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Mental health care

mardi 10 juin 2014 à 14:00

Mental health care in the US is totally inadequate.

The cause, of course, is insufficient funds, which in turn is caused by plutocracy.

TAFTA

mardi 10 juin 2014 à 14:00

In addition to attacking our rights and undermining regulation of business, TAFTA aka TTIP would lead to only a tiny amount of economic growth.

That growth would not go to workers, because treaties like this give business more power to drive down wages and hurt working conditions. The plutocrats would grab all the benefits, and more, leaving workers worse off than without the treaty.

TTIP stands for "This Treaty Is Plutocratic".
TAFTA (its other name) stands for "Turn All Freedom To Ashes".

Climate Catastrophe

mardi 10 juin 2014 à 14:00

Where Is the Signboard to Warn of a Climate Catastrophe?

Walmart truck driver sleep deprived

mardi 10 juin 2014 à 14:00

A fatal collision between a Walmart truck and a bus was caused by a truck driver that had not slept in 24 hours.

I wonder why the driver had not slept for 24 hours. Was it perhaps that his employer puts drivers under pressure that in practice requires them to do this to get by?

The intervention in Libya

mardi 10 juin 2014 à 14:00

The intervention in Libya has had a lot of bad consequences. I say this as one who supported the intervention.

Would it have been less bad to do nothing and let Gaddafi crush the rebels? Was there some other way to prevent this that would have led to a better outcome? I don't know.