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Edward Kleinbard Says, Don’t Soak the Few and the Rich

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December 22, 2014July 17, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Edward Kleinbard, a professor at the University of Southern California, has pointed out that despite and in the face of extreme income inequality, not only is America’s tax system fairly ‘progressive’, its spending is fairly progressive in that the less […]

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The Poor and Cars

  • Politics
November 8, 2011June 8, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

I am as much in favor of a good public transport system as anyone, but it will, for the foreseeable future, be only a partial solution to our transportation needs.  In particular, neither the poor nor the rest of us […]

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Maoist War Against India’s Criminalized Capitalism

  • Economics
July 1, 2010August 27, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Capitalism based on relationships with persons in the state who can dispense or withhold permissions or favors is crony capitalism. Capitalism with too weak a government or moral standards is gangster capitalism. Here’s an example of gangster capitalism justified by […]

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A Theology of Earthquakes and Culture

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February 12, 2010June 8, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

After the Haiti earthquake, Pat Robertson declared that the earthquake was punishment for Haiti’s voodoo culture.  How does he know?  And is it any of his business?  Pronouncements of this sort, I believe, fall into the category of “taking the […]

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Well, in certain circles we’ve had Rook cards for years. Nothing more gender neutral than they. https://notthebee.com/article/in-a-devastating-blow-to-sexism-dutch-woman-creates-gender-neutral-deck-of-cards

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OK then who gets custody of the Republicans? https://disrn.com/news/trump-discusses-creation-of-new-political-party-with-allies

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Calvin didn’t really promote whiteness, because there wasn’t anybody else in Geneva at the time. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-01-19/christian-right-john-calvin-white-supremacy-patriarchy

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