Tag Archives: Corporations

Tax Cuts Do Not Create Jobs

Posted on October 4, 2012 at 3:58 pm by Bob Cesca

Last night, Mitt Romney made a rapid-fire “winning” case that tax cuts for businesses will magically create jobs. He’s horribly wrong. Fact: tax rates are the lowest they’ve ever been in history, and yet businesses are sitting on record high … Continue reading →

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A Bit of Schooling for Red Scare Bots

Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:37 am by Bob Cesca

Once again, new numbers indicate that corporate profits are at an all-time high, and employee wages just hit an all-time low (as a percentage of GDP). Way too many ignorant Republicans believe the president is a communist, harkening back to … Continue reading →

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Chart of the Day

Posted on November 28, 2011 at 7:26 am by Bob Cesca

Corporate profits versus personal income, via the New York Times: More information here. Notice how personal incomes rose during the Clinton and Johnson decades but dropped during decades of Republican dominance.

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The Most Depressing Thing of the Week So Far

Posted on October 20, 2011 at 7:37 am by Bob Cesca

This photo. We’re so screwed. On that note, the following three segments of Louis CK talking about corporate America is so precise and insightful and dead-on. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 (via Grant Beaudette in the comments)

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Worst Persons in the World

Posted on August 21, 2011 at 12:35 pm by Bob Cesca

Hershey is trying really, really hard to suck. And they’re doing it! The town, its company and its long-held image of All-American goodness are taking hits in a controversy involving hundreds of foreign-exchange students. The students, on work, travel and … Continue reading →

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Paying Wingnut Trolls

Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:40 pm by Bob Cesca

This reporter caught a job posting offering to pay right-wing people to troll liberal blogs. Then something caught my eye. It was a job ad that read “Writers Needed To Post Right-Wing Comments (Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Halifax).” “Perfect!” I chortled. … Continue reading →

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Another Reason to Avoid McDonalds

Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:04 pm by Bob Cesca

They’re instructing their employees who to vote for. Along with their recent paychecks, employees received a pamphlet from their employer on company letter head that stated “as the election season is here, we wanted you to know which candidates will … Continue reading →

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Tom Toles For The Win

Posted on October 21, 2010 at 8:28 pm by Bob Cesca

I was just talking with my brother about how the banks and financial institutions who benefited from TARP are probably contributing to Republican candidates who are running against TARP. And minutes later, I spotted this from Tom Toles (via Ezra):

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You Don't Stand a Chance

Posted on October 4, 2010 at 2:51 pm by Bob Cesca

Thanks to Citizen’s United, there’s an unprecedented deluge of mostly anonymous corporate money flowing into the midterms. The $80 million spent so far by groups outside the Democratic and Republican parties dwarfs the $16 million spent at this point for … Continue reading →

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Keith Olbermann on Small Business Loopholes

Posted on September 23, 2010 at 2:31 pm by Bob Cesca

Countdown’s extended report on which mega-corporations are purporting to be “small businesses.” Hint: one of them is Bechtel. Bech-fucking-tel! Part One: Part Two after the jump…

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