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Tracking the Growth of American Authoritarianism

“Can There Really Be Fascist People In A Democracy?”
Libertarians are stealthily taking over America.
Since the 1971 Powell Memo, America has moved closer and closer to Fascism.

 

Neoliberal, Free Market Fundamentalist, Ideology of The 1971 Powell Memo Reflected in Koch Brother’s 1980 Manifesto

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Andy Hailey

Decades later, Lewis Powell codified Vice President Wallace’s “method” in The Powell Memo of 1971. The result was a proliferation of conservative think tanks like the Cato institute, thousands of talking heads all over commercial media, Fox News, hate radio, … Continue reading →

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Why Do The ONE% Keep Getting Richer?

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Andy Hailey

An updated report on growing income inequality between America’s profit makers and profit takers shows the growth of income for the profit takers – the top ONE%, who are making at least $394,000/year for 2012. The table below shows how … Continue reading →

  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.alternet.org/economy/joe-stiglitz-people-who-break-rules-have-raked-huge-profits-and-wealth-and-its-sickening-our" target="_blank" title="Joseph Stiglitz's remarks to the AFL-CIO convention in Los Angeles on September 8">The People Who Break the Rules Have Raked in Huge Profits and Wealth and It's Sickening Our Politics</a>
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Minimum Wage, Wage Theft and The Free Market at Work – Is it Fixable?

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Andy Hailey

The post 80’s ideas of keeping the minimum wage suppressed and not rewarding workers, profit creators, for their productivity increases of the last three decades must stop. The decisions of the supply side free market and most of its leaders, … Continue reading →

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Dirk Van Dongen – Strengthening The Military-Corporate Complex and Enriching the ONE%

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Andy Hailey

In an address to the nation on January 17, 1961, in the middle of nurturing the greatest middle class this world has ever seen, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned, “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition … Continue reading →

  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.nationofchange.org/how-extreme-business-roundtable-check-out-its-attack-elderly-1358433148" title="Check out its attack on the elderly" target="_blank">How extreme is the Business Roundtable?</a>, <a href="http://nationbuilders.thenation.com/profiles/blogs/why-congress-With a full court press by the Gang of Six reinforcing the White House push, the Bush bill, offering $1.35 trillion in tax cuts over a decade, passed the House by 240-154 in May 200>Why Congress Often Ignores Public Opinion</a>
  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.nationofchange.org/surprising-studies-find-dc-does-what-wealthiest-want-majority-opposes-1364478013" title="Politicians act almost exclusively in the interests of the wealthy and many of them believe that the public is behind them" target="_blank">Surprising Studies Find D.C. Does What Wealthiest Want, Majority Opposes</a>
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The Dakota Indians Lost to the ONE% in the 1860s – Can Today’s 99% Check and Balance Today’s ONE%?

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Andy Hailey

A recent episode of This American Life was about the Dakota War of 1862. This war resulted in the final expulsion of the Dakota Indians from their ancestral home in Minnesota. It took years of lies, trickery, swindles, war, and … Continue reading →

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How Wealthy are the Forbes 400 – Let’s Try Some “Arithmetic” …

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Andy Hailey

Robert Reich made the following statement last June, ” … the richest 400 Americans {own} as much as the bottom 150 million put together.” Let me try to put this in perspective with a little “arithmetic.” Imagine 400 small towns … Continue reading →

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2012 Election – Are We Going to Return to a National Legalized Gozzle-up Ponzi Scheme?

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Andy Hailey

(The following is a reposting of an entry from August of 2010 with minor updates.) This posting was inspired by an article at Rational Revolution. It takes another look at the disproportionate shift in income to the mega and ultra … Continue reading →

  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/09/17/856711/ten-inequality-charts-occupy/" title="Romney, Ryan and the Devil's Budget: Will America Keep Its Soul?" target="_blank">Occupy Wall Street One Year Later: Ten Key Charts About Inequality</a>, <a href="http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11872-henry-a-giroux-why-dont-americans-care-about-democracy-at-home" title="The richest 400 Americans owning as much as the bottom 150 million put together" target="_blank">Why Don't Americans Care About Democracy at Home?</a>
  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.offthechartsblog.org/understanding-the-federal-tax-debate/" title="A compilation of key CBPP analyses, blog posts, and graphics that provide context for the debate around federal taxes" target="_blank">Understanding the Federal Tax Debate</a>
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Authoritarian Plan for a Koch Brothers’ America – Update to The Powell Plan

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Andy Hailey

Just over a year ago, I wrote a post about The Powell Memo. This memo has been referred to by others like Henry Giroux and Richard Wolff. This memo, by Lewis F. Powell and dated August 23, 1971, was a … Continue reading →

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The Four Fundamentalisms of America’s Authoritarian State – Threats to Our Democracy

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Andy Hailey

The excerpts below are from a recent article by Henry Giroux, author of Zombie Politics and Culture in the Age of Casino Capitalism, who discusses the major fundamentalisms of our growing authoritarian state. But first, my two cents: There is … Continue reading →

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We Need More Citizenship Dues, a Reversal of Citizens United, and Democracy in the Workplace

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Andy Hailey

Real wage growth, related to worker productivity gains, have been diverted to corporations, their boards of directors, and the rest of the ONE%, via stock dividends, for over three decades. Just look at what happened:         Not … Continue reading →

  • Supporting Video: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnRWTzvHlzk&feature=related" target="_blank" title="This is a must-see lecture about the realities of socio-economics as pertains to the American dynamic.">Capitalism Hits the Fan</a>
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