The Angry Rich

By PAUL KRUGMAN

Published: September 19, 2010

Anger is sweeping America. True, this white-hot rage is a minority phenomenon, not something that characterizes most of our fellow citizens. But the angry minority is angry indeed, consisting of people who feel that things to which they are entitled are being taken away. And they’re out for revenge.

Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times

Paul Krugman

No, I’m not talking about the Tea Partiers. I’m talking about the rich.

Number of uninsured skyrockets 4.3 million to record 50.7 million in 2009

A sweet problem: Princeton researchers find that high-fructose corn syrup prompts considerably more weight gain

by Hilary Parker

A Princeton University research team has demonstrated that all sweeteners are not equal when it comes to weight gain: Rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those with access to table sugar, even when their overall caloric intake was the same. 

In addition to causing significant weight gain in lab animals, long-term consumption of high-fructose corn syrup also led to abnormal increases in body fat, especially in the abdomen, and a rise in circulating blood fats called triglycerides. The researchers say the work sheds light on the factors contributing to obesity trends in the United States.

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Retirement on Hold: American Workers $6 Trillion Short

A new study obtained by CNBC says Americans are $6.6 trillion short of what they need to retire.

The study, conducted by Boston College’s Center for Retirement Research, says savings have been squeezed by declines in stock and housing values.

The study was commissioned by Retirement USA, a coalition of organized labor and pension rights advocates that hopes to use the study to push for a more stable retirement system. The group plans to unveil the study at a news conference in Washington on Wednesday.

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Jobs with Justice Declares Jobs Emergency Day of Action

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Israel / Palestine Teaching Event

View Film:

Life in Occupied Palestine

by Jewish American Anna Baltzer

plus

Eyewitness Accounts from Visitors to the West Bank from our area

Discussion

Wednesday   September 22  @  7:00pm

Fellowship United Methodist Church

235 Merchant Street

Ambridge, PA  15003

For more information contact

Rev. Todd M. Davis  davis.6@comcast.net

724-650-3414  

Sponsored by

Beaver County Peace Links

 www.bcpeacelinks.net

This chart shows that people in lower income brackets experienced much higher income growth under Democratic presidents than under Republican presidents. People in all income brackets experienced higher income growth under Democrats than under Republicans.

Conversely, under Republicans, people in high income brackets experienced much higher growth of income than people in low income brackets. However, under Republican presidents, people in all income brackets experienced lower growth than under Democratic presidents.

The conclusion is that under Republican presidents, corporate and especially financial corporate income increased while personal income at all levels decreased relative to Democratic presidents.

Why we should participate in the Oct 2 March on Washington for Jobs and Justice

by Peter Deutsch, Secretary

PA 4th CD Chapter, Progressive Democrats of America

September 8, 2010

As you may already know the NAACP has called a national march for jobs and justice on Oct 2, 2010. The AFL-CIO, La Raza, SEIU, and the United Auto Workers have now joined in support with One Nation United serving as an umbrella organization.  The Progressive Democrats of America and over 190 other organizations are involved with other organizations joining in.

Why should we who focus on peace join a labor and justice march on Washington this fall? Don’t issues of peace and justice connect intimately through economics?

Peace is necessary in order to have an effective impact on the issues of jobs and justice being taken up by those organizing the October 2nd march. Competition for resources from the war machine needs to be exposed. To date the U.S. has spent cumulatively over $1 trillion on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq¹. Total annual U.S. defense spending is around $1 trillion dollars^{2 ,}. Little is left over in the annual federal funds either on or off budget to recover economic rights or safety net structures of the past, let alone to address new social needs.

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