Here’s another article telling me I should be recognizing and caring about this Trump supporter as a human being.
But I don’t. He’s wrong. He’s unethical and immoral. If this farmer goes bankrupt due to Trump’s stupid trade war with China, he deserves it.
The same person votes against the social safety network he might one day need. You can’t fix stupid.
I like Trudeau. He’s fantastic compared against the egomaniac psychopath toddler President.
But somehow he’s managed to lose a lot of supporters. In a short time.
Trudeau still might win the next election. Scheer, his Conservative opponent, is a terrible alternative.
Rich people and corporations pay accountants to find every loophole. That’s why Amazon reported $11 billion of U.S. income yet claimed a federal income tax rebate of $129 million.
Complicated systems benefit the rich, make those of us who don’t hire accountants pay.
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That’s in the USA.
For my low income and simple return, I’ve never been upsold by online software. I use SimpleTax Canada and have been very happy.
related – Elizabeth Warren has a great idea for making Tax Day less painful
You shouldn’t have to file your taxes. The government should do it for you.
It’s called ethical action.
If you don’t take action against things you think are wrong, you are partly responsible. You’re an enabler of wrong.
Happily I have no employer or anyone else pressuring me to stay quiet.
There are a confusingly large number of candidates running to win the Democratic nomination.
I like YANG best so far, but he’s not got a good chance this time around.
No matter who ends up on top, ALL other candidates should immediately rally behind the winner. Ask their supporters to work together.
This is one thing Hillary bungled last time.
Bernie was first to sign the pledge.
It’s World Book Day. An event organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
I bought a book on Audible.com recommended by my author brother.
related – Ford government cuts Ontario Library Service budgets in half
A song inspired by a 1979 school shooting in San Diego. ☹️
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Though the family was very poor, the killer’s father — Wallace — had given his daughter a Ruger 10/22 semi-automatic .22 caliber rifle with a telescopic sight and 500 rounds of ammunition for Christmas 1978.
She later said, “I asked for a radio and he bought me a gun.” When asked why he might have done that, she answered, “I felt like he wanted me to kill myself.”
The killer will die in prison.
The father, I assume, is free. If it were up to me, I’d put him in prison too.
I doubt any human has had life easier than me — a white, male, heterosexual Canadian born 1957.
Talk about privilege.
Any man calling himself victim to the women’s rights movement is an idiot. And a snowflake. 😀
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I spend a lot of time in libraries. They are good. But could be much better.
Eric Klinenberg spent a year researching libraries for his book Palaces for the People.
How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
Social infrastructure is the glue that binds communities together, and it is just as real as the infrastructure for water, power, or communications, although it’s often harder to see.
But Eric Klinenberg says that when we invest in social infrastructures such as libraries, parks, or schools, we reap all kinds of benefits. We become more likely to interact with people around us, and connected to the broader public. If we neglect social infrastructure, we tend to grow more isolated, which can have serious consequences.
I heard Klinenberg interviewed on the 99% Invisible podcast. His argument was compelling.
I’d love to see libraries expand their programs. Increase the hours they are open.
Libraries are unofficial sanctuaries for street people, at least during daylight. That should be formalized.
Libraries could be much, much better.
Corporations want to be monopolies. Then raise prices as high as they want.
Consumers want competition.
Sadly there’s LESS competition today than in the past. At this rate Amazon will have all the money.
- Four have 70% of airline flights. (hat tip: The Economist)
- Four companies control 66% of U.S. hogs slaughtered in 2015, 85% of the steer, and half the chickens. (h/t Open Markets Institute)
- Four companies control 85% of U.S. corn seed sales, up from 60% in 2000.
- Three companies control about 80% of mobile telecoms.
I MIGHT support governments breaking up some of the largest corporations, even if it’s for the wrong reasons.
Rick McCharles 