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“Native Americans’ resistance to the westward expansion of Europeans took two forms. One was violence. The other was accommodation. Neither worked. Their land was stolen, their communities were decimated, their women and children were gunned down and the environment was ravaged. There was no legal recourse. There was no justice. There never is for the oppressed. And as we face similar forces of predatory, unchecked corporate power intent on ruthless exploitation and stripping us of legal and physical protection, we must confront how we will respond.
The ideologues of rapacious capitalism, like members of a primitive cult, chant the false mantra that natural resources and expansion are infinite. They dismiss calls for equitable distribution as unnecessary. They say that all will soon share in the “expanding” wealth, which in fact is swiftly diminishing. And as the whole demented project unravels, the elites flee like roaches to their sanctuaries. At the very end, it all will come down like a house of cards.”…
Time to Get Crazy: Time to Learn from the Wisdom of the Noble Crazy Horse
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The right sort of tax avoidance
It is possible to reduce the amount of tax you pay, and put the money to a moral and ethical use
“Moral and ethical tax avoidance? Yes, it does exist, and Guardian Money even promoted it to readers last July. And as a result, a remarkable business is now prospering, jobs are protected and an historic archive is saved. It is what tax breaks were meant for, before grubby financial advisers sliced, diced and packaged them up for the wealthy to renege on their responsibility to society.”…
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236 Years ago America said goodbye to Europe, in 2012 it said hello again!
The Gift of Universal Healthcare
That is the political gift that will keep on giving – and along with saved lives, better health and lower costs for millions of American, the greatest potential legacy of the Supreme Court's decision.
“Three days from today the United States will celebrate the 236th anniversary of its decision to bid farewell to the country's European masters. How ironic that this year's version of American Independence Day comes less than a week after the US Supreme Court ensured that America would finally join Europe in providing access to healthcare coverage for its citizens.
While the event is a momentous one for America – and in particular for the tens of millions of its citizens who lack health insurance – the event is more reason for introspection than an excuse to pop champagne corks. After all, it took this long to do what almost every other developed country did long ago – and it was only one conservative jurist vote away from being tossed into the ash heap of legislative history. But better late than never; and considering that every year an estimated 45,000 Americans die because they lack health insurance, those words have a particularly poignant resonance.
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