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Congress surrenders to the WTO

vendredi 18 décembre 2015 à 01:00

Congress used the budget bill as an excuse to surrender to the WTO: it voted to eliminated country-of-origin meat labeling.

Don't pretend that Congress would have the courage to defy the TPP.

Avoiding global heating disaster

vendredi 18 décembre 2015 à 01:00

We are making a mistake, relying on some mysterious "progress" to save Earth from global heating disaster.

Avoiding heating disaster requires a mobilization comparable to what would be made for a large war.

Congresscritters work for Google

vendredi 18 décembre 2015 à 01:00

Google funded some congressional campaigns, and the congresscritters elected performed for Google by supporting Google against an EU legal investigation about abuse of its market position.

UK leaves big tax evaders alone

vendredi 18 décembre 2015 à 01:00

The UK is cracking down on people that evade small amounts of taxes while leaving the big tax evaders alone.

However, the tax dodging that governments choose to permit is even bigger.

Under plutocratist governments, the purpose of taxes is to serve the rich and crush the rest.

Ukraine bans Communist Party

vendredi 18 décembre 2015 à 01:00

Ukraine has infringed political rights by banning the Communist Party and even the word "communist".