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Social diversity and equality

dimanche 5 février 2023 à 01:02

More diversity is no substitute for more equality: if the rich become more diverse, and the poor become more diverse, that doesn't help the poor.

Government ineptitude, UK

samedi 4 février 2023 à 13:02

*Sunak’s warm words on nature sound good, but can they save our last [UK] nightingales and swifts?*

Tories often talk about doing something that will help the non-rich, but they often cancel the plans before carrying them out. Just recently they are planning to cancel the commitment to compensate the people who immigrated lawfully from the Caribbean as children but were threatened recently with deportation because they did not have the documents to prove what happened decades ago.

Tories also promised to restore building codes that would have prevented a deadly fire, but now they talk about deregulation.

Medicare duress

samedi 4 février 2023 à 11:32

The first step against "Medicare Advantage" is a bill to change its name so it won't be called "Medicare".

Alas, this bill won't stop the privatization of Medicare itself, started by the wrecker and perversely continued by Biden.

Bernie Sanders to DNC: Ban Super PAC Money in Democratic Primary Races

samedi 4 février 2023 à 06:32

*Bernie Sanders to DNC: Ban Super PAC Money in Democratic Primary Races.*

What $28 Million Bought the Memphis Police Department

samedi 4 février 2023 à 06:32

Extra funds for thug departments to "crack down on crime" are often used to create special units of thugs. The recently-disbanded Scorpion group in Memphis was an example.

This article describes some aspects of these groups that tend to make them arm the public.

They don't all murder people, but they also have a tendency to be sent to areas inhabited by disprivileged demographic groups and have the effect of causing suffering there.