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8 votes
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US President Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency head said climate change is not a top threat because it's 'fifty to seventy-five years out'
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New Zealand Opposition MP Judith Collins tells US lobby group NRA to 'bugger off' over bipartisan New Zealand gun reform
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Hundreds of US cities are killing or scaling back their recycling programs
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The lighting budget of Thomas Jefferson
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Something has changed, and, thankfully, those trying to manipulate us haven't recognized it yet.
The one thing people didn't learn regarding Trump and is repeating itself with AOC. When you consider a politician stupid, it actually empowers them to be crafty. I think Trump would love for you...
The one thing people didn't learn regarding Trump and is repeating itself with AOC.
When you consider a politician stupid, it actually empowers them to be crafty. I think Trump would love for you to think he is stupid.
When you constantly attack a politician, you actually give them more followers. It's strange, but the Streisand Effect is real, especially in this Internet era.
The biggest weapon in someone's arsenal is to actually just talk about what they are for. Not attack their opponent and give them press. The rules have changed.
5 votes -
Bill raising Federal minimum wage to $15 heads to US House floor
31 votes -
Bernie Sanders' staff unionizes in US presidential campaign first
17 votes -
Colorado signs on to popular vote bill that could one day change presidential elections
8 votes -
US Republican congressman: Ideas behind Green New Deal 'tantamount to genocide'
16 votes -
Beto O'Rourke's secret membership in America's oldest hacking group
6 votes -
US advertisers ditch Tucker Carlson and Jeanine Pirro’s Fox News shows; protesters urge other companies to join them
7 votes -
Targeting online privacy, US Congress sets a new tone with big tech
4 votes -
Elizabeth Warren proposes breaking up Amazon, Google, and Facebook
48 votes -
As possible rivals pass on 2020 race, Biden may see a path clearing
8 votes -
The provocations of chef Tunde Wey
3 votes -
Kentucky approves bill to make 'doxing' illegal after Covington student's online backlash
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Unicorn Riot leaks chat logs, revealing white nationalist plot to keep Steve King in office
6 votes -
Hip-hop artists give the US Supreme Court a primer on rap music
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What happens now that China won't take US recycling: Many waste-management companies are simply burning recyclables or sending them to landfills
15 votes -
US Environmental Protection Agency administrator Wheeler: "Is climate change the existential threat? I don’t see it as the existential threat, no"
7 votes -
The Oppression of the Supermajority
15 votes -
The US Electoral College doesn't need to be abolished. We just need to apportion it. Discuss!
13 votes -
The life of a comment moderator for a right-wing website
27 votes -
Canada has formally commenced the process to extradite Meng Wanzhou, CFO of Huawei to the USA
9 votes -
Decline in HIV infections stalls as Trump administration aims to end epidemic
5 votes -
Testimony of Michael D. Cohen — Committee on Oversight and Reform — US House of Representatives
54 votes -
Would you pay higher taxes for better government services?
In the US the tax rate on the bottom 78% of earners taxes was less than 7% England has a tax rate for the same income of 11.5% The top 6% (Avg Adjusted Gross income 514,000) paid $840 Billion of...
In the US the tax rate on the bottom 78% of earners taxes was less than 7%
England has a tax rate for the same income of 11.5%
The top 6% (Avg Adjusted Gross income 514,000) paid $840 Billion of the income taxes
The Bottom 49.1% (Earning less than 45k AGI) paid $97 Billion of taxes, but 27.4 Million Households filled for $66.7 Billion in EIC tax credits
If the taxes on the bottom 78 percent were increased 6% to a level similar to England the USA could have universal health care
The US Spends 3.4 Trillion on Healthcare.
Just 5% of Americans Account for 50% of U.S. Health Care Spending. So taking away the top 5% means the US spends about 5,500 per person. More than UK, but with a long term approach we can tackle that.
