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  Twitter thread details how the world might be if everyone had universal basic income

  upworthy.com - Jisha Joseph

  'Basic income' has come to be taken more seriously in recent years, with a number of small-scale programs now up and running around the world. The …

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  Kristen

  

  Republicans have a tax-cheating fetish

  yahoo.com - Rick Newman

  It’s not crazy for the new Republican House speaker, Mike Johnson, to insist that $14 billion in new aid for Israel be offset by cuts elsewhere in …

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  Kristen

  

  $10 Trillion in Added US Debt Since 2001 Shows 'Bush and Trump Tax Cuts Broke Our Modern Tax Structure'

  commondreams.org - Jon Queally

  The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday released new figures related to the 2023 budget that showed a troubling drop in the nation's tax revenue …

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  Kristen

  

  Terry Pratchett's 'boots' theory about why it's expensive to be poor goes viral again

  upworthy.com - Jisha Joseph

  The often-cited 'Sam Vimes 'Boots' theory of socio-economic unfairness' is from the late author's 1993 book, 'Men At Arms.' Terry Pratchett's "Sam …

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  Kristen

  

  25 Facts About Billionaires And The Wealth Gap That Will Make You Say "Eat The Rich"

  BuzzFeed - Hannah Marder

  This Barbie is fighting the wealth gap! I know to some it's a controversial take, but I've said it once and I'll say it again: billionaires shouldn't exist. At the very least, there shouldn't be so many of them. Did Jeff Bezos work hard and have a good idea? Sure. Did he work thousands, or even a …

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  CEO Pay Has Surged 1,209% Since 1978. Worker Pay Has Risen Just 15%

  commondreams.org - Jake Johnson

  A new analysis by the Economic Policy Institute shows that top U.S. CEOs saw their total compensation rise by 1,209% between 1978 and 2022 while …