Reducing inequality isn't just good for democracy, it's good for the economy as a whole.
That's the conclusions of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and other capitalist outlets.
Let's go straight to their findings at the IMF.
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Christmas Eve December 24, 2015
This morning I woke up thinking about the Italian Hall Massacre. I thought of Annie Clemenc and I remembered the miners and their families who preserved through the great Michigan Copper Strike of 1913-14.
Let us always honor their sacrifice and NEVER FORGET:
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I might have been too young for the folk boom. When some people had tuned out rock n roll in favor of Pete Seeger et al I was still listening to The Orlons...and liking what I heard. Later I found out there was a "Cuban Missile Crisis". I missed it. I was too busy with "He's a Rebel", "Do You Love Me", "Green Onions" and "James, Hold the Ladder Steady". "If I Had a Hammer" was on the charts, though, and I did like it but in a musical way rather than as a cultural lifestyle.
NJ. Governor: Transgender? Terrorism!!
Christie responded by trotting out his transphobia: He said that life was simpler in New Jersey...
This evening's music features blues rock band Pacific Gas & Electric. Enjoy!
Pacific Gas & Electric - Are You Ready?
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Saturday December 23, 1905
From the Appeal to Reason: A Poem for Mother Jones by Ellis B. Harris
From the Appeal of December 16, 1905:
MOTHER JONES
-----Here's to you, Mother, Mother Jones.
Foe of the sabre,
When Justice, reigning, Wrong dethrones,
Helped by Love's labor,
Among the comrades we extol
Thy name shall blazon on the scroll,
In memory of one great soul,
Dear, kindly neighbor.
Good morning, 99%'ers! I am going to be traveling today, so I will not be covering this in real time. Please feel free to talk about whatever you wish.
My husband's 98 year old aunt died one week ago. She had been ready to go for about two years and died peacefully in her sleep early Wednesday morning. We all should be so lucky.
"I would like to go to the Lion’s Gate," Raziel told him.
The Romanian volubly refused. When Raziel realized that his driver's mind was not about to be changed, he got out of the taxi and set out on foot for the Old City.
This evening's music features jazz guitarist Charlie Christian. Enjoy!
Charlie Christian - Stompin' at the Savoy
A group called Privacy for All announced yesterday that it had failed in its attempt to qualify the so-called Personal Privacy Protection Act for the November 2016 ballot.
The PPPA would have forced transgender and gender nonconforming people to use public facilities reserved for our birth sex.
Anti-trans activists needed to get 365800 signatures to place the initiative on the ballot but fell short. They are not saying by how much.
