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What is America? A Republic? A Democracy? An Oligarchy? A Plutocracy? A Theocracy?

What is America? A Republic? A Democracy? An Oligarchy? A Plutocracy? A Theocracy?
America appears to be headed in the direction of Plutocracy. This form of government believes a society should be ruled by its wealthiest members. The Supreme Court has allowed a flood of money to buy our elections, rather than the will of the people.
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Hightower: Turning our democracy into their plutocracy
Therefore a very few wealthy powers can pour money into these murky political operations and gain unwarranted plutocratic power over the election process. And looking at the fundraising numbers, those wealthy powers have definitely taken charge of the ...
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Latest Moral Hazard News

Imani Alert - 2009-2012 Budget Analyses Advise a Review of Healthcare Spending ...
Ghana's success story is encouraging but has to be relieved by the high number of exemptions through taxation (as cost to the government of exempting one poor individual from premiums is between US$ 15.87 to US$ 95.44) and the threat of moral hazard.
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Euro Architect Warns EU Bosses Against Superstate by Stealth
“On the one hand, this would create moral hazard. On the other, it would foster resistance against enforced transfers. Attempts to follow this path would be bound to lead to tensions that might even jeopardize the degree of integration that has been ...
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Chelsea 4-0 Maccabi Tel Aviv: Jose Mourinho earns reprieve with heavy European win
Chelsea claimed a moral-boosting victory to ease the pressure on manager Jose Mourinho after thumping Maccabi Tel Aviv in their Champions League opener at Stamford Bridge. Despite Eden Hazard's missed penalty, Willian, Oscar, substitute Diego Costa ...
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Latest Plutocracy News

Capitalism and the global plutocracy
Byanyima will be directing her appeal, ironically enough, to the largest annual gathering of the global plutocracy whose enrichment the report decries. Many of the hundred or so billionaires—and countless hundreds of multi-millionaires—in attendance ...
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Counter plutocracy with public financing
Plutocracy is on the rise in the United States. Supreme Court decisions in Citizens United v. FEC and McCutcheon v. FEC allow corporations and wealthy individuals to donate unprecedented amounts to political campaigns, giving them megaphones in the ...
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Democrats now the party of plutocracy
There's more than a bit of cognitive dissonance in the merger of Democrats with plutocracy – rule by the wealthy. After all, the party's brand is supposed to be “party of the people.” For Democrats, the allure of corporate cash – in campaign ...
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China's $200Bn Manipulation Not Enough — Now What?

China's 0Bn Manipulation Not Enough -- Now What?
Our own markets have made a "remarkable" turnaround into the end of the month thanks to China's 400-point (14%) move off the bottom last week - but at what cost? According to the Financial Times, Beijing has already spent $ 200Bn propping up the equity ...
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Cdn pleads guilty to manipulating stock prices
More recently, the U.S. Justice Department in April brought charges including commodities fraud against London-based day-trader Navinder Sarao for engaging in a market manipulation scheme involving spoofing that contributed to the May 2010 "flash crash ...
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China stocks suffer worst day in 3 weeks amid worries over economy
Monday's share price falls also came amid growing worries among foreign investors that China's slowdown is worse than previously thought, and disquiet that measures taken by the Beijing authorities to stabilise the stock market and revive the broader ...
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Punishment for stocks manipulation will help reian trust in market impact ...
Stakeholders hope the conviction of two fraudsters for the 1996 capital market manipulation will help restore the investors' faith in the stock market. Print Friendly and PDF. A special tribunal on Monday sentenced two top officials of Chic Textiles to ...
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