(My political ranting here)
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“You can’t have expanded health care in this state, you can’t have expanded education in this state, unless you get the economic development right first.” —Texas Governor Rick Perry after hecklers interrupted his speech at an Austin business forum to call for state health care expansion. Texas has the highest number of uninsured in the nation at 6.2 million which advocates say could be decreased by 1 million through federal health care reform measures. (via kileyrae)
Y’all just need to be patient. The rich people aren’t rich enough yet.
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Neglect and Uncle Sam, not the Internet, Killed the Middle Class « shouting loudly -
The Boy Scouts of America has just voted to end the ban on gay Scouts in a major victory for gay youth. We will keep the pressure on until they remove the ban on gay and lesbian parents and leaders as well. http://glaad.org/scouts
Well that’s a start…
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“Well this looks familiar: every lawmaker at the House hearing on the nationwide 20-week abortion ban is a man.” - @LEBassett
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Why aren’t more people freaking out about the new Venezuelan labor law?
You know, the one that gives housewives/full-time mothers a pension— wages for housework?
It’s ONLY A HUGE VICTORY FOR FEMINISM, SOCIALISM, AND WOMEN OF COLOR. Not a big deal or anything. Tumblr is mysteriously silent about this.
http://rabble.ca/columnists/2013/05/venezuelas-new-labour-law-best-mothers-day-gift
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The Republican nominee for lieutenant governor of Virginia thinks gays are “ikky.” And, like, a zillion other terrible things.
Yuk!
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A guide to sexual assaults on college campuses. More info here: http://vitaminw.co/culture-society/activists-demand-colleges-take-rape-seriously
(Swarthmore is also a college, FYI.)
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Rand Paul blasts Congress for attacking Apple over taxes — RT USA Sen. Rand Paul is outraged that Congress held a hearing to “bully one of America’s greatest success stories.” The Kentucky lawmaker believes Apple was unfairly targeted for trying to minimize its taxes, and that the company is owed an apology.
Ah, yes, a true American success story. Kids, work hard and study in school and maybe one day you too could be exporting jobs from America to countries with questionable labor practices and then pocketing the tax money with loopholes created exclusively for the benefit of the wealthy! AMERICA!
I just don’t buy this bullshit where companies and individuals try to look like saints by throwing their hands up in the air and saying, “Well, it’s not OUR fault we skipped out on paying taxes, we fully complied with the tax law! Who would want to pay more than they owe???” I believe Romney said something along those lines during the election. The people who create the tax laws are overwhelmingly wealthy individuals. Many tax exemptions can ONLY be taken advantage of if you’re wealthy (to wit: Romney’s $77,000+ tax refund for his wife’s horse). Corporations employ massive teams of accountants for the sole purpose of finding new ways to get out of paying taxes.
Then again, Congress doesn’t really have the moral high ground in this situation. They’re complaining that Apple took advantage of a tax code that they made, and that they can change if they want to. But they don’t want to. Because Apple and many of the other companies that enjoy corporate welfare subsidies are also major donors to political campaigns. It’s almost like money is toxic in politics or something.