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Saying no to covering all issues. See above. Total cost down to 1.8T
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Accepting a tax increase
- Doubling the Medicare withholding will provide 500B
- Down to 1.3T
- Reallocate state spending In 2015, state governments across the country spent a combined $605 billion on health care
- Down to 700 Billion
- Increase taxes 6% across the board, like those of countries that provide healthcare. 600B in Funding
- Down to 100 Billion
- 1/3 of expenses in 2017 was payable for hospital room rentals and 21% was to doctor's office billable hours
- Increase utilization to make hospitals & Doctors more efficient so cost can be cut
- 1% reduction in billable hours and room rates Down 100B
- Adjust pricing based on cost savings
- Repeat
If the US had higher taxes for gas we could have a better Infastructure. Using rough math we in 2017 underfunded the highway dept about $21.5 billion
- 40 Cents per Gallon vs 18.4 cents currently
- 33 Cents vs 17.5 cents for Highway maintenance at fully funded for at least the next 5 years
* 1 Cent vs 0.9 cents Gas Safety and storage. Round it up to a full penny better saftey funds for better clean up
* 4 cents a new Green energy tax for Green projects - 2 Cent New Metro Projects tax
$5.5 Billion annual funding for projects, plus using funding not going to covering the underfunded highway dept means who doesn't want to announce a 10 year $250 Billion Green Deal Project. Get States to match it 40/60 and its a $600 Billion Project
$96 a person more and With this Major Cities can tackle major projects and Rural cities can apply for the Metro Funding. $1.5 Billion each state gets on average can be applied however but that's encouraging moving to a Green plan.
The U.S. combined gas tax rate (State + Federal) is According to data from the OECD, is the second lowest (Mexico is the only country without a gas tax).
The average gas tax rate among the 34 advanced economies is $2.62 per gallon. In fact, the U.S.’s gas tax a rate less than half of that of the next highest country, Canada, which has a rate of $1.25 per gallon.
We want to have the European advanced economy of our peers but we arent wanting to pay for it
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After stinging Presidential loss, Popular Vote Movement gains momentum in states
21 votes -
Donald Trump Administration blocks US funds for Planned Parenthood and others over abortion referrals
15 votes -
Andrew Yang: The 2020 candidate warning of the rise of robots. The entrepreneur says Trump won in 2016 because the US automated away jobs – so he wants to become president to do something about it.
7 votes -
Barack Obama on masculinity: 'You don't need eight women around you twerking'
17 votes -
Bernie Sanders announces run for presidency in 2020
105 votes -
‘I am dreaming of a way to kill almost every last person on earth’: A self-proclaimed white nationalist planned a mass terrorist attack, the government says
34 votes -
Bernie Sanders Raises $6 Million After Announcing Presidential Bid
22 votes -
Alabama newspaper editor calls on KKK to lynch Democrats
9 votes -
Andrew Yang discusses UBI on Joe Rogan's podcast
9 votes -
Why humanitarians are worried about Palantir’s new partnership with the UN
8 votes -
Texts show collusion between police and far-right extremists, Oregon official claims
15 votes -
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders interviewed by special counsel's office
7 votes -
How the US has hidden its empire: The United States likes to think of itself as a republic, but it holds territories all over the world – the map you always see doesn’t tell the whole story.
12 votes -
A year after Parkland, urgency for new gun restrictions declines
5 votes -
National Popular Vote bill passes Colorado State Senate
27 votes -
West Virginia lawmaker faces calls to resign after likening LGBTQ people to KKK, ‘terrorist group’
9 votes -
Green New Deal doesn't include nuclear. Good? Bad? What do you think?
18 votes -
Do racists like Fox News, or does Fox make people racist?
14 votes -
A country music artist navigates an art form altered by America’s poisoned politics
5 votes -
A Green New Deal for housing
12 votes -
A swamp divided: How Donald Trump's arrival turned DC nightlife upside down
4 votes -
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez releases US Green New Deal outline
29 votes