How to Fund a Fairer Economy—and Reduce Inequality

How can we fund universal childcare, Medicare for All, and a green economy while reducing inequality? A new plan shows how taxing wealth and corporate profits more fairly—and cutting wasteful spending—could pay for a fairer, more prosperous economy.

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AMEX Takes Bailout, Boots Customers

D&S Admin Feb 24, 2009

Like other credit card companies that have received bailout billions, AMEX is hiking fees, penalties, and interest rates. Now the company, which received over $3 billion in TARP money, is taking the added step of offering $300 vouchers if customers cancel their accounts. Most financial analysts caution that it is a bad deal for cardholders.

From the Wall Street Journal:

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