(2021-09-27). Reconciling the Reconciliation Bill: a Preview. counterpunch.org This past week maneuvers within the Democratic party intensified over the content and magnitude of the two pending fiscal stimulus bills—the Infrastructure Bill (with $550B of net new spending) and the Reconciliation Bill ( with initial $3.5T 'human infrastructure & climate change' spending). While the maneuvering appears as a deep difference of views between progressives in the
(2021-09-27). If even the Democratic Party can't raise Taxes on the Super-Rich, is the US even a Democracy Any More? juancole.com Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) — The struggle over efforts to revise and reform the tax code offers left and labor activists as well as the "democratic wing" of the Democratic Party an opportunity to test its strength and to clear up some widely circulated but misleading facts about the distribution of wealth …
(2021-09-27). Will Fanboys for Grand Fortune Ever Flame Out? counterpunch.org More people worldwide these days seem to be worrying about inequality — the deepening concentration of our global wealth — than ever before. But not everyone is fretting. Flacks for grand fortune still abound, both on and off the payrolls of our super rich. These flacks generally busy themselves recycling bromides about the brilliance of
(2021-09-27). The Laura Flanders Show: Do Black Lives Matter to Big Banks? roarmag.org A national uprising in the wake of the murder of George Floyd pressured corporations and big banks to acknowledge their own roles in systemic racism. Many made sweeping promises to support Black-owned businesses, but now, over one year later, have they kept those promises? | In this episode, a co-production of The Laura Flanders Show and URL Media, co-hosts Mitra Kalita and Sara Lomax-Reese interview guests to discuss the widening racial wealth gap in America, the role banks play in perpetuating systemic racism, and how community development financial institutions (CDFIs) can help communities of color build wealt…
(2021-09-26). China to promote vocational training of migrant workers. ecns.cn China will promote vocational training of migrant workers as part of the efforts to consolidate its poverty alleviation outcomes, an official said Saturday.
(2021-09-26). Palestinian Parties, Organizations Greet Abbas' Pledge to Take Israel to ICC as 'Historic'. commondreams.org The unemployment expansion showed us what work could be like if it was freely chosen.
(2021-09-26). COVID and the Minimum Wage: It Hurts. strategic-culture.org By Peter Van BUREN | Covid caused a very odd thing: the working poor got a raise. | Via stimulus checks, federally-funded jumps in unemployment payments, and looser state-based unemployment qualifications (specifically including gig workers and independent contractors who weren't before eligible for regular unemployment benefits) they all of a sudden had money that may still not have been much but which was closer to enough. People were not forced to work lousy jobs for lousy wages to enrich lousy people already wealthy enough to own spaceships. | Then another odd thing. As people were allowed to return to work,…
(2021-09-26). Fund the Jobs bill by taxing the Billionaires who have made the $1.8 trillion during the Pandemic. juancole.com By Chuck Collins | — ( Otherwords.org) — As lawmakers scramble to finalize a historic jobs and infrastructure package, huge fights are underway to figure out how to fund it. The simplest, most effective, and most popular way is to tax the extremely wealthy, like the billionaires who've seen their collective wealth grow by $1.8 …
(2021-09-26). For Many, the Pandemic Was a Wakeup Call About Exploitative Work. commondreams.org "Make no mistake, if she sides with her wealthy donors and kills popular investments to jump-start the economy, everyday families—including across Arizona—will pay the price."