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Hartford Bankruptcy Looms As CT Gov Admits "We Spent Money On Wrong Things"

Hartford Bankruptcy Looms As CT Gov Admits "We Spent Money On Wrong Things"

Connecticut Governor Daniel Malloy is among the country’s least popular governors after forcing through two tax hikes that sent individuals and corporations fleeing from the state. Luckily for the state and its people, Malloy apparently has no interest in sticking around to take the heat when it comes time for the next hike: He has announced that he will not seek a third term.

"He Said That?!"

"He Said That?!"

Here it is, in cold, hard black-and-white prose, a damning indictment of President John F. Kennedy in his own words...

Satirically authored by Straight Line Logic's Robert Gore...

From a dinner honoring Nobel Prize Winners April 29, 1962:

I want to tell you how welcome you are to the White House. I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.

Massive PBGC Rate Hikes Force Corporate Debt Binge As Companies Try To Pay Down Pensions

Massive PBGC Rate Hikes Force Corporate Debt Binge As Companies Try To Pay Down Pensions

As if defined benefit pensions funds weren't fun enough for corporate shareholders, the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC), the federal entity that backstops pension obligations when companies default, has enacted massive increases in insurance premiums for operating such plans over the past 5 years. 

They're Using Bernie Madoff Math To Hide A Crisis

They're Using Bernie Madoff Math To Hide A Crisis

Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com,

Politicians are always generous with other people’s money… until it runs out.

Near the peak of the late-’90s tech bubble, California’s legislature passed the largest pension increase in its history.

Today, with as much as $750 billion in unfunded public pension debt, California has one of the worst pension situations in the country. But it’s far from alone.

How We Know The So-Called “Civil War” Was Not Over Slavery

How We Know The So-Called “Civil War” Was Not Over Slavery

Paul Craig Roberts

When I read Professor Thomas DiLorenzo’s article ( http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2017/08/21/lincoln-myth-ideological-cornerstone-america-empire/ ) the question that lept to mind was, “How come the South is said to have fought for slavery when the North wasn’t fighting against slavery?”

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