Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2011. Yesterday, Senator Tom Harkin and Representative Peter DeFazio introduced the “Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act” legislation that would assess a Financial Speculation Tax of 3 basis points, or .03 percent. The European Commission is proposing a Financial Speculation Tax that would assess a tax[Read More…]
Commentary
Occupying the U.S.A.
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 1, 2011. Jack Balkwill, the editor of LUV News (an excellent, very brief daily news service, subscription info below), is very nice to call me the “Father of the Occupy Movement” but it is a title I can’t accept. This movement is more of a spontaneous combustion in[Read More…]
A Statement from Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on the Sustainable Growth Rate
On the need to fix the Sustainable Growth Rate issue upon release of the final Medicare physician fee schedule rule Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 1, 2011. “America’s physicians are the backbone of our health care system. Physicians are there for us throughout our lives, helping us improve our health and fight off[Read More…]
SEIU: U.S. Department of Justice Rightly Challenges South Carolina Immigration Law
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 1, 2011. The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Monday against South Carolina’s harsh immigration law on the grounds that it violates the U.S. Constitution by interfering with the federal government’s jurisdiction over immigration law. The South Carolina law would require law enforcement to demand “papers” demonstrating[Read More…]
AARP to Super Committee: No Cuts to Social Security, Medicare Benefits
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 1, 2011. AARP volunteers concerned about potential cuts to critical Social Security and Medicare benefits attended Tuesday’s Public Hearing of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (‘super committee’), at which Erskine Bowles and former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-WY), co-chairs of President Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility[Read More…]
Viral Video: Will Mailing Wood To Credit Card Solicitors Cost Banks More Money?
Upset with bank fees? Would you send your bank a block of wood for sending you unsolicited offers through the mail? There is some truth to this video: banks do pay more based on the weight of the envelope. See the fact-check here.
Can Occupiers Pull Off a General Strike?
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2011, 12:58 pm On September 17, the first day of Occupy Wall Street, one of the many scattershot ideas proposed in the first General Assembly meeting was a call for a general strike. It struck me at the time as one of the most important, but also[Read More…]
Occupy Anything, Anywhere, Everywhere, Has a Theme Song
OCCUPY EVERYTHING has a theme song. And this is it. Enjoy.
I will support President Obama in 2012
I will support Obama in 2011 and 2012. In spite of it all, I see no cooperation from the GOP in Congress. This has been pitiful, and has hurt our economy, tragically. I don’t see Obama’s domestic failures so much as a failure of collegiality with Democratic lawmakers. I see[Read More…]
Fight Back Against ABC 7′s Reportage of Anti-Semitic Occupy Chicago and Occupy Wall Street
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2011. Dear friends and supporters: We are calling on folks to take a few minutes to respond to ABC 7 reporter Chuck Goudie’s inaccurate and irresponsible reportage on Occupy Chicago, Occupy Wall Street in general, and the Palestine support movement, as well as his continued attacks on Hatem Abudayyeh, Palestinian[Read More…]
