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BOYCOTT: Top Ten Worst Corporate Tax Evaders

1) Exxon Mobil made $19 billion in profits in 2009, paid no federal income taxes, and received a $156M IRS rebate.

2) Bank of America received a $1.9 BILLION tax refund last year, while it made $4.4 billion in profits and received a bailout from taxpayers & FedReserve of nearly $1 TRILLION.

3) General Electric made $26B in profits in the US, it received a $4.1BILLION refund from the IRS.

4) Chevron received a $19M refund from the IRS last year after it made $10BILLION in profits in 2009.

5) Boeing, received a $30 billion contract from the Pentagon to build 179 airborne tankers, got a $124M IRS refund.

Read more and watch the video on tax grab of 6, 7, 8, 9 and ... : Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, ConocoPhillips, and Carnival Cruise Lines.

So, Who Started It All?

Republican hero, Ronald Reagan:  Enemy of the American Worker attemped to lower the minimum wage and weaken child labor laws --- just to name a few.

The Overlooked Millions Inside Those Job Numbers

women millworkersSome politicians are saying that the latest unemployment report is good news, but it's not. It shows us that this country is still in crisis. It shows us that the government needs to act quickly and aggressively to create jobs, and to restore the lost earning power of the average American who has a job. (RJ Eskow, Campaign for America's Future)

Prosecuting Wall Street

Once again, thank you to 60 Minutes for covering this on mainstream TV:  Two high-ranking financial whistleblowers say they tried to warn their superiors about defective and even fraudulent mortgages. So why haven't the companies or their executives been prosecuted? WATCH

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My Occupy LA Arrest, by Patrick Meighan

Patrick Meighan, writer of "Family Guy" tells of his brutal arrest.

"The officer dropped with his knee on my back and ground my face into the pavement. It really, really hurt and my face started bleeding and I was very scared. I begged for mercy and I promised that I was honestly not resisting and would not resist."...

"For his (Charles Prince, former CEO Citigroup) four years of in charge of massive, repeated fraud at Citigroup, he received fifty-three million dollars in salary and also received another ninety-four million dollars in stock holdings. What Charles Prince has not received is a pair of zipcuffs."...

"What does it say about our country that nonviolent protesters are given the bottom of a police boot while those who steal hundreds of billions, do trillions worth of damage to our economy and shatter our social fabric for a generation are not only spared the zipcuffs but showered with rewards?"  Read full story

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Does Your State Qualify?

Does your state qualify for Federal Extended Benefits?  Check here.

George Carlin Was Right All Along

George Carlin, comedian, writer and critic -- winner of many awards -- has been spouting for decades about who really runs the US govenment.  Ahead of his time Carlin was, as we so painfully and clearly see now. WATCH

Jobless Update - New UI Claims Rise!

Thursday, 26 January 2012 00:00 Last Updated on Thursday, 26 January 2012 09:14
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New UI Claims Graph, New and Continuing with Moving Averages to January 2012UPDATED January 26, 2012

New Claims for  Unemployment Benefits dropped to their lowest level since early 2008. The previous weeks new and continuing claims have been revised upwards. Continuing claims also dropped.

The number of new applications for Unemployment Insurance rose by 21,000 to 377,000 new applications from the previous week's revised figure 0f 356,000, in the week ending 21 January 2012, the US Department of Labor  reported Thursday.

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Non-CEOs Received a Nice Pay Rise in December

Friday, 20 January 2012 00:00 Last Updated on Friday, 20 January 2012 12:32
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The 99%, the Non-Ceo Employment Sector, Got a nice Pay Rise in December

Real Average Earning December 2011January 20, 2012

Hourly AND Weekly earnings rose in December. Real average weekly earnings fell 1.1 percent, seasonally adjusted, from November 2010 to November 2011.

Real average hourly earnings for all employees rose 0.2 percent from November to December, seasonally adjusted,  U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

This change stems from a 0.2 percent increase in average hourly earnings, while the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) remained unchanged. 

By the way how do US CEO salaries compare to the average worker and overseas CEO's? Click here for a shameful graph.

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Jobless Rates Drop to Lowest in Over 3 years, Long Term Unemployment bad.

Friday, 06 January 2012 00:00 Last Updated on Friday, 06 January 2012 09:22
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U3 and U6 unemployment rates to December 2011UPDATED January 6, 2011  The economy created a moderate number of jobs in December. both the U3 and U6 unemployment rates dropped to the lowest they have been since March 2009. Still, if the pace of job growth is maintained, unemployment rates won't return to pre-recession levels until after 2016!

The number of unemployed decreased  in December the government reported today. The  U-3  unemployment dropped to 8.5% in December. The  U-6  unemployment rate  dropped to 15.2%. The US economy added 2000,000 jobs last month. Total U-3 Unemployment moved down to 13.1 million persons.

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Congress, what part of this don't you understand?

NoJob Story #1909: "I am 61 years old and have been out of work for 2 years. I have a BSCE in Civil Eng'g., a PE license and an MBA. I have worked and paid taxes since I was a teen. Nobody looks at my resume after seeing my age.  ..."

Contact your local Congressperson -- passionately tell them YOUR story.

Minimum Wage

Workers in BMW's auto plants in Germany make twice as much as US workers in BMW plants who make $15 an hour. Oh and by the way German workers get 35 days of vacation AND decent healthcare.

The tea party want to abolish the minimum wage. Did YOU VOTE?

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Tax Cuts Will NOT Help The Unemployed

With corporations already awash in cash, tax cuts won’t get them to start hiring people. The Washington Post quotes Zachary Karabell, president of River Twice Research: "There's not a whole lot that you could do to entice companies to hire. You could cut taxes on them, but they're not going to hire just because they have the extra cash, because they already have the extra cash."

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U.S. Jobless Rate

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BLS Jobless Numbers

  • 13.1 million - unemployed,
  • 15.2%(U6) - out of work,
  • 5.6 million (43%) 6 months or longer,
  • 8.1 million "involuntary" partime workers,
  • Over 4 million for a year, (WSJ)
  • 2.0  million over 99 weeks, the 99ers!
  • 4.7 jobless for every job. EPI
  • 91,000 unemployed become 99ers every week.
~ U.S. December 2011 -Bureau Labor Statistics
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