Talk – Ellen Brown – Public Banks and Why We Need Them

Great indictment of "Private Inequity" firms

See this concise exposé of private-equity funds in the New Yorker:  Private Inequity. As a result, private-equity firms are increasingly able to profit even if the companies they run go under—an outcome made much likelier by all the extra borrowing—and many companies have been getting picked clean. … The real reason that we should be […]

Testimony on establishing a state bank for the cannibas industry

I testified today in support of Bob Hasegawa‘s S.B. 5955 which would establish a State Bank to create a financing infrastructure for the cannabis industry. My testimony begins at time mark 29:15 in the linked video. The audience enjoyed my characterization of Wall Street banksters as the real criminals that we should be worried about. […]

Resolution to Prevent Denial of Lawful Health Care Services in Washington

(recommended by the King County Democrats Resolution and Platform Committee) WHEREAS hospitals in Washington have increasingly been merging or otherwise affiliating with hospitals or other healthcare systems controlled by the Roman Catholic Church , resulting in nearly half of our state’s hospital beds and patient care having becoming subject to “Ethical and Religious Directives” issued […]