Israeli citizens that made their homes in the illegal (under international law) settlements in Gaza, are to receive between $200,000 - $300,000 each to relocate- paid for by US taxpayer dollars.
"Settlers, who were encouraged by the Israeli government to move to settlements, are entitled to compensation," says Sarit Michaeli, spokesman for B’Tselem, the independent Israeli information centre for human rights in the occupied territories.
Israel has negotiated a $2.2 billion dollar gift (...)
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Critical Information for all Katrina victims, refugees, survivors
5 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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Budget cuts delayed New Orleans flood control work By Andy Sullivan
5 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
By Andy Sullivan
Bush administration funding cuts forced federal engineers to delay improvements on the levees, floodgates and pumping stations that failed to protect New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters, agency documents showed on Thursday.
The former head of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the agency that handles the infrastructure of the nation’s waterways, said the damage in New Orleans probably would have been much less extensive had flood-control efforts been fully (...) -
No one can say they didn’t see it coming"
3 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
In 2001, FEMA warned that a hurricane striking New Orleans was one of the three most likely disasters in the U.S. But the Bush administration cut New Orleans flood control funding by 44 percent to pay for the Iraq war.
By Sidney Blumenthal
Biblical in its uncontrolled rage and scope, Hurricane Katrina has left millions of Americans to scavenge for food and shelter and hundreds to thousands reportedly dead. With its main levee broken, the evacuated city of New Orleans has become part of (...) -
Truth about Cuba’s economy lies in middle
3 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
3 commentsby Paolo Spadoni
Last February, Fidel Castro proudly stated that Cuba is recovering from the ashes of its post-Soviet economic recession and "rising again like the phoenix." Conversely, U.S. Interests Section Chief James Cason recently said that the island is facing severe economic problems and that Castro’s government "is on its last legs."
What is the truth about the current status of Cuba’s economy?
The economic situation in Cuba is not as bad as U.S. officials would have us (...) -
the "White" House shows its true colors
2 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
6 commentsThe world has seen the cataclysmic aftermath of Katrina. There has been an outpouring of support throughout the world. Many countries have offered immediate, life-saving resources. But the jackals and hyenas in the current hub of power in d.c. (comics) refuse all offers to help, saying that this is an "internal affair".
The "white" house is glad to see the devastation. More reconstruction $$$ into Halliburton’s (etc.) pockets. There’s only one thing money can’t buy, and that’s poverty. (...) -
Borrowing, Spending, Counterfeiting
24 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsTexas Straight Talk http://www.house.gov/paul/
Few Americans truly understand how our Federal Reserve system enables Congress to spend far beyond its means, but the cycle of spending and printing money affects all of us. Simply put, the more money our Treasury prints, the less every dollar is worth. Our pure fiat money system, in place since the last vestiges of a gold standard were eliminated in the early 1970s, has reduced the value of your savings by 80%. Disregard the government’s (...) -
The Trillion-Dollar War
23 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
By LINDA BILMES
Cambridge, Mass.
THE human cost of the more than 2,000 American military personnel killed and 14,500 wounded so far in Iraq and Afghanistan is all too apparent. But the financial toll is still largely hidden from public view and, like the suffering of those who have lost loved ones, will persist long after the fighting is over.
The cost goes well beyond the more than $250 billion already spent on military operations and reconstruction. Basic running costs of the (...) -
Bush’s economic invasion of Iraq
15 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentU.S. corporations march into Baghdad, at the expense of self-determination.
By Antonia Juhasz, ANTONIA JUHASZ is a scholar with the think tank Foreign Policy In Focus. Her book "The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time" will be published by Regan Books in 2006.
ON MONDAY, Iraq’s National Assembly will release a draft constitution to be voted on by the people in two months. Since February, vital issues have been debated and discussed by the drafting committee: the role (...) -
Snow Concedes Economic Surge Is Not Benefiting People Equally
10 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentBy Jonathan Weisman
Treasury Secretary John W. Snow acknowledged yesterday that the fruits of strong economic growth are not spreading equally to less educated Americans, as he and the rest of President Bush’s economic team prepared to meet today to discuss wages and income distribution in an otherwise surging economy.
The meeting at the president’s ranch near Crawford, Tex., will be convened amid evidence that the economy is gaining steam and that voters are dissatisfied with Bush’s (...) -
Netanyahu seeks fancy office, car, staff, on taxpayer’s dime
9 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentBy Zvi Zrahiya
Outgoing Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu isn’t wasting time, and plans to gallop forward with his public and political activity on the taxpayer’s dime. After submitting his resignation from the treasury, Netanyahu is checking if the state will finance offices for him in his capacity as a former prime minister. The cost of operating a former premier’s bureau is estimated at NIS 2 million annually.
Former premiers are entitled to employ an office manager, an advisor, a (...)