Oligarchy is the Problem. We need a solution.

The weaknesses in a recent paper on concentration of corporate control do not detract from its central point. A tiny number of economic actors have power to influence a vast amount of wealth.

I am not the government. I am not the state. I am not capitalism.

I am the 99%.

The original deal between the oligarchy and the rest of us was embedded in the US Constitution. They keep their money and use the government to deploy and protect it, and we get to decide some of what’s left.

Alex Lawson of Social Security Works was stopped by the DC police and prevented from questioning the powerful elite Super Committee members for an FDL livestream after their meeting on Capital Hill today.

In addition to the austerity measures, Greece is “selling the family silver,” putting airports, ports, railways, motorways, sewage works, national energy companies, banks, and the national lottery up for sale in a privatization push they hope will net 50 billion euros. However, private equity firms turned up their noses at the first offer of sale. Perhaps they’re looking for discounts, or they want to change the rules of hiring and firing even further in an effort to break the unions.

Politics as billionaires playpen.

If there’s a social program left standing in the moonscape Obama’s Hamilton Project masters inflicted on America, Greenstone and the Project are there to ensure Obama nukes it. If someone you care deeply about depends on Social Security – or will depend on Social Security – call them up today and tell them you love them. Because Team Obama has targeted Social Security…and your loved ones are just the MOTU’s version of collateral damage. Deaths you can believe in, right?