Good summary. I think that he makes a good point regarding the history of socialism and communism. I have also made similar points previously on this forum and others. Every single time throughout history a socialist government has turned into a dictatorship, oligarchy or an aristocracy given enough time. The promise is always this time it will be different. You can see examples of oligarchies at all of the unions in the United States.
Here is a partial list of 2014 total pay to some of the oligarchs : Name Total Pay, 2014 Union William Trent $1,132,607 Independent Pilot Association Donald Moak $825,539 Air Line Pilots Assoc. AFL-CIO Jay Roth $824,475 Directors Guild Of America Inc Ed Power $697,714 Boilermakers AFL-CIO Gary Voice $680,721 State County & Muni Empls AFL-CIO Local Union 3930 Terence O’Sullivan $670,403 Laborers Newton Jones $639,034 Boilermakers AFL-CIO David P. White $586,079 SAG-AFTRA John Niccollai $579,828 Food & Commercial Wkrs Local Union 464 Peter Hasho $574,501 Int’l Brotherhood Of Trade Unions Robert Scardelletti $564,194 Transportation Communications Union/Iam, AFL-CIO Rhonda Weingarten $557,875 Teachers AFL-CIO Armand Sabitoni $556,140 Laborers William Mcdonough $544,137 Food & Commercial Wkrs Dennis Van Roekel $541,632 National Education Assoc. William Hite $522,988 Plumbers AFL-CIO Harold Daggett $515,901 Longshoremens Assoc. AFL-CIO David Young $512,026 Writers Guild West Joseph Maloney $501,392 Boilermakers AFL-CIO Jonathan Cohen $498,255 Air Line Pilots Assoc. AFL-CIO T Warren Fairley, Jr. $493,007 Boilermakers AFL-CIO Bruce York $489,852 Air Line Pilots Assoc. AFL-CIO Kelly Richardson $489,330 Air Traffic Controllers AFL-CIO James Callahan $488,377 Engineers, Operating, AFL-CIO J Tom Baca $483,779 Boilermakers AFL-CIO Joseph Nigro $479,268 Sheet Metal, Air, Rail And Transportation Workers Lori Ames $467,010 United Service Workers Union, IUJAT Edward Byrne Sr $462,057 United Service Workers Union, IUJAT Matthew Loeb $459,616 Stage & Picture Operators AFL-CIO Joseph Sellers $459,184 Sheet Metal, Air, Rail And Transportation Workers Douglas J Mccarron $455,102 Carpenters Stephen Knott $452,565 Longshoremens Assoc. AFL-CIO Richard Johnson $449,716 Transportation Communications Union/Iam, AFL-CIO Benny Holland Jr $440,759 Longshoremens Assoc. AFL-CIO Joseph Mancinelli $439,072 Laborers Lori Garver $438,167 Air Line Pilots Assoc. AFL-CIO Jean Bruny $435,845 Food & Commercial Wkrs Local Union 888 William Roberts $435,377 Air Line Pilots Assoc. AFL-CIO Mark Mcmanus $434,735 Plumbers AFL-CIO Terrence Healy $432,918 Laborers Paul Rinaldi $428,408 Air Traffic Controllers AFL-CIO Lawrence Mcmanamon $420,733 Boilermakers AFL-CIO Stephen Kelly $420,552 Plumbers AFL-CIO Frank Bail $420,206 Retail Wholesale, Dc, Ufcw Local Union 1102 Edwin Hill $418,478 Electrical Workers Ibew AFL-CIO Kenneth Rigmaiden $417,540 Painters AFL-CIO John Previsich $414,408 Sheet Metal, Air, Rail And Transportation Workers Betty Ginsburg $413,301 Air Line Pilots Assoc. AFL-CIO Jon Davis $412,793 Laborers John Stocks $412,398 National Education Assoc. Sean Mcgarvey $411,878 Bldg & Constrn Trades Dept AFL-CIO Jim Johnson $408,313 Air Line Pilots Assoc. AFL-CIO Walter Wise $408,257 Iron Workers AFL-CIO James Grogan $406,623 Insulators AFL-CIO Phil Barbarello $405,532 Air Traffic Controllers AFL-CIO Ana Mcahron-Schulz $402,568 Air Line Pilots Assoc. AFL-CIO John Telford $396,371 Plumbers AFL-CIO Andris J Silins $393,009 Carpenters Frank Hanley $390,553 Food & Commercial Wkrs Local Union 464 William Creeden $390,259 Boilermakers AFL-CIO Ron Kutak $387,410 Stage & Picture Operators AFL-CIO Local Union 700 Patrick Finley $386,357 Plasterers & Cement Masons AFL-CIO Joel Parker $386,184 Transportation Communications