Instapopulist

Obama Anoints Jason Furman as Economic Council Chair

Obama has just made Jason Furman Chairman of his Economic Council of Advisers.  Jason Furman has ties to the Robert Rubin, Larry Summers, the Hamilton Project and the Brookings Institution.  They promote bad trade deals, offshore outsourcing and the use of foreign guest workers to displace and labor arbitrage American workers.

John Paulson (hedge fund bankster) looking to avoid taxes by moving to Puerto Rico

Look how the "elite" banksters act when it comes to sharing sacrifice in any way. John Paulson, hedge fund manager, might be moving to Puerto Rico from NYC to avoid taxes. Apparently taxes from other people are good enough to provide military and law enforcement to protect people like Paulson, good enough to provide highways, and schools, and hospitals for Paulson. Good enough to provide electricity so that he can lose money on bad trades via his computers, but still not deserving of Paulson's money.

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