Seveneves: A Novel -
The Moon blew up without warning and for no apparent reason.
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Thursday, 17 August 2017
quote [ In a recent interview with the Observer, the Rev. William Barber, architect of “Moral Mondays” and co-leader of the upcoming Poor People’s Campaign, spoke about Charlottesville, President Donald Trump, Franklin Graham, Charlotte’s poverty, and the campaign to resurrect Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s last push for economic justice. ]
An update to this post. Seeing as how the goal is to bring poor people together from across all walks of life, I hope this overtakes the dividing statue debate, for the time being. Personally, I think they should come down, but I don't see it as a productive long term goal.
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bbqkink said @ 3:32pm GMT on 19th August
"the nature of wealth distribution has changed.'
Well no shit. That has been going on since Reagan fired the air tragic controllers and cut rich peoples taxes. The solution to that problem is doing the opposite of what caused the problem in the first place...reform the tax code and empower unions.
I understand that is an oversimplification and that there have been obstacles Buckley v. Valeo and Citizens United v. FEC put in the way that give money the advantage over the vote creating the virgining oligarchy you mentioned. The tax cuts have continued making the hill even higher to climb and the attack on unions has made working people even weaker.
But the answer is still the same...politics. And therein lies the problem.
"If you were born in 1990" only 50% voter turn out of registered voters which is less than 1/2 of the population so...less that 25% of 18 to 29 YOs voted.
There are plenty of jobs...what there isn't is plenty of income. and the only way to turn that around is vote...you see the conundrum.
The other thing people who are millionaires are not poor and have almost no chance of being poor. Your classmate who bought a 22 million dollar house. who own it him or the bank if he own it outright he may not technically be in the 1 or 2% but he will never be poor.
The problem I have with a lot of people here is that they are focused on pending disaster and that allows them to poo poo anything in the present that would help turn things around...why bother if it is all coming to an end? It is not to late to fix things but unless something is done it will be.
It doesn't really mater much to me personally I have 20 years left on earth at tops but you think younger people would be fighting a little harder and no acept it is all going to hell.
bbqkink said @ 4:10pm GMT on 19th August
"the nature of wealth distribution has changed.'
Well no shit. That has been going on since Reagan fired the air tragic controllers and cut rich peoples taxes. The solution to that problem is doing the opposite of what caused the problem in the first place...reform the tax code and empower unions.
I understand that is an oversimplification and that there have been obstacles Buckley v. Valeo and Citizens United v. FEC put in the way that give money the advantage over the vote creating the virgining oligarchy you mentioned. The tax cuts have continued making the hill even higher to climb and the attack on unions has made working people even weaker.
But the answer is still the same...politics. And therein lies the problem.
"If you were born in 1990" only 50% voter turn out of registered voters which is less than 1/2 of the population so...less that 25% of 18 to 29 YOs voted.
There are plenty of jobs...what there isn't is plenty of income. and the only way to turn that around is vote...you see the conundrum.
The other thing people who are millionaires are not poor and have almost no chance of being poor. Your classmate who bought a 22 million dollar house. who owns it him or the bank if he owns it outright he may not technically be in the 1 or 2% but he will never be poor.
The problem I have with a lot of people here is that they are focused on pending disaster and that allows them to poo poo anything in the present that would help turn things around...why bother if it is all coming to an end? It is not to late to fix things but unless something is done it will be.
It doesn't really mater much to me personally I have 20 years left on earth at tops but you think younger people would be fighting a little harder and no acept it is all going to hell.
bbqkink said @ 6:55pm GMT on 19th August
"the nature of wealth distribution has changed.'
Well no shit. That has been going on since Reagan fired the air tragic controllers and cut rich peoples taxes. The solution to that problem is doing the opposite of what caused the problem in the first place...reform the tax code and empower unions.
I understand that is an oversimplification and that there have been obstacles Buckley v. Valeo and Citizens United v. FEC put in the way that give money the advantage over the vote creating the virgining oligarchy you mentioned. The tax cuts have continued making the hill even higher to climb and the attack on unions has made working people even weaker.
But the answer is still the same...politics. And therein lies the problem.
"If you were born in 1990" only 50% voter turn out of registered voters which is less than 1/2 of the population so...less that 25% of 18 to 29 YOs voted.
There are plenty of jobs...what there isn't is plenty of is income. and the only way to turn that around is vote...you see the conundrum.
The other thing people who are millionaires are not poor and have almost no chance of being poor. Your classmate who bought a 22 million dollar house. who owns it, him or the bank? If he owns it outright he may not technically be in the 1 or 2% but he will never be poor.
The problem I have with a lot of people here, is that they are focused on pending disaster and that allows them to poo poo anything in the present that would help turn things around..."why bother if it is all coming to an end?"
It is not to late to fix things now but unless something is done it will be.
It doesn't really mater much to me personally I have 20 years left on earth at tops but you think younger people would be fighting a little harder and not accept it is all going to hell.
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bbqkink said @ 3:32pm GMT on 19th August
"the nature of wealth distribution has changed.'
Well no shit. That has been going on since Reagan fired the air tragic controllers and cut rich peoples taxes. The solution to that problem is doing the opposite of what caused the problem in the first place...reform the tax code and empower unions.
I understand that is an oversimplification and that there have been obstacles Buckley v. Valeo and Citizens United v. FEC put in the way that give money the advantage over the vote creating the virgining oligarchy you mentioned. The tax cuts have continued making the hill even higher to climb and the attack on unions has made working people even weaker.
But the answer is still the same...politics. And therein lies the problem.
"If you were born in 1990" only 50% voter turn out of registered voters which is less than 1/2 of the population so...less that 25% of 18 to 29 YOs voted.
There are plenty of jobs...what there isn't is plenty of is income. and the only way to turn that around is vote...you see the conundrum.
The other thing people who are millionaires are not poor and have almost no chance of being poor. Your classmate who bought a 22 million dollar house. who owns it, him or the bank? If he owns it outright he may not technically be in the 1 or 2% but he will never be poor.
The problem I have with a lot of people here, is that they are focused on pending disaster and that allows them to poo poo anything in the present that would help turn things around..."why bother if it is all coming to an end?"
It is not to late to fix things now but unless something is done it will be.
It doesn't really mater much to me personally I have 20 years left on earth at tops but you think younger people would be fighting a little harder and not accept it is all going to hell.
