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[https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/radical-taxation/ by Vanessa Williamson DISSENT] | [https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/radical-taxation/ by Vanessa Williamson DISSENT] | ||
This spring, legislators of both parties, from Connecticut to Georgia, responded to higher energy prices with “gas tax holidays,” temporary tax reductions for consumers that provide an additional windfall to the immensely profitable fossil fuel industry at precisely the moment when we should be ending the global warming economy. | This spring, legislators of both parties, from Connecticut to Georgia, responded to higher energy prices with “gas tax holidays,” temporary tax reductions for consumers that provide an additional windfall to the immensely profitable fossil fuel industry at precisely the moment when we should be ending the global warming economy. | ||
=====Higher Rates Of Hate Crimes Are Tied To Income Inequality===== | |||
[https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/higher-rates-of-hate-crimes-are-tied-to-income-inequality/ by Maimuna Majumder 23/1/17 FiveThirtyEight] | |||
An analysis of FBI and Southern Poverty Law Center data revealed one factor that stood out as a predictor of hate crimes and hate incidents in a given state: income inequality. States with more inequality were more likely to have higher rates of hate incidents per capita. This was true both before and after the election, and the connection held even after we controlled for other relevant variables. | |||
