Wednesday, 22 November 2017

Ethic Cleansing & Paradise Papers : Big Four whitewash is done

Ethic Cleansing & Paradise Papers : Big Four whitewash is done

The Paradise Papers story broke on November 5. Despite the biggest document leak in history, the global media has managed to miss the story. PwC, EY, Deloitte, KPMG and the mainstream law firms who concoct multinational tax avoidance scams globally are off the hook. A small Caribbean law firm, Appleby, has been framed as the as the culprit.
Read more: https://www.michaelwest.com.au/ethic-cleansing-paradise-papers-big-four-whitewash-is-done/?source=Snapzu

The FCC is about to kill net neutrality. It's time to protest.

The FCC is about to kill net neutrality. It's time to protest.

Enough is enough. It's time for the Internet to fight back. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expected to vote on its plan to kill net neutrality on December 14. People from across the political spectrum are outraged, so we’re planning to protest at Verizon retail stores across the country on December 7, one week before the vote and at the peak of the busy Holiday shopping season. We'll demand that our members of Congress take action to stop Verizon's puppet FCC from killing net neutrality.
Read more: http://www.verizonprotests.com/?source=Snapzu

FCC plan would give Internet providers power to choose the sites customers see and use

FCC plan would give Internet providers power to choose the sites customers see and use

The Federal Communications Commission took aim at a signature Obama-era regulation Tuesday, unveiling a plan that would give Internet providers broad powers to determine what websites and online services their customers see and use. Under the agency’s proposal, providers of high-speed Internet services, such as Comcast, Verizon and AT&T, would be able to block websites they do not like and charge Web companies for speedier delivery of their content.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/11/21/the-fcc-has-unveiled-its-plan-to-rollback-its-net-neutrality-rules?source=Snapzu

Medicaid Covers All That? It’s The Backstop Of America’s Ailing Health System

Medicaid Covers All That? It’s The Backstop Of America’s Ailing Health System

Those relying on the federal government’s safety net are grandmothers, the kid next door, your supermarket cashier — maybe even you.
Read more: https://khn.org/news/medicaid-has-a-bulls-eye-on-its-back-which-means-no-one-is-entirely-safe/?source=Snapzu