Vital Concerns for the World: MIchael Moore's Challenge

Sunday, September 12, 2010

MIchael Moore's Challenge

Americans seem to be divided over the sources they have for news. What amazes me is that so many people are willing to believe those who say, "All of the other sources of news are biased except this one; listen to me and I will give you the truth." Through such means many Americans have been induced to avoid anything that appears in the "liberal" news. This is how they also discredit Michael Moore. I was interested that one of the executives of a major health insurance company has recently said that much of what Moore had to say in "Sicko" was quite true and they agreed with, but because Moore was critical of their industry they systematically sought to claim that "Sicko" was merely Hollywood, not to be trusted.
This is preparatory to encouraging everyone to read Michael Moore's recent blog, "If the Mosque isn't built, this is isn't America." I would happily reproduce it if necessary, and only wish I had the ability to put the situation so well.
Everyone: have a look. Give him a chance. Don't fall for the ploy that Michael Moore is a crank. Listen to the case he makes.

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A major source of the American debt problem

Notable Concerns

"Not one has taken responsibility for the biggest foreign policy disaster in U.S. history." Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Condolezza Rica, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, Douglas Feith.
The crash of September 2008 brought the largest bankruptcies in world history, pushing more than 30 million people into unemployment and bringing many countries to the edge of insolvency. AlJazeera 10/15/11
GE, America's largest corporation, paid no taxes last year even though it made 5.1 billion dollars profit in the country [and even more outside the country] [source: same as below]
In 2009 the richest 5% held 63.5% of American wealth; the bottom 80% controlled 12.8%. [source: same as below]
Between 2000 and 2007 the richest 10% in America benefited from all of the average growth in the period. In the post WW II period the top 10% benefited from only one third of the growth, the bottom 90% benefiting from the rest of the growth. [Economic Policy Institute, cited by Bob Herbert, NYT 3/26/11]
In 2010 a "premier" investment bank paid each of its 26,000 employees an average of $370,000. [Bill Gross Pimco Investment Outlook Feb, 2011.]
In 2005, one-quarter of the corporations in America making a trillion dolars in revenue paid no taxes.
The 833% Medical Insurance Ripoff: Medicare charges 3% for service; the health insurance companies in Missouri charge 25% for services
The richest 1 percent of Americans have more net worth than the bottom 90 percent.
The richest 1 percent of Americans receive more income than the bottom 50%. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/dec/10/bernie-s/bernie-sanders-viral-speech-says-top-1$ >