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US shops ration food for first time

theaustralian.news.com.au — US RETAIL giant Wal-Mart is rationing rice sales to protect dwindling supplies as the global price skyrockets and producers such as Australia struggle to keep up with demand.

The drastic move is the first time that food rationing has been introduced in the US.

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Low wages = bad economics

Gargantuan compensation for executives and insultingly low wages for common workers skews production. If rich people insist on keeping money in the upper echelons of society, they are doing themselves and society injustice because spending money is how we vote for what we want. more »

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Lean Economy Turning Mean?

nytimes.com — Getting a job in George W. Bush's economy was already hard for a lot of people, but in the last few months it has gotten dramatically worse. All over the country, there are stories of people who are doing all of the right things, but still can't get a decent job.

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Approximating Utopia

We have the technology to lift all boats. We (at least the folks visiting this site) know what we have is better than a lot of the world but is far from the best there can be. There is a solution available that can eliminate poverty and hunger, the national debt (not just the deficit), pollution, and lots more problems. The solution will take a great deal of refocusing of effort. more »

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Please Just Send My Tax Rebate To Mastercard And Save Me The 41 Cents...

Washington is working on a quick fix to the looming recession. However, it is a fix designed to infuse the finance industry with cash, not jump start a stalled economy, or provide real economic relief to the middle class. more »