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Social Security and tax

mardi 2 mars 2021 à 01:00

The US should boost Social Security by eliminating the cap on how much income a person pays the tax on.

The reason this cap exists is because there is an idea that each person is supposed to receive support based on per own earnings. Following that idea, if there is a limit on how much Social Security will pay a retire rich person, there has to be a limit on how much that person pays Social Security.

I think it is perfectly fine to say that rich people will help support the rest, through Social Security as well as in other ways.

Laws to repress protests

mardi 2 mars 2021 à 01:00

The US must not increase the laws to repress protests. Instead it should start using its existing powers adequately against right-wing extremists and stop overusing them against nonviolent leftists.

Many states are passing laws for repression of nonviolent protest action against dangerous business activities, and thugs tend to be extra harsh against all left-wing protests. Compare that with the friendliness of thugs with the Kenosha killer, Rittenhouse, and the Capitol Police leaders' betrayal of their mission on Jan 6.

Urgent: Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act

mardi 2 mars 2021 à 01:00

US citizens: Support the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act.

This bill would do many things to reduce death in childbirth in the US — which is shockingly frequent in the US. Contrary to its name, its benefits would expect to all poor women; they would not be limited to blacks.

Urgent: Voting Rights Advancement Act

mardi 2 mars 2021 à 01:00

US citizens: call on Congress to pass the Voting Rights Advancement Act.

Twitter's old web interface

mardi 2 mars 2021 à 01:00

Twitter shut down its old web interface that permitted tweeting without running nonfree Javascript code.