Mayor Bloomberg's girlfriend has a 'Let them eat sh*t' moment Daily Kos ... Is it really so hard to go back to the bargaining table and break off a few more pennies for the working class?...
How Goldman Sachs and Other Companies Exploit Port Truck Drivers — Occupy Protesters Plan to Shut Down West Coast Ports in Protest Alternet ...Once a middle-class profession, the port trucking (or drayage) industry has now been dubbed "sweatshops on wheels..."
30 Major U.S. Corporations Paid More to Lobby Congress Than Income Taxes, 2008-2010 International Business Times ...By employing a plethora of tax-dodging techniques, 30 multi-million dollar American corporations expended more money lobbying Congress than they paid in federal income taxes between 2008 and 2010, ultimately spending approximately $400,000 every day -- including weekends -- during that three-year period to lobby lawmakers and influence political elections...
Negative Equity: How Many Loans are Underwater in Your State? creditsesame ...Home equity has become a thing of the past for millions of homeowners...
Court Cases Revealing Massive Fraud in Mortgage Business firedoglake ...The grand jury transcripts ... show an undeniable pattern of criminality among the document processing companies that feed foreclosures into the system....
Irony alert: U.S. calls on Russia to respect peaceful protests Raw Story ... The United States called Friday on both Russian authorities and protesters to remain peaceful as opponents of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin prepared major weekend demonstrations against his rule...
