Paul Buchheit
Paul Buchheit is a college teacher, an active member of US Uncut Chicago. His latest book is, Disposable Americans: Extreme Capitalism and the Case for a Guaranteed Income. He is also founder and developer of social justice and educational websites (UsAgainstGreed.org, PayUpNow.org, RappingHistory.org), and the editor and main author of "American Wars: Illusions and Realities" (Clarity Press). He can be reached at paul [at] UsAgainstGreed [dot] org.
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Views Monday, July 02, 2018 An Update for 2018: More Evidence That Half of Americans Are In or Near Poverty Deniers like Nikki Haley refuse to admit that mass poverty exists in their prosperous nation. That would reflect poorly on their capitalist beliefs. But if the skeptics would look at the half of America they don't care to see, the stark display of destitution might shock them. At least until they... Read more |
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Views Monday, June 18, 2018 The "Jobs for Everyone" Fantasy "The more robots we add to our fulfillment centers, the more jobs we are creating." — Tye Brady , Amazon's Chief Technologist That's just one outlandish example of the job-related hyperbole we've been subjected to. We keep hearing about the low unemployment rate and the "booming" economy . "... Read more |
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Views Monday, June 04, 2018 The Taking of Millennial Wealth By Rich White Boomers Ten years after the recession, most Americans, including Baby Boomers, are still struggling with finances. The Wall Street Journal, cheerleader for capitalist-driven recoveries, noted that Millennials, Gen-Xers, and Boomers are all still poorer than in 2007. But the incredible prosperity of about... Read more |
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Views Monday, May 21, 2018 A Vile Act of Inhumanity: Splitting Up Families like the Slave Traders Did Families are being split up in the name of "zero tolerance" immigration policies. Jeff Sessions said, "[Your] child will be separated from you as required by law. If you don't like that, then don't smuggle children over our border." John Kelly , White House chief of staff, added, "The children will... Read more |
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Views Monday, May 14, 2018 The Kindly 87-Year-Old Man Who Took All the Schoolkids' Lunch Money He seems to stand out as the one beloved billionaire among us, a man who admitted he doesn't need a tax cut and promised much of his fortune to charity. But Warren Buffett's company, Berkshire Hathaway, hasn't paid much in real taxes over the years, choosing to defer $77 billion through the end of... Read more |
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Views Monday, April 30, 2018 Meeting the Definition of Terrorism: Big Pharma, Big Oil, and Big Banks Various definitions of terrorism have been proposed in recent years, by organizations such as the FBI , the State Department , Homeland Security , and the ACLU . Some common threads persist throughout the definitions: violence, injury or death, intimidation, intentionality, multiple targets,... Read more |
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Views Monday, April 09, 2018 Three More Reasons for Wealth-Deprived Americans to Take to the Streets It's starting to happen, as teachers around the country are fighting back against income and wealth inequality. At least 3 of every 4 Americans have been cheated out of a share of U.S. productivity since the 1980s. The approximately one of four Americans who have prospered, especially those in the... Read more |
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Views Monday, March 19, 2018 A 2% Financial Wealth Tax Would Provide a $12,000 Annual Stipend to Every American Household It's not hard to envision the benefits in work opportunities, stress reduction, child care, entrepreneurial activity, and artistic pursuits for American households with an extra $1,000 per month. It's also very easy to justify a financial wealth tax, given that the dramatic stock market surge in... Read more |
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Views Monday, February 26, 2018 America's Richest 2% Made More Money in 2017 than the Cost of the Entire Safety Net How was their money made? Almost entirely by passively waiting for the stock market to go up. The data sources for this report are Forbes and Credit Suisse , both of which provide precise numbers for the worsening surge in America's wealth inequality. U.S. wealth increased by $8.5 trillion in 2017... Read more |
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Views Monday, February 12, 2018 Yes, Deniers, Millions of Americans are Among the Poorest People in the World In 2015 it was reported that up to 50 million American adults had negative wealth and thus numbered among the poorest 10% of the world's adults. This was disputed by Vox writer Matthew Yglesias , who said, "..that's absurd. The poorest people in the world are the people with rock-bottom material... Read more |