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Scenes from the class war
“The United States is one of only eight countries where maternal mortality (death from complications of pregnancy or childbirth) is on the rise.”
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“The government is now spending less on health care than CBO had projected back in January 2010 — a projection that didn’t include any Affordable Care Act spending at all.”
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“Why do we never use the idea of property rights to protect the collective property of individual property owners against the wealthy? It’s not even a question we ask ourselves.”
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“Filers making between $40,000 and $50,000 pay almost 12 times as much in payroll taxes as in income taxes.”
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2015/04/30/scenes-from-the-class-war-4-30/
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“The government is now spending less on health care than CBO had projected back in January 2010 — a projection that didn’t include any Affordable Care Act spending at all.”
...
“Why do we never use the idea of property rights to protect the collective property of individual property owners against the wealthy? It’s not even a question we ask ourselves.”
...
“Filers making between $40,000 and $50,000 pay almost 12 times as much in payroll taxes as in income taxes.”
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2015/04/30/scenes-from-the-class-war-4-30/
Plus many more from this round-up of a month or so's news in the increase of inequality.
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