http://blog.ourfuture.org/20121120/the-hostess-lie?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-hostess-lie Daily news and strategy from a progressive point of view. Thu, 16 May 2013 02:01:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6-alpha http://blog.ourfuture.org/20121120/the-hostess-lie#comment-4514 Hostess Execs Continue to Lie About Company’s Demise – Campaign for America’s Future | Blog | TRUTH4USA Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:34:56 +0000 http://blog.ourfuture.org/?p=77627#comment-4514 [...] via Hostess Execs Continue to Lie About Company’s Demise – Campaign for America’s Future |…. [...]

]]> http://blog.ourfuture.org/20121120/the-hostess-lie#comment-4504 Progressive Breakfast - Campaign for America's Future | Blog Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:43:58 +0000 http://blog.ourfuture.org/?p=77627#comment-4504 [...] OurFuture.org’s Dave Johnson: “You’ve probably heard that Hostess is closing down and putting more than 18,000 people out of work because greedy unions asked for too much. It’s a lie.” [...]

]]> http://blog.ourfuture.org/20121120/the-hostess-lie#comment-4494 clarence swinney Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:43:37 +0000 http://blog.ourfuture.org/?p=77627#comment-4494 Books and detailed articles have been written on it.
Here is simple list of one cause=Loss Of Revenue via Tax Cuts fr the rich
We borrowed(2001-2009) 6100 Billion and 86% was from three new Bush programs
Two Wars—Tax Cut For Rich—Part D Medicare unfunded gift to pharma.
%of GDP—-Revenue Expenditures
2000————–20%——-18%
2003————–16%——-20%
2007————–18%——-20%
2009————–15%——-25%
2010————–15%——-24%
2011————–15%——-25%
2000-2011—Spend Increased 33%–Revenue fell 25%
Today, a major world study, shows America has more Inequality in 90 nations
than all but Namibia, Zimbabwe, Denmark and Switzerland.
IN OECD we rank:
#1—largest percent (24%)of work force has lowest pay
#2—Least Tax on Corporations-Since 2008 paid annual rate of 10%.
#3—Least taxed nation as percent (27%) of GDP in federal-state-local taxes
#4—Inequality
God Help The Divided States Of America

]]> http://blog.ourfuture.org/20121120/the-hostess-lie#comment-4325 Theodore Wirth Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:32:43 +0000 http://blog.ourfuture.org/?p=77627#comment-4325 It is maddening how delusional these cons’ are. We can make Twinkies in China and ship them over here. Really? Like it or not, there are products and services that cannot ever be off-shored. Deal with it already and pay your taxes instead of paying somebody who shows you how to dodge taxes.

]]> http://blog.ourfuture.org/20121120/the-hostess-lie#comment-4308 Julie Stroeve Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:46:57 +0000 http://blog.ourfuture.org/?p=77627#comment-4308 As soon as this story broke, I thought “I wonder if they’ve been ‘Bained’”? It’s the vulture capitalists at work again. Let’s see if management can manage their way out of this one.

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