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Yesterday Oregon voters passed measures that will increase taxes on big companies (some of whom were only paying $10 per year) and families making over $250,000. A lot of us think that this was a pretty good idea, but there are, of course, many people who think this will have a negative effect on the economy. I, for one, am excited that we at least get a chance to find out if this type of action has a positive or negative effect. It seems like we never even get the chance to carry out these experiments in this country these days.

Cross your fingers!

At least we know it will have a positive effect on the schools that won’t be shuttered.

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“Civil disobedience, that’s not our problem. Our problem is that people are obedient all over the world in the face of poverty and starvation and stupidity, and war, and cruelty. Our problem is that people are obedient while the jails are full of petty thieves, and all the while the grand thieves are running the country. That’s our problem.” —Howard Zinn (via rwatuny) (via myleftsock) (via robot-heart-politics) (via thesmarttart) (via brooklynmutt) (via powlsy) (via evangotlib)

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Jan 25, 2010

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Jan 24, 2010

“Rahm Emanuel, Geithner Calling Senators To Shore Bernanke Support” —These dudes suck.

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Jan 11, 2010

“America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. To quote the American humorist Kim Hubbard, “It ain’t no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.” It is in fact a crime for an American to be poor, even though America is a nation of poor. Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous, and therefore more estimable than anyone with power or gold. No such tales are told by the American poor. They mock themselves and glorify their betters. The meanest eating or drinking establishment, owned by a man who is himself poor, is very likely to have a sign on its wall asking this cruel question: “If you’re so smart, why ain’t you rich?” There will also be an American flag no larger than a child’s hand - glued to a lollipop stick and flying from the cash register. Americans, like human beings everywhere, believe many things that are obviously untrue, the monograph went on. Their most destructive untruth is that it is very easy for any American to make money. They will not acknowledge how in fact hard money is to come by, and, therefore, those who have no money blame and blame and blame themselves. This inward blame has been a treasure for the rich and powerful, who have had to do less for their poor, publicly and privately, than any other ruling class since, say, Napoleonic times. Many novelties have come from America. The most startling of these, a thing without precedent is a mass of undignified poor. They do not love one another because they do not love themselves.” —Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five (via errorgorilla) (via ontologicalterrorist) (via standardgrey)

Jan 9, 2010

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