Beautiful Lovely Taxes: #FeelTheBern
Posted: October 21, 2015 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Economics, Humor, Mediasphere, Politics | Tags: Animation, Bernie Sanders, Class War, Democratic Party, IRS, Karl Marx, Marxism, Monarchy, Oligarchy, One Party Rule, propaganda, Redistribution, Socialism | Leave a commentRate this:
Social Justice, Illustrated
Posted: July 20, 2015 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Law & Justice | Tags: Activism, Justice, Oligarchy, Progressivism, Social justice, Socialism, The State, Theft | 1 CommentRate this:
D.C. is WAY Richer Than Everywhere Else
Posted: September 18, 2014 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Economics, Mediasphere, Politics, U.S. News, White House | Tags: Coercion, corruption, Criminal Organization, Crony capitalism, Lobbying, Oligarchy, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Socialism, Taxation, Theft, Thomas Frank | Leave a commentDC is *way* richer than any other metro area, which is not comforting: http://t.co/0STDu4hM6n pic.twitter.com/ctI9xZKZfA
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) September 18, 2014
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Dawn of the Age of Oligarchy: the Alliance between Government and the 1%
Posted: July 3, 2014 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Economics, Think Tank, U.S. News, White House | Tags: Barack Obama, Business, Daily Beast, Joel Kotkin, Obama, Obama administration, Oligarchy, President, Wall Street | 2 Comments
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Thanks to their cozy relationship with the Obama administration, a new class of super-wealthy oligarchs keeps getting more powerful while the country’s middle class shrinks.


Despite this administration’s occasional rhetorical flourishes against oligarchy, we have seen a rapid concentration of wealth and depressed conditions for the middle class under Obama. The stimulus, with its emphasis on public sector jobs, did little for Main Street. And under the banner of environmentalism, green cronyism has helped fatten the bank accounts of investment bankers and tech moguls at great public expense.