“In a development likely to prove embarrassing for the US president, Joe Biden, who has pledged to lead efforts internationally to bring transparency to the global financial system, the US emerges from the leak as a leading tax haven. The files suggest the state of South Dakota, in particular, is sheltering billions of dollars in wealth linked to individuals previously accused of serious financial crimes.” #PandoraPapers
“Pandora papers: biggest ever leak of offshore data exposes financial secrets of rich and powerful”
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“Why Billionaires Love to Park Their Dynastic Wealth in Places Like South Dakota
State-level loopholes have made it possible for some of the wealthiest families in the world to make sure most of their riches are never taxed.”
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“The Pandora Papers Reveal How the Super-Rich Shaft the Rest of Us”
“A just-released “Panama Papers on steroids” show how the US has become a major tax haven and destination for illicit wealth.”
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“How 'Insanely Corrupt' South Dakota Became a Magnet for the Wealth-Hoarding Megarich
The Mount Rushmore State "now rivals Switzerland, Panama, the Cayman Islands, and other famous tax havens as a premier venue for the international rich seeking to protect their assets from local taxes or the authorities."”
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“If America’s distribution of income had remained the same as it was in the three decades following the second world war, the bottom 90% of Americans would now be $47 Trillion richer.
Tax the rich. Break up monopolies. Invest in the American people.”
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“Military members promised student debt relief in exchange for ten years of public service say promise is often broken”
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“Defining capitalism as “the voluntary exchange of goods and services” is a façade that hides the entire process of how resources (natural and “human”) are claimed, extracted, and utilized to create the commodities that are exchanged;”
“While also hiding the fact that we, the working class, and the things we need to survive, are subsequently commodified and restricted along the way.”
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“Competing systems of power in America”
“On the show Chris Hedges discusses with the economist Richard Wolff how capitalism works under an autocracy or an oligarchy, the only two political systems left in the United States of America.”
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Living Wage calculator by state:
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American schools are banning America’s past and present history of racism:
“′′To liquidate peoples, you start by depriving them of their memory. They destroy your books, your culture, your history. And someone else writes other books, gives them another culture, invents another story; after that, people slowly begin to forget what they are and what they were. And the world around you forgets even faster ".
Milan Kundera”
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It will make a difference and not in America’s favor. The economic benefits of America’s wars go to the already rich, while the economic benefits of China’s infrastructure will accrue to China the country:
“In the last 20 years,…
U.S.A. spends trillions on fighting Afghan War
China invests trillions building infrastructure”
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““Manifest Destiny” is the same concept as the Nazis “Lebensraum”. Our education system just puts a positive spin on it because the U.S. succeeded in their genocide and expropriation of land.”
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“Nazi Book Burning May 1933
How did Americans respond news reports of the May 10, 1933, Nazi book burnings in Germany? One of the largest US anti-Nazi protests occurred in New York City in response to German university students burning more than 25,000 books that the Nazis considered “degenerate.” The American Jewish Congress led demonstrations in several American cities, including Philadelphia, Chicago, and Cleveland.”
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“Attacks on Critical Race Theory Seek to Insert Fascist Politics Into Education”
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“Israel confiscates Palestinian chocolate bars, claiming they would fund Hamas
Users on social media mock 'cartoon villains stealing candy', as Israeli officials link confectionary sales to terrorism”
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“Revealed: the true extent of America’s food monopolies, and who pays the price”
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“A Food Pandemic Infects America”
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“Food Chain Collapse USA - Pumpkins and Squash”
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“Here’s How Bees and Butterflies See Flowers. No Wonder They Love Them!
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“'Mad Max'-like dust storm envelops Brazilian city in cloud of doom”
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“Student: Hey government, you keep telling me how important it is to get an education, but it’s really expensive. Can I get some money?
German Government: All college is tuition-free.
Finland Government: We welcome anyone in the world to get any level of education no charge.
Danish Government: Don’t be silly, college wont cost you anything. But we will provide you $900/month for living expenses for 6 years.
US Government: This is America, pull yourself up by your bootstraps. We’ll provide you loans at 10x the interest rate we charge banks. If you don’t pay, we’ll garnish your paycheck. If you declare bankruptcy, you still owe us. Also, textbooks aren’t included. Because fuck you, that’s why.”
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“Warming events projected to become more frequent and last longer across Antarctica”
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