Tag Archives: wealth inequality

Everything is pointing toward a Bernie Sanders presidential campaign… And only Elizabeth Warren can stop it

By Mark | December 17, 2013

For the past several weeks, one of my favorite people, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, has been publicly floating the idea that, if no other strong progressives, like Elizabeth Warren, come forward to announce a run for the presidency in 2016, he’d consider doing it himself. Someone, according to Sanders, needs to address the collapse of […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2016, Barbara Boxer, Bernie Sanders, campaign finance reform, carbon tax, Citizens United, cooperatives, Edward Snowden, Elizabeth Warren, energy efficiency, financial reform, global climate change, Global Warming, health care reform, income inequality, Koch brothers, money as free speech, Noam Chomsky, NSA, participatory democracy, Patriot Act, poverty, privacy, progressive taxation, public funding of elections, Sheldon Adelson, single-payer system, social security, Socialism, tax reform, taxing the rich, Ted Deutch, the growing gap between rich and poor, threats to Democracy, Vermont, worker ownership | 12 Comments

Robert Reich on income inequality, his new film, and the need to get money out of politics

By Mark | September 23, 2013

For those of you without access to public television, Bill Moyers celebrated the fifth anniversary of “the fiscal meltdown that almost tanked the world economy” a few days ago by speaking with my hero, former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich about wealth inequality in the United States, and his soon-to-be-released documentary film Inequality for All. […]

Posted in Economics, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 99%, An Inconvenient Truth, banking, Bill Moyers, deregulation, Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Eisenhower, get the money out of Washington, Glass-Steagall Act, income inequ, Inequality for All, lobbying, money in politics, Occupy Wall Street, Robert Reich, shared prosperity, the threat of Socialism, the top 1%, Wall Street deregulation | 8 Comments

Raising the minimum wage in Michigan is the right thing to do

By Mark | April 15, 2013

At the end of last week, Democrats in Lansing, led by State Senator Bert Johnson, proposed that we increase Michigan’s minimum wage to $10 an hour, from $7.40, where it’s been set for the past five years, in spite of the rising cost of living. Given that it would make Michigan’s the highest minimum wage […]

Posted in Economics, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged ALEC, Bert Johnson, Elizabeth Warren, Idaho, income inequality, minimum wage, Obama, poverty, shifting the tax burden to the working class, slavery, Subway, trickle down economics, Wal-Mart, Washington State | 15 Comments

City Manager Ralph Lange indicates that Ypsilanti is moving toward a hybrid police/fire scheme in which public safety officers will be expected to fight fires, save lives, pursue suspects and dispense lethal force

By Mark | March 11, 2013

It would seem that Ralph Lange, our new city manager, has made up his mind that we should merge Ypsilanti’s Police and Fire departments in hopes of further delaying landfall of the category-five fiscal storm gathering on the horizon. He’s admittedly in a tough spot, and I’m sympathetic. He’s trying to radically cut spending, in […]

Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Brian Robb, city income tax, city services, class warfare, consolidation of services, Emergency Financial Manager, Emergency Manager, hypocrisy, Karen Maurer, local income tax, mutual aid, perfect storm, PSO, public safety, public safety officer, Ralph Lange, redistribution of wealth, Rick Snyder, Steve Pierce, Stop City Income Tax, taxes, the concentration of wealth, threats to the middle class, Water Street, Ypsilanti Fire Department, Ypsilanti police department | 45 Comments

The wealth inequality meme may finally be going viral… Let’s hope it makes a difference

By Mark | March 4, 2013

I’m sure that most of you have seen it already, as it’s been all over the web today, but, just in case you haven’t, I’d highly recommend that you take a few minutes and watch this short animated video on the subject of wealth disparity in America. I suspect that our readers on the far […]