Watch this video in which Robert Reich lays down some more brutal truth about wealth inequality in America, and then go talk about it at a champagne brunch with all your godless Hollywood liberal friends.
Watch this video in which Robert Reich lays down some more brutal truth about wealth inequality in America, and then go talk about it at a champagne brunch with all your godless Hollywood liberal friends.
Occupy Wall Street was a fucking mouse fart compared to the damage our generation could do to the system if every last one of us suddenly decided to stop making payments on our student loans.
I doubt it would take all that many conscientious defaulters to reach a tipping point — maybe a few hundred thousand — and the student debt bubble would burst. Credit scores would be meaningless. Ivory towers would crumble. The entire fucking economy would implode.
I dunno, it might be worth doing.
Take a hot minute and watch this video about wealth inequality in America. Around 4:20, shit starts getting real. Heads have rolled in the streets for less.
Two Years Ago, John Boehner promised to be “Laser Focused on Jobs and the Economy” So what has the GOP House been up to?
House Bills passed:
46 Bills on Abortion
113 Bills on Religion
73 Bills on Family Relationships
36 Bills on Marriage
72 Bills on Firearms
604 Bills on Taxation
437 Bills on…
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Hours
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“Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.” ― John F. Kennedy
One believes a woman’s right to choose should be protected for future generations; one does not. That difference, given the likelihood of Supreme Court vacancies, weighs heavily on my decision.
One recognizes marriage equality as consistent with America’s march of freedom; one does not. I want our president to be on the right side of history.
One sees climate change as an urgent problem that threatens our planet; one does not. I want our president to place scientific evidence and risk management above electoral politics.