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by sul_tasto 6y ago
Voting is great, but it’s not enough to punch a ballot every few years. We need to be exerting a sustained pressure on our local and national representatives to support and pass legislation. We need to put public pressure on corporations to
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by sul_tasto 6y ago
I saw the same thing in Latin America: farmers dispossessed by banana plantations.
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by sul_tasto 6y ago
Seems like this is never the type of issue discussed at Davos.
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by sul_tasto 6y ago
What would be helpful is a list of specific problems that need to be solved.
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by sul_tasto 6y ago
I always thought taxation should be for services that benefit the common good: utilities, first responder services, roads, food safety, etc. Are we being taxed as a way to prevent an uprising against the 1%?
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by sul_tasto 6y ago
I completely agree with you. My concern is that most of the super rich are effectively out of reach, because of their ability to shelter their wealth and income. If memory serves, most of the more recent progressive policy proposals involve
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by sul_tasto 6y ago
I’ll be interested to hear who you decide to send a portion of your paycheck to every month.
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by sul_tasto 6y ago
The human potential lost to poverty is heartbreaking. Unfortunately, it seems like the political toolbox we’ve been bequeathed is filled with wooden spoons instead of scalpels. Open to ideas.
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by sul_tasto 6y ago
Perhaps I’m being lazy, point taken. I’m not trying to provoke anyone.
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by sul_tasto 6y ago
Perhaps I was too hasty in my comment. I am not partisan. The right has its own problems, obviously. I recently moved from deep red Georgia to deep blue Maryland, and the polarization is demoralizing. Even though the political climate is so
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by sul_tasto 6y ago
The buzzword now is “equity.” The left now seeks equality of outcome rather than equality of opportunity. All such initiatives are oppressive should be rejected outright.
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by sul_tasto 6y ago
The FT is good, as is stratfor.com
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by sul_tasto 6y ago
Wealth, in it’s most fundamental form, is a mindset.
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by sul_tasto 6y ago
Mine was stress related. I switched jobs and it went away.
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by sul_tasto 6y ago
if you don’t mind me asking, what’s the expression in German?
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by sul_tasto 6y ago
My brother-in-law suffered a severe heart attack about a month ago. He’s 40. His wife told us he showed no brain activity, other than that in his upper spinal cord, in the MRI’s done at 1 and 2 weeks after the event. He woke up a day after