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New York City

lundi 27 avril 2015 à 14:00

New York City has deployed almost 150 E-ZPass scanners in places that have nothing to do with paying toll.

As usual, the proposed solution is inadequate, because it would not prevent massive state surveillance of people's movements. Systems like E-ZPass should be illegal; toll payment should use anonymous digital cash instead.

NYC Apartments

lundi 27 avril 2015 à 14:00

The "affordable" apartments behind the separate "poor door" in New York are unaffordable for any poor person.

New York City has insufficient living quarters for the non-rich. What could fix this? One idea is to increase the taxes on dwellings that are the principal residence of too few people for their size. Another is to change zoning law to allow construction of lots more dwellings. I don't know whether these would be sufficient, but they have to help.

Insurance Companies

lundi 27 avril 2015 à 14:00

Insurance companies sell information about their customers to lawyers who then pester customers looking for their business.

Shell

lundi 27 avril 2015 à 14:00

Shell Lobbied to Undermine EU Renewables Targets.

Genocide

lundi 27 avril 2015 à 14:00

There is plenty of evidence demonstrating that the genocide of the Armenians was centrally ordered, and centrally covered up.