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Wyden’s Proposal for taxing oil and gas speculators

…oil and natural gas and related commodities, and for other purposes.” The first section has a short title that perhaps reveals more–it is the “Stop Tax-breaks for Oil Profiteering Act”…

Pharma research versus ‘admin/marketing’ costs

…an industry based on marketing-driven profiteering. IMS, a firm specializing in pharmaceutical market intelligence, is usually considered to be the authority for assessing pharmaceutical promotion expenditures. The US General Accounting…

…see him as anything other than a naked shill for war profiteers. AB UPDATE: Wolfowitz must have been anticipating this morning’s NYT, which alleges more attempted profiteering: Kellogg, Brown &…

…interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Iraq was the “geographic base” for 9/11? Here’s another rather egregious statement: Asked about his earlier dismissal of Gen. Eric K. Shinseki’s prewar view…