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Category Archives: Income inequality
Robert Reich: The Real Socialism In America
I have made no bones about my admiration for Robert Reich. He tells the true story of how workers fare in the US. That story for the most part is no good. Here Reich talks about the real welfare queens … Continue reading
Posted in economic inequality, Economic Justice, Economy, Income inequality, Republican Policy
Tagged corporate socialism, Corporate Welfare, Robert Reich
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Shrinking The Tax Gap
Last Wednesday, I participated in an online briefing with former IRS Commissioners Fred Goldberg Jr. and Charles Rossotti on modernizing the IRS and shrinking the tax gap. Goldberg was appointed as IRS Commissioner by President George H.W. Bush in 1989 … Continue reading
Posted in Income inequality, tax cuts for the wealthy
Tagged Ashley Hinson, income inequality, Iowa politics, Shrink the Tax Gap, taxes
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Are You Better Off Than You Were Four Years Ago?
Back in 1980, Ronald Reagan turned a debate with that question. Since then that has been a question that many of us ask ourselves as we evaluate the candidates in our own minds. As the election nears we can use this … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Biden-Harris, Covid-19, economic inequality, Economic Justice, Economy, Health Care & Medicare, Income inequality, Jobs
Tagged 1%, are you better off, gender inequality, herd immunity
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Robert Reich: Racism Is Profitable
The above video is from Robert Reich’s Inequality Media. This video ties in to a degree with the previous post on how labor has been exploited especially since the mid 1970s. Lyndon Johnson many years ago made an astute observation … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Income inequality, Joni Ernst, Labor
Tagged racism
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“The $2.5 Trillion Annual Theft”
That is an estimate of how much the annual theft is from America’s workers. A study came out this week that astounded nearly everyone. While everyone knows that workers have been left behind in the economic race since the early … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Covid-19, Income inequality, Labor
Tagged RAND corporation
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McConnell Promises A Rigged Trial
Note that Iowa’s own Joni Ernst is right at McConnell’s side as he proudly touts his plans for a rigged trial for the current president. No matter what the issue, most Americans can accept verdicts as long as they know … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Blog for Iowa, Income inequality, Joni Ernst
Tagged impeachment, Mitch McConnell, rigged trial
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Robert Reich: The Next Crash
The left has some great economists that can sort out trends and make them understandable to the common person like you and I. For me the very best are Paul Krugman of the New York Times and Robert Reich. Today … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Blog for Iowa, Economic Justice, Economy, Income inequality
Tagged Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Green New Deal, Robert Reich
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Just the Facts – TrumpTax Hurts Iowa
The following email was sent out Thursday following another campaign swing into Iowa by VP Mike Pence. Interestingly, this dovetails nicely with my previous post concerning what the Trump/Pence administration is doing to children. In this email, Progress Iowa leader … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, Economy, Income inequality
Tagged Mike Pence, Trump tax cuts
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Inequality
The past two weeks have been simply startling at how those with wealth have been both evading taxes while hoarding money in almost unimaginable amounts in offshore tax havens. At the same time we have corporations doing all sorts of … Continue reading
Posted in Income inequality, money out of politics, Two Americas, working poor
Tagged tax cheating, tax havens, taxes, wealth inequality
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Scary Numbers Just Before Halloween
As this is written Hurricane Patricia is about to make landfall in Jalisco state on Mexico’s west coast. This hurricane appears to be one of if not the biggest (worst?) ever in the western hemisphere with wind speeds sustained over … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Economy, Income inequality
Tagged wealth inequality
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