It's that time of year to ring in the joy and revel in festivities. Yet another year has passed and economic injustice, inequality and the great financial crisis taxpayer ripoff is further in the historical dust heap and buried under the corporate propaganda political rug. It's also time to view funny economic cartoons.
We all know the story of how the Grinch stole Christmas, but that wasn't good enough. Now Grinch retailers are stealing Thanksgiving too. The holiday is now officially co-opted so folk can stand in line at stores, out in the cold, all in hopes of saving $100 on some big screen TV.
Happy Holidays from The Economic Populist! Put up your feet and grab the egg nog for it's time to watch some Christmas parodies. Santa's list these days is clearly corrupted by the word processor. The nice receive lumps of coal while the naughty get new yachts. The ode to joy is hard to hear. May our holiday funnies round up bring you joy and cheer as sarcasm rings the bell of truth. Merry Christmas!
The latest budget deal does not extend unemployment benefits for some of the long term unemployed. This means without some Congressional action, unemployment benefits will only be available for 26 weeks in 2014. The current average time to be officially unemployed is 37.2 weeks, far exceeding the time one can receive regular unemployment insurance benefits in most states.
Happy Holidays from The Economic Populist! We hope you have a wonderful, stress-free and safe Christmas.
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Ho, ho, ho you will go if you watch the outrageously funny economic Christmas videos below. We hope you have a wonderful holiday!
It isn’t even important whether you or your family have a Merry or a Happy Christmas – the only important thing is whether corporations have a profitable Christmas. This is the true meaning of Christmas.
The mighty American marketing machine known as Christmas put on a brave front this weekend. Stores across the country opened up earlier than ever – some as early as 2:00 a.m. on Friday morning – and shoppers responded. Some consumers gave up their Thanksgiving Thursday altogether by using that day to stake their position on a sidewalk outside Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Target, or Sears. The rewards were high – those who were first in the store on Black Friday had the best shot at buying at deep, deep discounts. Flat screen HDTVs, which were otherwise priced at $1,000 minimum, were on sale for $300, but only on Black Friday and only to the earliest few into the store. (Image)
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