August 3, 2013
Against Raising The Minimum Wage? You Stand With Billionaires
To argue against raising the minimum wage, which has not kept up with inflation, is to stand with billionaires.
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August 1, 2013
The Tasty Pick of American Exceptionalism: Minimum Wage Or Incarceration?
America is exceptional all right, its exceptionally jaded, exceptionally cynical, exceptionally resentful, and exceptionally callous. We are so judgmental of others, so righteous of our own strengths, so high on our own self-worth, we believe we need to be exceptionally tough when it comes to anyone who does not measure up. And nowhere is this more true than America’s “tough on crime” stance. I’m not saying we shouldn’t have laws. I’m not saying criminals shouldn’t go to jail. What I’m saying is we need to take it down a notch or two or a thousand. And we need to stop taking discretion away from judges and juries with “mandatory minimums” and other similar legislative “solutions” to crime.
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July 29, 2013
Resentment Of Low Wage Workers
You can consider this an addendum to my earlier article titled (“Tyranny Of Self-Interested Wealth“).
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July 29, 2013
Tyranny Of Self-Interested Wealth
If you are not a card-carrying member of the wealthy elite, and if you see yourself as middle class, or even if you are honest enough to admit you might not quite be middle class, and there’s nothing wrong with that, I have a simple message for you. —
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June 14, 2013
CHART: Social Security Average Wage Index vs. CEO Total Compensation Average
The Social Security Administration computes an annual “Average Wage Index” to ensure a “worker’s future benefits reflect the general rise in the standard of living that occurred during his or her working lifetime.” This index is based on “wages subject to Federal income taxes and contributions to deferred compensation plans.”
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March 10, 2013
Jeb Bush: Obama Won Election By ‘Dividing The Country’
It’s remarkable to me that any Republican could say with a straight face that Obama is a divider when you look at the track record of the Republican Party. After all, it was the GOP candidate for president who divided the country into makers and takers – the infamous Romney “47%” video.
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March 5, 2013
VIDEO: Wealth Inequality: The Viral Video Every American Should See
Occupy Wall Street focused our attention on growing wealth inequality in America. The Occupy movement may no longer be in the headlines, but inequality in America has not gone anywhere. The following video demonstrates this imbalance in easy to understand graphical form.
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