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February 22, 2013 by 2 Comments
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- GOP Ticket's Chances Could Be Doomed By Issue May 22, 2013Recently, I asked Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, one of the most fiercely pro-choice members of Congress, why she thought the House of Representatives had been... […]Salon
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- Obama Applauds Immigration Bill Vote May 22, 2013President Barack Obama lauded the Senate Judiciary Committee's passing of an immigration bill on Tuesday, calling the action "a strong bipartisan vote." Obama released a... […]Chris Gentilviso
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- Teachers as first responders, as protectors, and as heroes May 22, 2013Plaza Towers Elementary School Too many times, our teachers are called upon to be heroes. And every time, they deliver: [Rhonda Crosswhite], a sixth-grade teacher at the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla. — a building that took a powerful hit from the storm — covered six students with her body, lying on top of them in one of the school's bat […]
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- NRA goes to war against Dems in Colorado, we go to war against NRA May 21, 2013Wayne LaPierre's NRA trying to oust Democrats in Colorado. Hosting two of the biggest gun massacres in recent years, Colorado decided to get serious about gun safety and passed several strong control measures last March. Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed three gun control measures into law on Wednesday. Hickenlooper signed the bills restricting the […]
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- Midday open thread May 21, 2013Today's comic by Matt Bors is IRS destroyers of freedom: Andrew Sullivan just can't let go of IQ disparity by race: Yes, “race” is a social construct when we define it as “white”, “black,” “Asian” or, even more ludicrously, “Hispanic.” But why then does the overwhelming data show IQ as varying in statistically significant amounts between these comp […]
Egberto,
Pleasure speaking to you again today. Its always nice to have a forum to talk about one of the most pressing, but least discussed issues in the media that being the offshoring of American jobs. One of the many reasons I oppose globalization, is that is has served as a mechanism for trans-national corporation to offshore production to the cheapest overseas labor markets. Notice I said labor markets and not countries, because in the eyes of the corporation, countries are now reduced to being called markets and human beings reduced to units of labor.
With respect to your most recent blog post, I believe the destruction of the middle class, the trade and budget defecit, and inequities in terms of income and tax structure can be remedied with the following: 1. tax corporations at a lower rate for domestic GDP and at a higher for GDP earned offshore. paul craig roberts, ralph gomory and others have proposed this. 2. modest application of tariffs and import to protect the manufacturing that is left in the united states and to re-industrialize america. 3. strong buy american provisions for anything related to national defense and infrastructure spending also with the aim of reindustrializing. 4, 1% stock transfer tax on stock purchases to close the budger defecit and reduce speculation.
With respect to health care, I am doubtful that Affordable Health Care Act, which does not make health care more affordable is somehow a master stroke and important step towards Medicare for All. The insurance and drug companies were powerful before the enactment of this bill and being that they are prime beneficiaries and hence more powerfu as a result, I question that this will lead to a better system of health care in the future.
keep up the good work,
Brian from Pa
thinking is America’s national disability. I’m all for anything that provokes Americans to think.
-Paul Craig Roberts
Thanks for being on the call. Your ideas were invaluable. Please remember what we discussed. We must all use and share our spheres of influence to enlighten.
Thanks,
Egberto