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Howie Klein
Dec 14, 20246 min read
What Do Tracy Chapman, Ed Sheeran, Phil Collins And Paul Simon Have In Common
Hint: This Post Isn't About Mansions Traci Park, Elon Musk-- yecchhh Have you ever been homeless? It’s no fun. When I first got out of...
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Howie Klein
Nov 30, 20248 min read
There Is A Path To Democratic Party Redemption— But Not Through The Neoliberalism That Wrecked It
Almost As Bad As Rahm As DNC Chair Would Be Ritchie Torres As DCCC Chair I have a strong stomach. Even when I was going through chemo and...
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Howie Klein
Nov 19, 20244 min read
Even For Republicans, Cutting Medicaid & Food Stamps Is A Bad Look To Lower Taxes On The Top 1%
It matters almost not at all— unless you’re an undocumented migrant— what Trump campaigned on. Now we get to see which Project 2025...
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Howie Klein
Jul 20, 202410 min read
America Missed Out So, So Bad By Not Electing Bernie President
The Democratic Party’s Job Must Be The Economic Struggle My friends in Europe all say ‘who the hell is Kamala Harris— what about Bernie,...
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Howie Klein
Jun 20, 20246 min read
Is The White House Messaging Team Doing What It Needs To Do To Defeat Trump?
Polling yesterday from Monmouth includes what Americans say their top concerns are— and a plurality say that neither Trump nor Biden, nor...
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Howie Klein
May 21, 20247 min read
America's 813 Billionaires Must Have Been Extremely Happy With The Biden Administration Yesterday
The Wall Street Journal has a headline yesterday that probably pissed off a lot of Democrat: A Global Tax on Billionaires? Janet Yellen...
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Howie Klein
May 19, 20246 min read
Economic Inequality In The United States: Not Just A Growing Divide— An Increasingly Dangerous One
Sometimes I just feel like remembering why I blog at DWT. And in the end, it always comes down to economic inequality and how it’s one of...
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Howie Klein
Feb 1, 20246 min read
"Everybody" Agrees: Tax The Rich... Except The Rich, Who Don't Even Agree That They Are Rich
The Rich Have The Financial Means To Buy Political Power There are a lot of things that Barbara Lee (D-CA), Summer Lee (D-PA), Rashida...
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Howie Klein
Oct 11, 20236 min read
Have Democratic Party Policies Helped Create The MAGA Movement?
You Can't Blame MAGA Entirely On Lower IQs Last year, New Scientist published a report by Clare Wilson, Leaded Petrol May Have Lowered...
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Howie Klein
Sep 5, 20235 min read
Can We All Just Agree That No One Should Be Killed Just Because They're A Billionaire?
Not even anyone I know wants to drag billionaires to guillotines just because they’re billionaires. Not even Elon Musk. There are however...
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Howie Klein
Jun 16, 20236 min read
What To Do About Student Debt-- There's A Progressive Approach & A Conservative Approach
Bernie & Pramila vs The Economic Royalists Oh, look, after consistently sabotaging Democrats’ efforts to solve the problem, Senate...
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Howie Klein
Apr 11, 20236 min read
Extreme Wealth Accumulation Is A Serious Problem And Should Be Dealt With In A Serious Manner
According to this month’s Forbes, the 10 richest people in the world are all multi-billionaires. But none of them are the richest in...
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Howie Klein
Oct 23, 20225 min read
The Economic Inequality Chasm Has Grown In The Last 40 Years-- Guest Post By Bonnie Watson Coleman
I first met Bonnie in 2013 when she was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly. When Rush Holt decided to run for the U.S. Senate,...
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Howie Klein
Dec 15, 20215 min read
If They Had Cheap Big Screen TVs Back In 1789, Would France Have Even Had A Revolution?
Yesterday, the Patriotic Millionaires e-mailed their supporters that "If the last year has taught us anything, it’s that we can no longer...
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Howie Klein
Feb 13, 20215 min read
How ARE We Going To Pay For It-- A Guest Post By Shervin Aazami
-by Shervin Aazami In a just and equitable society, there is no room for extreme wealth inequality. Over the last several decades-- while...
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Howie Klein
Dec 26, 20203 min read
Problem: Political Elites Are Largely Inured To The Economic Pain Most Workers Feel
Yesterday, Riverside County history professor and 2022 congressional candidate Liam O'Mara, fuming over Larry Summers' bumbling response...
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