Boeing’s top executive explains why it crashed
Boeing has crashed. Boeing’s top executive explained why in 2014. We didn’t listen; it’s not too late for us to learn.
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The day we saw that Boeing had died
In 2014 we saw that Boeing’s execs were tearing down that great company. Sadly, we did nothing.
Update about immigration: a hot issue in 2016, forgotten in 2017
Summary: Immigration was a major issue of the 2016 election, to the discomfort of America’s ruling elites. Afterwards it was displaced by issues more important to them, such as stripping healthcare from millions and cutting taxes for the rich. It exists today in the media mostly in emotional “human interest” stories about “dreamers” (such labels …
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The airlines’ crippling pilot shortage: another bogus “skills” crisis
Summary: Our major media tell the news from the perspective of the 1%, no matter how bogus. For example, in stories about “skills shortages” we see the New America in which employers refuse to pay market-based salaries. They assume that the reserve army of the unemployed — refreshed by immigration — will keep wages down. …
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The shortage of STEM workers: another bogus crisis crafted to benefit the 1%.
Summary: Another day, another astonishing bogus crisis (the STEM shortage) in which well-meaning Americans labor against their own interests to further enrich the 1%. The true nuggets of insight in the news media reveal so much, but accomplish nothing unless they spark action. “Big industry constantly requires a reserve army of unemployed workers for times …
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