Preserving American Values
Our nation stands under attack … not from without but from within. American values, our politics, and our culture have been corrupted.
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Category: The Economy
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There are two things going on in the Republican Party that workers need to be wary about. The first is that Republicans in the Trump era call themselves the party of the people, the party of the workers. They, or at least Trump, make impassioned speeches about how workers have been wronged and vow to…
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Recently, I have seen lawn signs go up saying, “Trump – low prices, Harris – high prices.” Is that a reasonable prediction for the next 4 years? Many people think that Trump will handle the economy better and have lower prices because prices were lower during his term as President than they are now. Whereas…
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Under Trump, COVID became a pandemic, the economy and the working class suffered, racism and antisemitism increased, and low- and moderate-income people were worse off than before. These are the real facts, not the fake facts that come from Trump and his allies. For proof, read on. COVID – Trump’s mismanagement of COVID was a…
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Why is our society, our world, ignoring the warnings of climate change, destroying our environment, creating ever-larger inequality even as more people are lifted out of poverty? Why is it that the U.S. middle class, which used to be such a strong, vibrant element of our society, has become weak and stagnant? The reason for…
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Income inequality in the United States is well documented. Looking at the top 1% of the population … whether it’s high-flying corporate CEOs or tech billionaires or financial gurus or even the top worker bees … the disparity between their incomes and the average worker in their firms is staggering. That people live in poverty, not having…
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Studies show consistently that most people, liberals as well as conservatives, think that most people living in poverty are Black or Hispanic. Given the extent of racism in this country, whether subtle or violent, (see my post, “It Always Comes Back to Race/Racism”), it’s not surprising that support for anti-poverty programs is thus non-existent among…
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The global economy is a fact and there is no avoiding it. Trade is also a necessary fact of economic life. The question is, how to make the global economy and trade work for America. And by “work” I mean work for the American worker, not just for corporations and investors at the expense of…
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Trump is fond of saying, in support of his trade war tariffs, that as a result China is paying billions of dollars directly into the U.S. Treasury. That is blatantly and categorically false. Either Trump knows the truth and is lying, or he is just dumb about how tariffs work, which is certainly possible. What really happens…
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Progressives are pushing the Democratic Party to embrace a universal single-payer health care system, what is being called Medicare For All. But is that the best way to proceed for the American people? I am in favor of a universal single-payer system in the United States. Where every person is covered, where there are no deductibles, where…
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As I have often written, corporations are a creature of the law. The law developed to allow corporations and gave them various benefits because corporations served a public purpose. Let me backtrack … before the law created corporations, all business concerns were partnerships or sole proprietorships. Under this system, the individuals who owned the business…
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