A Choice of Capitalisms

WASHINGTON -- In this election, we're not having an argument that pits capitalism against socialism. We are trying to decide what kind of capitalism we want. It is a debate as American as Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, and Henry Clay -- which is to say that we have alwa …

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White House visitor logs show lobbying going strong - The Washington Post

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Heist of the century: Wall Street's role in the financial crisis. Wall Street bankers could have averted the global financial crisis, so why didn't they? | Business | The Guardian

The behaviour that caused the mortgage bubble and financial crisis of 2008 was a natural outcome and continuation of this pattern, rather than some kind of economic accident. This behaviour is criminal. We are talking about deliberate concealment of financial transactions tha …

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Nancy Pelosi: Speaker John Boehner 'Wants To Go Over The Edge'

WASHINGTON -- Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) accused House Speaker John Boehner on Sunday of "want[ing] to go over the edge" when it comes to negotiations to keep the government from defaulting on its debts.

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Michigan Worker Fired After Turning In Gun Found On The Job - Careers Articles

Sometimes it doesn't pay to do the right thing. Just ask John Chevilott, a former public-works employee in Wayne County, Mich., who earlier this month found a loaded, snubnosed revolver while mowing grass in Detroit's Brightmoor neighborhood, turned it in and was promptly fired …

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BREAKING: UK Government backtracks on fracking - Green Living - Environment - The Independent

A welcome reflection about the full-steam-ahead race to frack wherever and as soon as possible may be the sign that this hopelessly water contaminating process to drill for shale gas is finally pausing.

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Fracking Fluids Could Contaminate Freshwater Aquifers, Says Study

The chemical-laced water used in hydraulic fracturing can migrate through fractures and faults up to overlying aquifers in as little as tens of years.

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ALEC Anti-Union Push Includes Key Players From Michigan, Arizona Think Tanks | NationofChange

The American Legislative Exchange Council, which backs free-market legislation in the states, has been controversial in part because its membership includes major corporations as well as state legislators. Largely unnoticed has been the influence wielded by a third group of ALE …

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