Big Brother Is Watching You
The excuses are lies. They like power.
They want power. They are granting themselves power.
Parasites
Who runs the
Boondoggles? The answer is simple; parasites. Of
course they have to qualify. This means pandering to power. It isn't pretty
but greed trumps principle.
Corruption Index 2010
Rates bribery and corruption by country. England comes higher
than our wonderful politicians deserve. The Jews are not amused by their
rating.
Corruption Index 2011
Corruption thrives to this day. It always will.
America, Inc.
by Mintz and Cohen
Did not get a review either but the title is evocative. It is just one of
the books recommended by Barry Krusch in Mass
Media 101
The Best Congress Money Can Buy
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Philip Stern has written a wonderfully insightful book about our political
system that would be an eye-opener for any American. This fine, articulate
journalist speaks from the politicians' point of view and, as you can glean
from the title, reveals the misery and constant stress politicians are under
to raise funds for their campaigns. We complain about politicians being
greedy and preoccupied with fundraising, but after reading this account of
the political process you realize the politicians don't like it any more
than we do. We learn that they simply have no choice..............
Stern also lets us hear the other side, the viewpoint of the unions and
the Political Action Committee's who wield such power over our system with
the almighty dollar, and hence, make up "the best Congress money can buy." I urge every American to read this book. You will be surprised by the
humanity, compassion and also the frustration expressed by the politicians
interviewed. They are not our enemies; they are trying to be our allies
while expected to raise huge amounts of money to finance their campaigns,
leaving far too few hours for their constituents.
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I am prone to think of them as driven by greed but I am not arguing with Mr
Stern's thesis.
Big
Government, Big Business, Big Corruption
Fred explains American corruption. It is just like England.
Farm
Fiasco by James Bovard
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This, along with the Free Trade fiasco book, are two of this authors
finest books and written in an over-the-top, bombastic, but
shockingly accurate way. Learn how the government wastes $100 billion a year, which is about
1000 bucks for each 'hard' taxpayer out there..............
This book lays out in detail the history, and the basic *fiasco*
(which it is) leading up to today's farm outlays in each years farm
bills. The pork that goes to each industry is enormous, and
wasteful, and is laid out in this book. Even though this book was
written a while ago, it still speaks to today, being that we are
still paying scads of money for outlays to farms that are raking in
large amounts of money, not "the family farm" as some try to
portray.
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We are being milked just like the cows only more so. Cynics call it Tax farming.
So do honest men.
Head Taxman Likes
Freebies
Open secrets: The price of politics in Alaska
by Larry Makinson
Passports and RFID
Red Rubber: The Story of the Rubber Slave Trade by Sir Roger
Casement
Wall Street Says Go Political
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Don't Scoff
LIFE remains sweet at the top of HMRC [ Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
] however, as the country's biggest tax
avoiders will always stump up for good scoff for the boss.
Freedom of information inquiries by the Eye reveal that "big four" accountancy
firms Ernst &: Young, KPMG, Deloitte and PwC who between them sell hundreds of
tax avoidance schemes every year, are particularly keen to schmooze the HMRC
director-general responsible for fighting their activities Dave Hartnett.
In 18 months up to December 2006 (the latest period for which HMRC would release
information), Mr Hartnett was entertained by the big four 17 times. His
most avid host, KPMG took him to dinner five times, including to the Mirabelle,
the Cinnamon Club with the firm's boss, Loughlin Hickey, to supper at Simpsons
and put him up in the Park Lane Hilton ahead of the firm's annual tax
symposium.
Deloitte, meanwhile, also took Hartnett to his favourite Cinnamon Club to
discuss "better use of consultancy support" and to the mandarins' haunt of
Shepherds in Westminster to introduce an HMRC colleague.
Although the extent of the schmoozing appears to breach HMRC rules limiting
hospitality to being "not too frequent" and "not part of a pattern of
invitations", an HMRC spokesman insists there was nothing wrong: "Anyone who
thinks HMRC would be inclined to dilute its opposition to tax avoidance as an
outcome of some working dinners is clearly unaware of the recent history of tax
avoidance in the UK."
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What do they discuss? Fine wines,
paying less tax, the well paid jobs that will come his way when he retires?
Nobody offers me bribes but then I was never in a position to do multimegabuck
favours.
Has not been reviewed on Amazon. It was published in 1986, long before Sarah
Palin went into politics. She does look nice and that is just one reason why the
Democrats are nasty about her.
High tech?
Allegedly. Done badly? Believe it.
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Red
Rubber: The Story of
the Rubber Slave Trade...... has an introduction by
Sir Harry H. Johnston.
......... This book exposes the
colonial injustice that took place in the Congo Free State
(currently called the Democratic Republic of Congo) under the
leadership of the Belgian King, King Leopold II. I strongly
recommend this book to anybody interested in the history of Africa.
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This little review was written by someone who believes the
propaganda we have been fed about Western Guilt,
the idea that we are supremely guilty and must pay forevermore.
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On the other hand, it may be
observed that both the extreme right and the extreme left of the conventional
political spectrum are absolutely collectivist. The national socialist (for
example, the fascist) and the international socialist (for example, the
Communist) both recommend totalitarian politico-economic systems based on naked,
unfettered political power and individual coercion. Both systems require
monopoly control of society. While monopoly control of industries was once the
objective of J. P. Morgan and J. D. Rockefeller, by the late nineteenth century
the inner sanctums of Wall Street understood that the most efficient way to gain
an unchallenged monopoly was to "go political" and make society go to work for
the monopolists — under the name of the public good and the public interest.
This strategy was detailed in 1906 by
Frederic C. Howe in his
Confessions of Monopolists.
Howe, by the way, is also a figure in the story of the Bolshevik Revolution.
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Go political as in:- Let government forces of army, police and tax collector
screw the working man while Big Business colludes in the gold plated contracts.
