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    It's the Economy Stupid

    MARCH 29, 2011 12:11PM

    By zacherydtaylor


    Topics: robert mcchesney, strong media weak democracy, buckley etal v. valeo, vincent bugliosi, charles manson, advertising, company store, monopoly, daniel g. abel, peter harry brown, outgunned: up against the nra: the first complete insider account of the battle over gun control, crime profiteering, war profiteering, planned obsolescence, the curse of the lottery, gambling, economy, capitalist cult, communist, capitalist

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    Class Warfare

    OCTOBER 30, 2010 12:52PM

    By zacherydtaylor


    Topics: ben franklin, the people’s history of the united states, howard zinn, lies my teacher told me, james loewen, policing america's empire: the united states, the philippines, and the rise of the surveillance state, alfred mccoy, shays rebellion, civil war, woman’s suffragette movement, civil rights movements, environmental movement, working class, alice miller, philip greven, murray strauss, benjamin spock, capitalist, communism, socialism, class conflicts, war on terror, racism, mass media

    • 14 Ratings
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    Health Insurance: A Modest Proposal

    SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 9:06AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: motivation, libertarian, constitutional amendment, term limits, private coverage, additional coverage, coverage, responsibility, catastrophe, incentive, privatized, privatize, private, government, regulation, society, universal care, universal, lobbying, for-profit, profit, risk pooling, risk pools, pooling, pool, insurance, business, capitalism, capitalist, socialism, socialist, single payer, same boat, afflict the comfortable, every man for himself, one for all, all for one, equality, health insurance, medical insurance, health care, medical care, care, medical, medicine, politics

    • 8 Ratings
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    Medical Transparency: The Siren’s Call

    AUGUST 26, 2009 9:37AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: actuarial, insured, insure, catastrophic, catastrophe, incentivize, incentive, privatized, privatize, private, tom coburn, coburn, meet the press, religious, religion, personal responsibility, responsibility, medical savings account, medical savings, savings, government intervention, government regulation, government, intervention, regulation, free market, market, universal coverage, coverage, universal care, care, single payer, public option, socialism, socialist, capitalism, capitalist, for-profit, profit, risk pooling, risk pools, pooling, pool, insurance, business, r&d, research, technology, science, health care, health, medical care, medicine, politics, kennedy, edward m. kennedy, ted kennedy

    • 15 Ratings
    • 2758 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    Medical Care and the Free-Market Catch-22

    AUGUST 22, 2009 4:43PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: incentivize, incentive, privatized, privatize, private, government intervention, government regulation, government, intervention, regulation, free market, market, unseen hand, eligibility, existing condition, pre-existing condition, exclusion, exclude, universal coverage, coverage, universal care, care, single payer, public option, socialism, socialist, capitalism, capitalist, for-profit, profit, risk pooling, risk pools, pooling, pool, insurance, business, health care, health, medical care, medicine, irresolvable, conflicting, unhelpful, hypocrite, hypocrisy, overconstrained, paradoxical, paradox, conundrum, impossible bind, double bind, catch-22, politics

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    What's For Sale?

    AUGUST 9, 2009 9:25AM

    By Norman Cooper


    Topics: blog, dvr, cop-out, capitalist, sell out, prostitution, solicitators, commercials, ads

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