STOP Framing "US"

The Bain Approach: Mitt Romney’s Plan to Profitize America!

During his CEO days at Bain Capital, Mitt Romney engaged in vulture capitalism (not to be confused with venture capitalism). Vulture capitalism, or private equity as it… Read more “The Bain Approach: Mitt Romney’s Plan to Profitize America!”

Thanks to a loophole in Wisconsin state law, Governor Scott Walker is able to raise unlimited amounts of money from out of state donors in order to… Read more “Scott Walker and his Billionaire Buddies are Framing us!”

In an interview with Wolf Blitzer, Bernie Sanders describes a much needed effort to reign in the big banks who are walking all over us. As pointed… Read more “Bernie Sander’s attempt to ‘Protect the Public’ from the immoral behavior of the Big Banks!”

The headline from the Washington Post on Thursday read Rahm “livid” at Ricketts. Rahm Emanuel, mayor of Chicago, is supposedly not returning calls from the Ricketts family… Read more “The Ricketts use of Taxpayer Money to Enrich Themselves and Attack President Obama in the Process: Priceless!”

The GOP constantly cries over the debt limit and evokes the “spending problem” in Washington “frame” every time our Democratic representatives seek to place a priority on… Read more “What priorities are being set for our nation? Are they the same priorities you would choose?”

Although the modern day GOP would have us believe that our economy functions better when those at the top continue to receive endless tax breaks, oil subsidies,… Read more “Can Socialism rescue ‘us’ again from the grips of Crony Capitalism? Corporations seem to love it!”

What would you do if you were running for president and it was becoming clear to voters that all you offered were old ideas, and failed policies,… Read more “Mitt Romney literally “frames” President Obama for his own actions of supporting out-dated and failed policies”

Nobel-prize winning economist, Paul Krugman recently criticized the communication strategy of President Obama’s team in a recent TPM article. According to Paul Krugman, “There may not be… Read more “Paul Krugman on why President Obama may lose the election! It’s all about firmly communicating their values.”

In her article, “Why I Had to Get Out: Confessions of a Wall Street Insider, Alexis Goldstein says, “before I occupied Wall Street, Wall Street occupied me.” … Read more “Why Occupy Wall Street? A former insider reveals the ‘game’ Wall Street is playing with our lives!”