Paul Buchheit reports via AlterNet
While Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning and John Kiriakou are vilified for revealing vital information about spying and bombing and torture, a man who conspired with Goldman Sachs to make billions of dollars on the planned failure of subprime mortgages was honored by New York University for his "Outstanding Contributions to Society".
This is one example of the distorted thinking leading to the demise of a once-vibrant American society. There are other signs of decay:
- A House Bill Would View Corporate Crimes as "Honest Mistakes"
- Almost 2/3 of American Families Couldn't Afford a Single Pill of a Life-Saving Drug
- Violent Crime Down; Prison Population Doubles
- One in Four Americans Suffer Mental Illness; Mental Health Facilities Cut by 90 Percent
- The Unpaid Taxes of 500 Companies Could Pay for a Job for Every Unemployed American ...for two years ...at the nation's median salary of $36,000 ...for all 8 million unemployed.
Citizens for Tax Justice reports that Fortune 500 companies are holding over $2 trillion in profits offshore to avoid taxes that would amount to over $600 billion. Our society desperately needs infrastructure repair, but 8 million potential jobs are being held hostage beyond our borders.
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(Score: 3, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday December 08 2015, @03:45PM
Yeah - but - what's it cost? I don't want just any old placebo! If the alcohol content is high enough, I'll consider it.
(Score: 3, Informative) by TheLink on Tuesday December 08 2015, @04:06PM
According to scientific research the expensive placebos work better:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/05/health/research/05placebo.html [nytimes.com]
https://today.duke.edu/2008/03/placeboprice.html [duke.edu]
Follow up study with similar results:
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-expensive-placebos-work-better-20150127-story.html [latimes.com]
(Score: 3, Insightful) by tempest on Tuesday December 08 2015, @07:02PM
So only the rich can afford expensive placebos to treat their non existent mental illness? Damn you 1%. Damn you!