Pre-war, this represented the only imminent threat to business as usual for the U.S. kleptocracy: _________ "Planning to secure Iraq’s oil for U.S. companies began on the tenth day of the Bush presidency, when Vice President Dick Cheney established the National Energy Policy Development Group—widely referred to as “Cheney’s Energy Task Force.” It produced two lists, titled “Foreign Suitors for Iraqi Oilfield Contracts as of 5 March 2001,” which named more than 60 companies from some 30 countries with contracts for oil and gas projects across Iraq—none of which were with American firms. However, because sanctions were imposed on Iraq at …
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Remember back in the early 70s when we were supposed to have been in a leisure society by now? In addition to the proposals in this article, I like Robert Reich's notion of a wealth tax. After all, disparity of wealth is much more fundamental than disparity of income.
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