media influence, and the future of democratic progressiveness.

Israeli Minister: ‘Gaza must be in ruins for decades,’ as airstrike kills children seeking...

Keeping millions of Palestinians in Gaza, half of them children, living in ruins for decades is not the sort of goal announced by sane, civilized, ordinary European politicians.

The reality behind JP Morgan’s ‘net zero’: Billions flow to Big Oil

JP Morgan’s “green” funds have funneled over $4 billion to the fossil-fuel majors, betraying the firm’s promises and undermining efforts to achieve net zero.

Trump’s about-face on Ukraine

Trump might be a pushover, a chicken hawk, a TACO. But in Ukraine, Putin has found his own unmovable object.