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Thom's blog
State-owned Banks Are A Win-win For All
 You need to know this. In 2014, the state Bank of North Dakota was more profitable than Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan Chase. And, that's why every state should own their own depository institution. Most people attributed the Bank of North Dakota's success with the oil boom in that region, but their latest report shows that last year was their most profitable year ever, despite the fact that their state's oil boom has become an oil bust. In fact, for each of the last 12 years, the Bank of North Dakota has outperformed each previous year, and their return on investment last year topped 18 percent. While the rest of the banking industry was dealing with the turmoil of the last financial crash, the state-owned depository bank was propping up their economy. And, once again, as North Dakota's economy suffers because of the decline in oil prices, their state-owned bank has helped fund 300 new local businesses, which means a ton of local jobs. If other states had their own banks, they could help stimulate their own local economies when times get tough, and they can do so without handing over millions in profit to Wall Street. For example, if the state of California created their own state bank, they could save billions on fees and interest currently going to the big banks. And, they could better protect state pension funds and finance modern infrastructure projects like a bullet train or new green energy. Rather than simply throwing money away in the form of interest and fees, states could protect depositors, boost local economies, and fund the new infrastructure needed for the modern era. North Dakota has proven that state-owned banks are a win-win for all of us, and more states should follow their example. -Thom (What do you think? Tell us here.) |
Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 10pm... Who Is Stealing Your Vote... and How? (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT or Free Speech TV, and catch past shows on Youtube)
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Need to Know: You Won't Believe Who's Hosting the 'Dem' Convention
- America's Lawyer Mike Papantonio, The Ring of Fire 
Screwed: Trump/Ryan... A House & Party Divided
- Bob Ney/(former) U.S. Congressman (R-OH, 18th District)/Sideswiped: Lessons Learned Courtesy of the Hit Men of Capitol Hill
Best of the Rest: Who Is Stealing Your Vote... and How?
- Harvey Wasserman, Solartopia/forthcoming book, STRIP & FLIP SELECTION OF 2016: Five Jim Crows & Electronic Election Theft
PLUS, Save the USPS... Bring Back Postal Banking
- Sam Sacks, The District Sentinel
AND, Why It's Time To Get Out There & Get Active!
- Sam Daley-Harris, RESULTS/Center for Citizen Empowerment & Transformation/Reclaiming Our Democracy
Daily Take: Michael Ratner...Remembering An American Hero
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Thursday's Daily Stack 
Quote: "A permanent war abroad means permanent anger against the U.S. by those countries and people that will be devastated by U.S. military actions. Hate will increase, not lessen; and the terrible consequences of that hate will be used, in turn, as justification for more restrictions on civil liberties in the U.S." -- Michael Ratner to NYT in 2002 (June 13, 1943 - May 11, 2016).
Hour One: Donald Trump is NOT another Eisenhower Republican!
Speech: " Cross of Iron" - Address by President Dwight D. Eisenhower "The Chance for Peace" delivered before the American Society of Newspaper Editors, April 16,1953. " Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." Speech: " Farewell Address", by Dwight David Eisenhower, January 17, 1961 ( transcript). " In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the militaryindustrial complex." Speech: " Farewell Address", by Dwight David Eisenhower, January 17, 1961 ( transcript). " Down the long lane of the history yet to be written America knows that this world of ours, ever growing smaller, must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect."
Hour Three: Should Google Be Considered a Utility and Regulated As Such?
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Tonight’s Rumble talks Bernie’s and Trump’s big primary wins, Trumps appointing of Rudy Giuliani as his Muslim Czar, and Trump’s selecting of two insiders to tweak his tax plan. Thom discusses how establishment Democrats are already trying to hijack the convention with International Business Times’ David Sirota and in tonight’s Daily Take Thom details how Donald Trump could become the next Ronald Reagan.
In Memory of Michael Ratner
#Pot smokers for #Bernie!
Our National Parks Are The Latest Victim of The #GOP's 'Starve The Beast' Philosophy!
What Should We Be Doing To Restore Our #Political System?
When Has Corporate #FreeTrade Helped Anyone But the #Billionaires?
What does a #Trump voter actually sound like?
Trump: Get Ready, The Voodoo is Coming!
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