Thursday, January 12, 2012
Lest You Doubt Class Warfare (and we're losing!)
The wealthy have seen after-tax income increase **278%** in the past 30 years, while the middle-class has gone up only 35%! (CBO) Don't ask about the poor.
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012
The Ugly Truth: U.S Refiners Sell Their Fuel Overseas for $
Ain't that a kick in the head!
American (or UN-American??) refiners are exporting record amounts of gasoline and other fuels to other countries; that means less surplus here, and U.S. consumers are hence paying more for our fuel!
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Gasoline supplies are being exported to the highest bidder, says Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst at Oil Price Information Service. Refining companies won't say how much they make by selling fuel overseas. But analysts say those sales are likely generating higher profits or they wouldn't occur.
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