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What The New Yorker Ads Tell Us; AOC Trumps You-Know-Who; Interactive TV; Your Phone is a Cinch To Find; Natalie Wynn
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AOC’s tax proposal finds inspiration not in Karl Marx, but in mainstream American political philosophy. How we tax the rich depends on why we tax the rich, and AOC’s proposal reflects a surprisingly moderate view of economic justice.
Permanent Border War; Texans Speak Out; Texas GOPers Defend...a Muslim; LA Teachers; Dems Dilemma; Tucker is Worried About Runaway Capitalism
AOC’s advocacy of a tax rate of 70-80 percent on very high incomes, is obviously crazy, right? Who thinks that makes sense? Only ignorant people like - Peter Diamond, Nobel laureate in economics, arguably the world’s leading expert on public finance
Reader Comments: Impeachment; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - Returning to a 70% Marginal Tax Rate; TSA Agents Call-In Sick and the Right to Strike (Not); New Attack on Civil Rights Icon Angela Davis, Jews, BDS and Anti-Semitism; and so much more.....
Criticism of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s clothes echoes attacks against early female labor activists.
Despite Trump’s destructive presidency, the Left made important strides this year — from electoral victories to strikes, union campaigns, movement organizing and popularizing left-wing policies. Insurgent candidates can push the agenda left.
Instead, Democrats are sticking to their original plan, and channeled Exxon Mobil in an announcement refusing to bar members who take fossil fuel money.
Wind, solar and other companies in the green sector would benefit in a big way from a Green New Deal. A full-blown climate crisis is barreling at us like a wrecking ball off its chain. The question of whether we achieve a Green New Deal....
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