Signs of a Dying Society
By Paul Buchheit November 24, 2015 "Information Clearing House" - While Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning and John Kiriakou are vilified for revealing vital information about spying and bombing and torture, a man who conspired with Goldman Sachs to make billions of dollars on the planned failure of subprime mortgages was honored by New York University for his “Outstanding Contributions to Society.”
This is one example of the distorted
thinking leading to the demise of a once-vibrant American society. There are
other signs of decay:
1. A House Bill Would View Corporate
Crimes as ‘Honest Mistakes’
Wealthy conservatives are pushing a
bill that would excuse corporate leaders from financial fraud, environmental
pollution, and other crimes that America’s greatest criminals deem simply
reckless or negligent. The Heritage
Foundation attempts to rationalize, saying “someone
who simply has an accident by being slightly careless can hardly be said to
have acted with a ‘guilty mind.'”
One must wonder, then, what extremes of
evil, in the minds of conservatives, led to criminal charges against people
apparently aware of their actions: the Ohio woman who took coins from a
fountain to buy food; the California man who broke into a church
kitchen to find something to eat; and the 90-year-old Florida activist who
boldly tried to feed the
homeless.
Of course, even without the explicit
protection of Congress, CEOs are rarely charged for their crimes. Not a
single Wall Street executive faced prosecution for the fraud-ridden 2008
financial crisis.
2. Unpaid Taxes of 500 Companies Could
Pay for a Job for Every Unemployed American
For two years. At the nation’s median salary of
$36,000, for all 8 million unemployed.
Citizens for
Tax Justice reports that Fortune 500 companies are
holding over $2 trillion in profits offshore to avoid taxes that would amount
to over $600 billion. Our society desperately needs infrastructure repair,
but 8 million potential jobs are being held hostage beyond our borders.
3. Almost 2/3 of American Families
Couldn’t Afford a Single Pill of a Life-Saving Drug
62 percent of
polled Americans said they couldn’t cover a $500 repair bill. If any of these
Americans need a hepatitis pill from Gilead
Sciences, or an anti-infection pill from Martin
Shkreli’s company, they will have to do without.
An AARP study of 115 specialty drugs
found that the average cost of
a year’s worth of prescriptions was over $50,000, three times more than the
average Social Security benefit. Although it’s true that most people don’t
pay the full retail cost of medicine, the portion paid by insurance companies
is ultimately passed on to consumers through higher premiums.
Pharmaceutical companies pay
competitors to keep generic drugs out of the market,
and they have successfully lobbied Congress
to keep Medicare from bargaining for lower drug prices. The companies claim
they need the high prices to pay for better medicines. But for every $1 they
spend on basic research, they invest $19 in
promotion and marketing.
4. Violent Crime Down, Prison Population
Doubles
FBI statistics confirm a
dramatic decline in violent crimes since 1991, yet the number of prisoners
has doubled over
approximately the same period.
Meanwhile, white-collar prosecutions
have been reduced by
over a third, and, as noted above, corporate leaders are steadily working
toward 100% tolerance for their crimes.
5. One in Four Americans Suffer Mental
Illness, Mental Health Facilities Cut by 90%
According to the National
Alliance on Mental Illness,
25 percent of adults experience mental illness in a given year, with almost
half of the homeless population so inflicted. Yet from 1970 to 2002, the per
capita number of public mental health hospital beds plummeted from
over 200 per 100,000 to 20 per 100,000, and after the recession state
cutbacks continued.
That leaves prison as the only option
for many desperate Americans.
There exists a common theme amidst
these signs of societal decay: The super-rich keep taking from the middle class as the middle
class becomes a massive lower
class. Yet the myth persists that we should all look up with
admiration at the “self-made” takers who are ripping our society apart.
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Discurso do Presidente da Rússia, Vladimir Putin, na manhã do dia 24 de Fevereiro de 2022
Discurso do Presidente da Rússia, Vladimir Putin, Tradução em português
Presidente da Rússia, Vladimir Putin: Cidadãos da Rússia, Amigos,
Considero ser necessário falar hoje, de novo, sobre os trágicos acontecimentos em Donbass e sobre os aspectos mais importantes de garantir a segurança da Rússia.
Começarei com o que disse no meu discurso de 21 de Fevereiro de 2022. Falei sobre as nossas maiores responsabilidades e preocupações e sobre as ameaças fundamentais que os irresponsáveis políticos ocidentais criaram à Rússia de forma continuada, com rudeza e sem cerimónias, de ano para ano. Refiro-me à expansão da NATO para Leste, que está a aproximar cada vez mais as suas infraestruturas militares da fronteira russa.
É um facto que, durante os últimos 30 anos, temos tentado pacientemente chegar a um acordo com os principais países NATO, relativamente aos princípios de uma segurança igual e indivisível, na Europa. Em resposta às nossas propostas, enfrentámos invariavelmente, ou engano cínico e mentiras, ou tentativas de pressão e de chantagem, enquanto a aliança do Atlântico Norte continuou a expandir-se, apesar dos nossos protestos e preocupações. A sua máquina militar está em movimento e, como disse, aproxima-se da nossa fronteira.
Porque é que isto está a acontecer? De onde veio esta forma insolente de falar que atinge o máximo do seu excepcionalismo, infalibilidade e permissividade? Qual é a explicação para esta atitude de desprezo e desdém pelos nossos interesses e exigências absolutamente legítimas?
ARRIVING IN CHINA
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20 questions to Putin
The President of Russia delivered the Address to the Federal Assembly. The ceremony took place at the Manezh Central Exhibition Hall.
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TRIBUTE TO A PRESIDENT
NA PRMEIRA PESSOA
Um auto retrato surpreendentemente sincero do Presidente da Rússia, Vladimir Putin
CONTEÚDO
Prefácio
Personagens Principais em 'Na Primeira Pessoa'
Parte Três: O Estudante Universitário
Parte Quatro: O Jovem especialista
Parte Cinco: O Espia
Parte Seis: O Democráta
Parte Sete: O Burocrata
Parte Oito: O Homem de Família
Parte Nove: O Político
Apêndice: A Rússia na Viragem do Milénio
Daniele Ganser
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and on Earth
Peace, Good Will toward men.”
This Christmas, Give Peace
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