November 26, 2011 by Skip Belt

This Thanksgiving I gave thanks to the Movement “Occupy Wall Street”, because the movement has opened our eyes to the American malaise: High unemployment, an unresponsive and corrupted political system, a shrinking middle class, and an economic and tax environment that amplifies the income and wealth disparity of our [...]

The decline of U.S. Manufacturing – A reason to look at our Free Trade Policy
By Skip Belt Oct. 15, 2011
The American Economy has suffered erosion from competition that has both shifted the means of creating wealth and in the division of wealth within the U.S. Why do we find our national economy in a decline [...]

U.S. Support for Democracy in Libya
By Skip Belt Feb 23, 2011
The revolutions in the Middle East have been along time coming, but they are here. It is a natural desire of all oppressed people to oppose autocrats, dictators, and kings and emirates that run their countries for their own benefit and wealth. Tunisia was [...]

Posted by Skip Belt Jan. 10, 2011
Words have consequences when they create an atmosphere of hate or desperation and a rationale for violent and cruel action. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was specifically targeted for assassination and the bystanders and those persons seeking to talk to their U.S.representative were shot to emphasize the shooter’s antipathy for the [...]

December 8, 2010 by Skip Belt
The tax deal worked out between the Republican leadership and the Obama administration is being decried by the liberal Democrats in congress as a sellout or cave in to the Republicans who want to give undeserving tax breaks to the very wealthy. All this is true, but what is the [...]