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Urgent: Stock Buybacks Act

mardi 16 mai 2023 à 05:46

US citizens: call on Congress to pass the Stock Buybacks Act which would prohibit corporations from buying back their own stock so as to raise the stock price. The Capitol Switchboard numbers are +1-202-224-3121, +1-888-818-6641 and +1-888-355-3588.

If you phone, please spread the word!

Railroads in the UK

mardi 16 mai 2023 à 05:46

The UK plutocratists keep opposing nationalization of the railroads because their funders, the rich, make money from the privatized railroads. So they don't want to admit that the previous state-owned British Rail worked better than the subsequent state-owned railroads.

Sad to say, the Tory Party is not the only plutocratist party in Britain. The Labour Party's support for renationalization is half-hearted because Starmer is a plutocratist at heart. Now that he has blocked firm opponents of plutocratism from running as Labour candidates for Parliament, it will be hard for Labour to get any better in the future.

When people assert that private capital can more easily invest the large sums needed to improve railroads, the response is to ask why the state doesn't have enough funds to invest. Is it because of reducing taxes on the rich and on businesses? That's the real problem.

Erdoğan's control of internet in Turkey

mardi 16 mai 2023 à 05:46

Human Rights Watch and Article 18 condemned Erdoğan's control of the internet in Turkey, saying he will use that to twist the election.

Sad to say, right-wing rich people own the principal news sources in most countries, including the US and the UK.

EPA rules predicated on carbon capture

mardi 16 mai 2023 à 05:46

The EPA's new pollution rules for fossil fuel power plants are predicated on the assumption that carbon capture will work and will be used.

So far, it doesn't work, and the only reason anyone assumes it will work is due to fossil fuel lobbying.

Unregulated lending business

mardi 16 mai 2023 à 05:46

How unregulated lending business tends to suck people into unpayable debt.

I'm richer than you! infinity loop