This YouTube video transcript from “Belle of the Ranch” discusses the claim that tariffs imposed under the Trump administration could amount to a $6 trillion tax increase over ten years, potentially making him the “biggest tax man in history.” The speaker analyzes this projection by comparing it to historical tax Read more…
Andrew and UBI advocate Scott Santens talk about the lasting repercussions of the pandemic, the impact of cash relief on inflation, how generative AI tools like ChatGPT have changed the conversation on basic income, and the remaining barriers to implementing UBI.
According political cartoonist Mike Luckovich, here are the pre-existing conditions of the U.S. (more…)
Wealth Inequality ~ Photo by Peter Stevens @flickr
Wealth inequality in America ~ Very interesting video on the how perception of America’s distribution of wealth differs hugely from the reality. Exceedingly well done animated graphics tell a disturbing story of where wealth resides in America, and, as important, where it doesn’t. (more…)
Jon Stewart nailed it! “Republicans, you’re not helping yourselves. If it turns out that President Barack Obama can make a deal with the most intransigent, hard line, unreasonable, totalitarian mullahs in the world, but not with the Republicans…maybe he’s not the problem.” ~ Jon Stewart, The Daily Show Source – Steve Read more…
The Obamacare infographic below attempts to explain the history of healthcare and health insurance in America, and how Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act) fits into that history. Created by an insurance and wealth management company out of Ohio called the Hummel Group, I think this Obamacare infographic does a fair job in highlighting what Obamacare is attempting to remedy in our very sick healthcare/health insurance system. (more…)
What an inspiring speech from Charlie Chaplin in the classic talkie The Great Dictator.
Exactly right! Image captures it all. From the opiate of the masses to this: TV takes a dump in your brain. Perfect. Now I’m gonna go watch American Idol. Great cartoon : occupywallstreet.
It’s what we want from politicians or news people–a little honesty–so obviously it’s fiction. But it’s also a deliciously devastating reality check of a monologue that’s delivered perfectly by Jeff Daniels in the HBO series The Newsroom. America is not the greatest country in the world…but it could be. (more…)
Vegetarian myth busting ~ Superb interview with Lierre Keith, author of The Vegetarian Myth. Keith touches on many of the myth busting conclusions she came to after finally accepting that her health was deteriorating after 20 years as a committed vegan.
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