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Public Banks

Public Banks. Banks that actually ARE banks. Banks that actually make loans to businesses…not trading companies who call themselves banks and speculate on corn and oil and derivatives and don’t lend money to anybody, except maybe other banks. Public Banks, charted by the government to BE banks – and nothing else. A place where grandmas and cash-rich corporations can deposit their money in a safe government-guaranteed interest-paying banking institution, assured that their money will be used to develop the national economy. Not drive up the prices of housing and wheat and oil. Continue reading

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What Happened to Capitalism?

You are a musician. I’m a writer and painter. We both have disabilities. You are blind. I have a lot of broken bones, chronic fatigue, and BiPolar II. You give away your music for free in churches and old people’s homes. I give away my writings for free in blogs and podcasts and letters to the editor and ebooks. And I give free access to my paintings online. We both make people happy with our art. We both work, but we don’t get paid. We don’t sit around on our asses smoking dope. We both work hard at what we do. And we both get food stamps and Supplemental Security Income, S.S.I. And that is what your uniformed right wing friends would like to stop. Continue reading

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The Rude Guy Podcast #80 June 15, 2011

America’s Tahrir Square, October2011.org, prosecute Wall Street, worker owned businesses, land trusts, employee stock option plans, Your Brain Is Not Your Own, Art is Dangerous, the art of evolution, science Continue reading

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The Rude Guy text of Podcast #80

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The Rude Guy Podcast #78 April 15, 2011

Chris Hedges tells us exactly how America has come to be run by corporations due to the abject failure of the Liberal Class. Continue reading

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The Rude Guy text of Podcast #78

Chris Hedges tells us exactly how America has come to be run by corporations due to the abject failure of the Liberal Class. Continue reading

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The Rude Guy Podcast #75 January 13, 2011

Historical proof that economies fare better under protectionism and mercantilism than free trade. Continue reading

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The Rude Guy text of Podcast #75

Historical proof that economies fare better under protectionism and mercantilism than free trade Continue reading

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The Rude Guy Podcast #63 November 26, 2009

Progressives have lost heart in Obama. Butterfly Barack has been flitting from issue to issue, talking about lots of things, doing nothing, fiddling as the economy gets worse. He saved Wall Street and walked away from main street. His Afghanistan strategy is fucked. He has squandered his best shot at change. After one year his report card is D plus. Continue reading

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The Rude Guy (Maui) text of Podcast #63

Progressives have lost heart in Obama. Butterfly Barack has been flitting from issue to issue, talking about lots of things, doing nothing, fiddling as the economy gets worse. He saved Wall Street and walked away from main street. His Afghanistan strategy is fucked. He has squandered his best shot at change. After one year his report card is D plus. Continue reading

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