The closest you’re going to come to a society that suits the human spirit, aka a utopia, is social democracy.
People work, but within reason; they don’t need two or more jobs to keep their heads above water. They get lengthy vacations and parental leaves.
They pay higher taxes, but they receive valuable benefits from the government, e.g., free education and healthcare.
Moreover, they have a sense of community, of taking care of one another. Perhaps the most soul-killing aspect of life in America is that so many of us are indifferent to the needs and suffering of others.
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Voter ID
My only problem with this is the U.S. Constitution, which clearly lays out the laws by which our elections will be conducted. I.e., it’s up to each of the 50 states to make and implement their own procedures.
Obviously, conspiracy theorists, at the direction of Newsmax and their peers, are convinced that there is a significant amount of voter fraud, but the fact is that there have been only a few dozen incidents of proven fraud out of the last one billion votes cast.
Yes, we could have an amendment could be proposed and passed into law that changes all of this, but until then, I’m going to support the U.S. Constitution, which has done right by the American people since its passage in 1789.
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EPA Rolls Back Regulations on Heavy Metals from Coal-Fired Power Plants
Yes, our atmosphere and our waterways will soon be seeing increasing concentrations of mercury, lead, cadmium, selenium, and arsenic, not to mention other neurotoxins like a wide array of radioactive isotopes, so that the Trump administration can placate billionaire donors.
But seriously, what are a few million agonizing deaths from these carcinogens compared with huge campaign donations?
EPA Rolls Back Regulations on Heavy Metals from Coal-Fired Power Plants
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Why Would Republicans Cut Literacy Funding?
You may be asking yourself why Missouri Republicans did this.
Well, what’s in it for these people to foster a generation of bright, literate youngsters with a thirst for learning?
Absolutely zero.
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