The political movement known as the “yellow vests” continues to draw popular support across the country. The protests began as a revolt against President Emmanuel Macron’s tax hikes on fossil fuels. Macron has since delayed the fuel tax, but protesters are now pressing more than 40 other demands—including a minimum pension, a reduction in the … More What Frances Yellow Vests Teach Us
It has been said punching in at work is like leaving America for 8 hours. Our most fundamental rights—to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness—are under assault. But the adversary is Big Wealth, not Big Government, as conservatives like to claim. Consider: Life? The differences in life expectancy between wealthier and lower-income Americans are … More Workers Rights We Lost
“I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies,” Jefferson wrote. ” If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around(these banks) will deprive the people of all property … More Banks: The War Against US
A gig economy is a free market system in which temporary positions are common and organizations contract with independent workers for short-term engagements. The trend toward a gig economy has begun. A study by Intuit predicted that by 2020, 40 percent of American workers would be independent contractors. The main problems with the gig economy … More The Gig Economy
The USA is one of the largest Human Rights abusers in the world. The system as we know attacks schools, medicine, welfare, or what ever. The truly horrendous policy of closing mental institutions and releasing patients has trended. Psychiatric disorders are the only kind of sickness that we as a society regularly respond to not … More Systems Of Abuse
We must journey through life in America with much of our humanity to be developed. It would be time to evolve as people. Ok, we can try to do better. We must, of course, learn tolerance. I think we are on our way yet the elements move slowly. If we look at history what we … More An Enlightened Society
Amazon is really concentrating a lot of economic power. And as it does that, it’s pushing other businesses out. We’ve lost about 85,000 independent small retailers in the last 10 years. We’re seeing small and midsize manufacturers getting squeezed, laying off staff and disappearing, because Amazon increasingly is the gatekeeper to consumers. It increasingly picks … More The Corporate Take Over of NYC
We have got to look deeper in to these Constitutional issues. 1. The 10th Amendment 2, Supreme Court 3, The Electoral College. Let us start with the Electoral College. The Electoral College is a process, not a place. Consisting of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President … More Constitutional Crisis
White people is a racial classification specifier, used mostly and often exclusively for people of European descent. The term has at times been expanded to encompass certain persons of Middle Eastern, North African, and South Asian descent, persons who are often considered non-white in other contexts. The usage of “white people” or a “white race” … More Who Are White People?
My last entrance for Italian American issues unless something news worthy pops up. Italian Americans have not only fought for their own Rights but the Rights of others. Much has been written about the suffering and discrimination encountered by the Italian immigrant in the United States, but this must be measured against what they left … More Original Social Justice Warriors
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