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.
Opinion
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…]
Power of Progressive Economics: The Clinton Years
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2011. Today a new issue brief released by the Center for American Progress demonstrates ways in which the progressive economic strategies employed during the Clinton administration helped turn a floundering economy into a robust one and how those lessons can apply to today’s economy. The Clinton administration[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…]
CBO: Between 1979 and 2007, Income for Top 1 Percent of Households Grew by 275 Percent
Between 1979 and 2007, income for top 1 percent of households grew by 275 percent Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2011. The following report was issued by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO): Summary Text-only. The full version of the summary may include tables, charts, and footnotes. After-Tax Income Grew More for Highest-Income[Read More…]
AARP Statement on 2012 Medicare Part B Premium Increase
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–Octobr 27, 2011. AARP Legislative Policy Director David Certner released a statement following today’s announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on 2012 Medicare Part B premiums. The standard Medicare Part B monthly premium will be $99.90 in 2012, a $3.50 increase over the $96.40 that most[Read More…]
House Budget Cuts Eliminated Nearly 400,000 American Jobs
Washington, D.C–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2011. Today, a new report released by the Center for American Progress documents that budget cuts insisted on last spring by the U.S. House of Representatives cost the American economy nearly 400,000 jobs. The analysis tracks the impact those reductions had on employment in three specific areas[Read More…]
Meeting Violence with Nonviolence: Why the Occupy Movement Will Succeed
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2011, 11:27 am Police remove an Occupy Oakland camper from Snow Park on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, in Oakland, Calif. The Occupy movement is under attack. It is facing aggressive police action in cities all over the country while arrests continue over the enforcement of mundane[Read More…]
