Day: January 7, 2019

U.S. is an Oligarchy

Indeed it is. Jimmy Carter: The U.S. Is an “Oligarchy With Unlimited Political Bribery” According to the former president, Americans are now experiencing “a complete subversion of our political system as a payoff to major contributors.” theintercept.com

The right wing myth of the dire effects of high taxes

In The New York Times Opinion Section, Paul Krugman writes of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s tax rate proposal, “America used to have very high tax rates on the rich — higher even than those AOC is proposing — and did just fine. Since then tax rates have come way down, and if anything the economy has done less well.” [contentcards url=”https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/05/opinion/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-tax-policy-dance.html” target=”_blank”]

Abusing the Bible

“For all its inspiration, for all the lives it has changed, the Bible is undeniably problematic. Put in the hands of egocentric, unloving, or power-hungry people or those who have never learned how to read spiritually inspired literature, it is almost always a disaster.” — Richard Rohr And: “Just as the Bible takes us through many stages of consciousness and history, Continue Reading