Category Archives: Bidness

Crony Capitalism: Neo-Liberal, Third Way Style

Posted on May 12, 2012 by

Chicago-style corruption isn’t what it used to be. Former Obama chief of staff and current mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel has developed an ‘infrastructure trust’ to repair Chicago’s roads, rails and schools. Naturally, needless rent extraction by private entities is … Continue reading →

Posted in Bidness, Progressives, Propaganda | 2 Comments

This Is Why the Fetish of Local Governments Is Idiotic

Posted on May 10, 2012 by

Conservatives haven’t been touting the ‘turn government over to the states’ line recently, since they have more important things to do like get all up in women’s vaginas, but, time was, the belief that local and state governments would govern … Continue reading →

Posted in Bidness, Conservatives | 2 Comments

Gouging Students to Pay for Deficit Reduction

Posted on May 1, 2012 by

Right now, there is a battle raging over whether the federal government, when providing college student loans, should charge 3.4% or 6.8% interest. Most people who aren’t the servile lickspittles of the lending ‘industry’ think we’re better off as a … Continue reading →

Posted in Bidness, Education | 4 Comments

Social Security, Healthcare, and the Fallacy of Consumer ‘Choice’

Posted on April 29, 2012 by

And note, outside of voting, no one ever uses the phrase ‘citizen choice’, do they? But I digress. I recently had to go the hospital for a routine exam, which always involves lots of sitting in waiting rooms. While my … Continue reading →

Posted in Bidness, Economics, Social Security | 2 Comments

Why Do Markets Never Seem to Apply to Labor?

Posted on April 15, 2012 by

The next time you hear someone talk about the genius of small business, you might want to remind them of these captains of industry. Every so often, there’s a story about how hard it is to hire people. But, in … Continue reading →

Posted in Bidness, Economics, Fucking Morons, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

The War on Social Security: How the Rich Warp the Political System (It’s Blackrock, Stupid)

Posted on April 13, 2012 by

John Cole asks a good question about the opposition to Social Security: Why our elites and media elites have such sheer contempt and hatred for social security. It’s there for everyone! It’s a solid government program which gives everyone the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bidness, Conservatives, Social Security

How the DCCC Aggressively Opposes Progressive and Liberal Democrats

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (‘DCCC’), which raises funds to support Democratic House campaigns, historically has been one of the problems facing rank-and-file Democrats. They have a long history of supporting corporate and Blue Dog Democratic candidates, who, once elected, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bidness, Democrats

Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: The Co-opted Sierra Club Edition

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

Author and environmentalist Sandra Steingraber explains her decision to ‘break up’ with the Sierra Club (boldface mine): But more than a month has past since your executive director, Michael Brune, admitted in Time magazine that the Sierra Club had, between … Continue reading →

Posted in Bidness, Environment, Progressives

The Congressional Retirement Plan Is Very Lucrative

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

Regular readers will be familiar with what I call the Congressional Retirement Plan™ (emphasis original): It’s simple: it’s about life after politics. One of the dirty secrets about many, if not most, congressmen and senators is that they like Washington, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bidness

ALEC, Conservative Lobbyists, and the Death of Trayvor Martin

Posted on March 24, 2012 by

ALEC, a business-funded conservative lobbying group that is very active at the state level, has a long history of essentially writing legislation (and getting it passed) for conservative politicians, sometimes to such an extent said genius conservatives forget to remove … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic Human Decency, Bidness, Conservatives | 5 Comments