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A point of view from an organisation representing liberal millionaires

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Part of a letter this morning from Patriotic Millionaires: –  Before he beat Hillary Clinton, Trump beat the entire GOP establishment. Our friends in the Republican Party should think very carefully before they start ringing the victory bells. By no stretch of the imagination was this some kind of embrace of Republican ideology, rather it …

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Millions of men now opt for idleness

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A “quiet catastrophe” has befallen America, says George F. Will.   Almost unnoticed, millions of American men have left the job market. A study has revealed the percentage of males of prime working age (25 to 54) in jobs today (84.4%) is smaller than it was as the Great Depression neared its end in 1940, …

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The incompetence of voters

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In the Guardian Weekly of October 14th George Monbiot quotes the work of social science professors Christopher Achen and Larry Bartels, who say that most people possess almost no useful information about political policies and their implications, have little desire to improve their knowledge, and have a deep aversion to political disagreement. We base our …

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