Category Archives: The New Democrat

Real News: Anton Woronczuk Interviewing Bruce Dixon: Affirmative Action Ruling Will Further Racial Inequality

The New Democrat This is the third post from The New Democrat on affirmative action this week.  It is a very important subject because it effects the whole country even though it doesn’t benefit the whole country.  With all of … Continue reading

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Mises Daily: Julian Adorney: ‘Killing the Maximum Wage Myth’

Source:The New Democrat  People on the far left get labeled as Socialists because they have a tendency to advocate socialist policies that are more common in Europe than in America.  The notion of  “maximum wage” that talk show host Bill … Continue reading

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The Economist: Richard Davies & Zanny Minton-Beddoes: Time to Rethink Retirement

Source:The New Democrat  This emphasizes the great need for improving the skills of workers, especially in America which ranks  39th in the world in education.  That 1 in 5 Americans lives in poverty is already  unacceptable. Our aging population means … Continue reading

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Bloomberg News: Rip up the Script: Why Canada’s Middle Class Beats America’s

Source:The New Democrat  Strange title for an over two-minute video, two-minutes and seventeen seconds to be precise, that spends only twenty seconds talking about the Canadian middle class. Most of this video was about the decline of the American middle … Continue reading

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David Pakman: Study- ‘U.S. Is An Oligrachy, Not A Democracy’

Source:The New Democrat “–Study: The U.S. is an oligarchy, not a democracy https://www.commondreams.org/view/201… http://www.princeton.edu/~mgilens/Gil… –On the Bonus Show: Books bound in human flesh, Japan’s penis festival, A man uses his girlfriend’s passport to travel, more.. ” Source:David Pakman: Study- ‘U.S. … Continue reading

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Thom Hartmann: ‘Our Tax System is Up-Side-Down!’

Source:The New Democrat  Thom Hartmann says that he makes his living by producing services for the general public through his talk shows and writings, whereas investors like Mitt Romney make their money by investing in other companies.  When those companies … Continue reading

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American Enterprise: Nicholas Eberstadt: The Government vs. The American Character

Source:The New Democrat  I agree with Nicholas Eberstadt on the growth of the entitlement state in America. . We use to be a society in which you took care of yourself as much as you could and when you couldn’t, … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Jeffrey Rosen: Schuette Decision: Supreme Court Supported Precedent: Judicial Restraint

Source:The New Democrat  Jeff Rosen, as almost always, hit it on the mark today in his column in The New Republic.  He said that whether you agree with the Supreme Court decision on affirmative action at the University of Michigan … Continue reading

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PBS NewsHour: Gwen Ifill Interviewing Marcia Coyle: U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Michigan Ban on Affirmative Action

Source:The New Democrat  Damn! A Supreme Court decision on which I agree with Chief Justice John Roberts. Well, to amend that, I would’ve voted with the Chief Justice on this affirmative action case but I would’ve sided with liberal Justice … Continue reading

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PBS NewsHour: Paul Solman Interviewing William Darity on a Government Jobs Program

Source:The New Democrat  Economist William Darity is saying that “since we could borrow over a trillion-dollars for the 2008 TARP bailouts and the auto bailouts that we could afford to borrow the same amount of money for a new Federal … Continue reading

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