Friday, July 31, 2009

Bank Of America Workers Organize Against Closures As Execs Get Big Bonuses

Bank Of America Workers Organize Against Closures As Execs Get Big Bonuses:

"Even though taxpayers are backing Bank of America with $199.2 billion overall", CEO Ken Lewis made $6,019 an hour.

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Unemployment in California - Interactive Graphics - sacbee.com

Unemployment in California - Interactive Graphics - sacbee.com
11.8 % officially, 20 % real rate of people outside of work.
Officially, so called initial claims are counted, but if people later stop looking actively for a job, being disouraged from lack of available positions, they are dropped from the count.

The real rate is being estimated at "up to 100% more than initial claims.

Friday, July 24, 2009

Help Me Fight for a Public Option

It is very important to pass a real reform of long term crisis stricken current health delivery scheme.


Universal single payer public-private national heath care system is the only solution. Cost - $0.


1. Stop employer based payments.

2. Redirect to single payer.

3. Extend Medicare to all. That's all.


This way, runaway fraud private prices, insurance and medical companies will be controlled.

Huge and unnecessary medical medical bureaucracy, devouring 20 cents of each healthcare dollar, will be eliminated.



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