The Raw Story. Paying taxes today?
Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, and others got a refund last year Six of the most profitable companies in the U.S. were due a tax refund last year, according to a new analysis. WalletHub reported Tuesday that Abbott Laboratories, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, AIG, Bristol-Myers, and Verizon – all listed on the S&P 100 – paid an overall negative tax rate… Occupy Madison builds first house in planned eco-village for the homeless A homeless Wisconsin couple moved into a “tiny home” Christmas Eve they helped build with fellow Occupy Madison members.
Study suggests Occupy Wall Street movement undone by liberals’ need to feel unique Liberals tend to underestimate their similarity to other liberals, according to a recent study, while conservatives overestimate their similarities — and those differences may account for the relative political success of the tea party in comparison to Occupy Wall Street. Occupy protester to face trial over subpoenaed tweets. WHAT THE 99% WANTS: 1K+ people on a beach in San Fransico spell out "Tax The 1%" #ows. Protest and performance art take over downtown Los Angeles. Downtown Los Angeles was transformed into a set for political theater over the weekend, with protesters pitching tents in front of City Hall and performance artists dancing on floats meandering through the streets.
Inspired by the anti-corporate Occupy Wall Street protests in New York, several hundred people set up camp in front of Los Angeles City Hall on Saturday and announced that they were there to stay. Whether that will change when City Hall workers find themselves walking a gantlet of sign-wielding protesters Monday, or when vendors arrive to set up the regularly scheduled Thursday farmers market on the lawn, was unclear. Photos: Protest and parade in downtown Los Angeles As protesters were staking out City Hall, the streets of downtown were taken over Sunday afternoon by a cacophonous parade of artists and activists expressing similar sentiments but organized separately.
Tents and blankets dotted the lawn in front of City Hall on Sunday. Blake Digangi, 20, a student at Mt. "Why? Video- Danny Glover Electrifies Occupy L.A. Anti-Wall Street Protests Spread From New York to San Francisco. (Updates with arrests under “Sea of Tarps” subhead.)
Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Demonstrators from New York City to San Francisco took to the streets to protest what they call a growing wealth disparity between large U.S. corporations and average citizens in the wake of the financial crisis. Picketers marched yesterday as part of the Occupy Wall Street movement that began three weeks ago in Lower Manhattan and has spread across the U.S. The New York crowd was estimated at 10,000, according to Patrick Bruner, a spokesman for the effort. “There’s power in numbers, and we outnumber the people we’re trying to hold accountable,” said Henry Liedtka, a 27- year-old pharmacy worker from New Jersey who said he’s protested since Oct. 2. “We should be bailing out the American public -- not corporations -- by raising the minimum wage, bringing jobs back from overseas and improving labor conditions.”
Union Support ‘People Losing Hope’ Sea of Tarps Movement Spreads Tea Party Stock Exchange Threat. Tom Morello performs at ‘Occupy Los Angeles’ protest. By Eric W.
DolanSunday, October 9, 2011 11:15 EDT Tom Morello, best known as the guitarist for Rage Against the Machine, appeared at the “Occupy Los Angeles” on Friday to show his support for the movement. At the demonstration, he performed “World Wide Rebel Song” from his 2011 solo album for an enthusiastic audience. The politically-conscience guitarist has previously performed acoustic songs and gave speeches at pro-union demonstrations in Madison. Los Angeles city officials have shown support for the demonstration.
The “occupation” began on October 1, when more than 750 people marched from Pershing Square to City Hall, chanting slogans such as, “Hey hey, ho ho! Watch video, courtesy of InsightOutNews, below: Eric W. Eric W. Andrew Breitbart At Occupy Protest. Given the many comparisons between the Occupy Wall Street protests and its satellites and the Tea Party movement, it was about time the leaders of one movement collided with the other.
On Follow the Money tonight, Tea Party veteran Andrew Breitbart gave his testimony of his experience walking around the Occupy Los Angeles protests, where a union member followed his every move and avowed socialists told him of their conversions. Host Eric Bolling first played some of the footage, where Breitbart confronted a man following him, who was a member of the SEIU and, upon being asked why he was following Breitbart, only responded that he was “minding” him and that “I have a right to be here, just as you do.”
RELATED: Ann Coulter To Eric Bolling: Wall Street Protests Look Like ‘The Beginning Of Totalitarianism’ RELATED: Geraldo Greeted By Occupy Wall Street Protestors Chanting ‘Fox News Lies’ The segment via Fox Business below: