Daily Archives: October 26, 2021

2021-10-26: News Headlines

SAM (2021-10-26). Subway's Sandwich Mogul Meets — and Beats — the IRS. inequality.org

Isaac Nellist (2021-10-26). How to eradicate youth poverty. greenleft.org.au Youth poverty has worsened during the pandemic. Isaac Nellist and Zoe O'Dea assess how the sudden removal of the federal emergency disaster and welfare supplement payments will impact young people.

Isaac Nellist (2021-10-26). How to eradicate youth poverty? greenleft.org.au Youth poverty has worsened during the pandemic as unemployment rates have soared. Isaac Nellist and Zoe O'Dea assess how the sudden removal of the federal emergency payment and welfare which does not even meet poverty level payments will impact young people.

_____ (2021-10-25). Puerto Ricans Resist Austerity Measures And Corporate Corruption. popularresistance.org A worsening economic crisis, compounded by brutal neoliberal policies, have ushered in a new wave of resistance in Puerto Rico. Nearly half of the population lives below the poverty line. More and more Puerto Ricans are leaving la patria, the homeland, in hopes of a better life in the United States. The archipelago has faced an onslaught of natural disasters, including the catastrophic Hurricane Maria in 2017 and a series of earthquakes throughout 2020. | On paper, Puerto Rico is a "commonwealth" of the United States, a term that implies a kind of shared prosperity between the two places. In practice, Puerto Rico…

rebekah (2021-10-25). How South Dakota Became a Tax Haven for the Super-Rich. inequality.org

Sarah Anderson (2021-10-25). Let's Make the Most of This 'Tax Billionaires' Moment. inequality.org

Anonymous103 (2021-10-25). China Ramps Up Cooperation With Pacific Island Countries Despite AUKUS Pressure. southfront.org Illustrative ImageAustralia to police South Pacific against China with US oversight. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst | The foreign ministers of China and the Pacific Island nations have set up a regular meeting mechanism to expand on new areas of cooperation, including in emergency responses, fighting poverty and climate change, and the economy. China signaled that it will increase political and economic influence in a region that the US, using Australia as its police dog, wants to dominate. | The foreign ministers meeting was held in a video conference and was attended by represe…

Brittani Banks (2021-10-25). How a False Narrative Against Government Spending Shapes Legislation. independentmediainstitute.org The unfolding drama over a legislative battle within the Democratic Party to pass a massive bill encompassing desperately needed social services has revealed the power of narrative in our political landscape. It is not enough to put forward policy proposals that actually help people, paid for by those who can afford to pay (the wealthiest), …

WSWS (2021-10-25). German billionaires' wealth hits new heights in the pandemic. wsws.org The total wealth of the 100 richest Germans included in the latest rich list by Manager Magazin increased from 606 billion euros in 2020 to a projected 722 billion in 2021—a more than 19 percent rise.

Jack Rasmus (2021-10-25). Why Not a Financial Transactions Tax? zcomm.org All the phony positioning in Congress over the attempt to 'claw back' just some of Trump's $4.5T 2017 tax cuts totally ignores the real solution to all of the financing of the fiscal stimulus bills: A Financial Transactions Tax…

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