Category Archives: Government
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The New Year: Taxes, Capitalism and democracy
1December 30, 2019 by epoetus
By Bert This NY Times article has an animated graphic which shows the decline of income tax for …
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The impeachment hearings: truth sandwiches and the Republicans got nothing
3December 1, 2019 by epoetus
By Bert “The Republicans got nothing.” – Senator Hirono 10/29/2019 Fiona Hill, expert on Russian intelligence, …
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The revolution is here — Democrats ignore it at their peril
November 1, 2019 by epoetus
NOTE: this is an excerpt from the Alternet article by the same title. The link to the Alternet article is …
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The Danger of Doing Nothing: The Ostrich’s Head in the Sand
2October 26, 2019 by epoetus
Doing nothing in our current political climate is like saying you’re not a racist (see previous post on 9/16/2019 …
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Justice demands Antitrust Cases against Amazon, Boeing and Facebook
6October 20, 2019 by epoetus
There are a lot of technology monopolies. Many more large companies qualify for this …
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Why won’t the Republicans stand up to the President
October 12, 2019 by epoetus
or have they begun considering other options. As usual, the calculus of shifting political positions is very complicated …
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Yes, a secure online voting system is possible, but maybe we need to fix the root cause first
October 5, 2019 by epoetus
When children can hack in and alter the votes tabulated by an official voting system in use today in under …
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A WA first: SJC Democrats just put an income and wealth tax onto the Democratic party agenda
2September 22, 2019 by epoetus
“We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of …
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We Must Become More Than Antiracists
1September 16, 2019 by epoetus
Ibram X. Kendi has struck a chord with his latest book “How To Be An Antiracist.” Reading it …
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Happy Labor Day!
August 28, 2019 by epoetus
What is it? “Labor Day celebrates and honors the contribution of the American system of organized …
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