Union/Iam, AFL-CIO Salvatore Chilia $384,120 Electrical Workers Ibew AFL-CIO Tyler Brown $383,826 Boilermakers AFL-CIO John Baker $379,569 Longshoremens Assoc. AFL-CIO James Hoffa $379,411 Teamsters Liz Koby $377,328 Air Line Pilots Assoc. AFL-CIO Thomas Bethel $376,671 American Maritime Officers, SIUNA Thomas Callahan $376,625 Engineers, Operating, AFL-CIO Local Union 15 Keith Hagy $375,542 Air Line Pilots Assoc. AFL-CIO Michael Robbins $374,425 Air Line Pilots Assoc. AFL-CIO Theodore Green $373,581 Laborers Douglas Banes $372,562 Carpenters Linda Canan Stephens $371,390 State County & Muni Empls AFL-CIO Larry Cann $371,236 Plumbers AFL-CIO Gerald Owens $370,212 Longshoremens Assoc. AFL-CIO Murray Morrissey $367,740 Retail Wholesale, Dc, Ufcw Local Union 338 David Krieger $367,433 Air Line Pilots Assoc. AFL-CIO
It isn't so much that Hilary is corrupt. The whole system is corrupt. $$$$$$$$$$$$ on Hilary motorcade.
Trump and Sanders Have a Point About Trade With China When U.S. imports rise, so do unemployment and disability payments. As the presidential primaries land in New York Tuesday, Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump have been hammering home their arguments that free trade--especially with China--has harmed a lot of ordinary Americans, even as it lowered prices for consumers. They have a point, according to research by three economists who studied what happened to the U.S. when imports from China soared. The chart below comes from "The China Shock: Learning from Labor Market Adjustment to Large Changes in Trade," a paper by David Autor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, David Dorn of the University of Zurich, and Gordon Hanson of the University of California-San Diego. It's been getting a lot of attention since its release in January, including in this article I wrote for Bloomberg Businessweek. The bars show what happened from 1990 and 2007, as imports from China killed U.S. jobs. The chart takes the dollar value of imports from China and divides that sum by the number of American workers. Then it compares that number with the attendant increase in government transfer payments such as unemployment, disability, and retirement benefits. Here's the math: Statistically speaking, for each $1,000-per-worker increase in annual imports from China, there's a roughly $58-per-capita increase in annual transfer payments. Those payouts aren't giveaways: They're partial compensation to workers, their families, and communities for the losses suffered when their jobs went away... http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...-have-a-point-about-trade-with-china-in7dreik
Ben & Jerry arrested protesting obscene amounts $$$$ in politics buying candidates. Ben & Jerry Arrested "WASHINGTON — The co-founders of Ben & Jerry's have been arrested at the U.S. Capitol as part of ongoing protests in Washington about the role of money in politics. Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield were among approximately 300 people who were arrested Monday as part of protests by a group called Democracy Awakening. The Vermont-based ice cream company's website says the purpose of the protests is to make sure everyone's voice is heard "and that power in this country is returned to the people." U.S. Capitol Police say those arrested were charged with crowding, obstructing or incommoding, which is unlawful demonstration activity. They were processed on the scene and released. Police say they've arrested more than 1,200 people since the protests began April 11..." http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/co...-arrested-at-us-capitol/ar-BBrW5tb?li=BBnb7Kz
Like to hear your thoughts regarding "so many elementary logic mistakes". Can you give just a few examples?