Tag: Poor
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Letter in Support of a Wealth Tax
A CALL TO ACTION: A LETTER IN SUPPORT OF A WEALTH TAX JUNE 24, 2019 TO: 2020 Presidential Candidates We are writing to call on all candidates for President, whether they are Republicans or Democrats, to support a moderate wealth tax on the fortunes of the richest 1/10 of the richest 1% of Americans —…
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The Christian Communist Manifesto
Hi, In the past, I’ve argued in that Karl Marx unfairly gets a bad reputation for simply writing down what most people already knew. Marx’s ideas on wage slavery, capital, exploitation, and private property were nothing new and are, in fact, centuries old. It’s time to read the writings of the True Levellers (a.k.a. Diggers)…
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Heilbroner: Capitalism vs. Communism
Hi. I came across this article written in 1967 by Robert L. Heilbroner and figured I would share it. It’s a bit outdated, but it has some interesting thoughts. You tell me? The Revolution of Rising Expectations: Rhetoric and Reality Is the United States fundamentally opposed to economic development? This question is outrageous. … There…
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The Founding Fathers vs. the “Dangerous Influence of Those Multitudes Without Property”
Hi. Following up on my article The True Purpose of the US Senate The proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 are full of interesting information. Let’s read some of the commentary on the discussion concerning Article 4: The legislative Power of the United States shall be vested in two (Branches a Senate and a House…
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John Adams On Reasons for Restricting Democracy
26 May 1776, Philadelphia, USA. Letter from John Adams to James Sullivan (Lawyer and politician of Massachusetts) Adams is responding to Sulliavn’s claim that “Laws and Government are founded on the Consent of the people, and that consent should by each member of Society be given in proportion to his Right. Every member of Society…
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Aristotle on Oligarchy vs Democracy
Aristotle’s Politics, ~350 BCE, Book 3: Oligarchy is when men of property have the government in their hands; democracy, the opposite, when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers The argument seems to show that, whether in oligarchies or in democracies, the number of the governing body, whether the greater number,…
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Plato on the Evils of a “Government Resting on a Valuation of Property”
Hi. Here is a very interesting and timely exchange between Socrates and Adeimantus in Plato’s The Republic, ~360 BCE, Book 8: ADEIMANTUS: And what manner of government do you term oligarchy? SOCRATES: A government resting on a valuation of property, in which the rich have power and the poor man is deprived of it. ADEIMANTUS: I…
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The BBC Defines “Working Class”?
The BBC published an article titled The shame of Afghanistan’s virginity tests on December 29, 2017. While the subject is truly depressing, I was struck by the following line: Coming from a working-class background, Neda says her weekly pocket money didn’t cover her everyday costs. Her mother often asks her to go without lunch if she has…