George of Arabia: Better Kiss Your Abe 'Goodbye'

Bush needs the Saudis to charge us big bucks for oil. The Saudis can't lend the US Treasury and Citibank hundreds of billions of US dollars unless they first get these US dollars from the US. The high price of oil is, in effect, a tax levied by Bush but collected by the oil industry and the Gulf kingdoms to fund our multi-trillion dollar governmental and private debt-load. Full Story »

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Chris Finnie
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by Chris Finnie - Oct. 1, 2008

Palast is a loudmouth who speaks his mind in no uncertain terms. Fortunately for readers who love that, he also has a habit of being right. Unlike so many of the economic analysis pieces I read, this article gives readers the really big picture--combining global politics and economics. And makes sense of it all.

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