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[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/were-talking-about-inequality-all-wrong by Laurence Kotlikoff 18/3/16 PBS NEWS] | [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/were-talking-about-inequality-all-wrong by Laurence Kotlikoff 18/3/16 PBS NEWS] | ||
Democrats claim higher taxes on the rich and more benefits for the poor are the best ways to reduce inequality. Republicans argue what we really need is more growth, accomplished by lowering taxes to spur work and investment with, it seems, benefit cuts to make up lost revenue. | Democrats claim higher taxes on the rich and more benefits for the poor are the best ways to reduce inequality. Republicans argue what we really need is more growth, accomplished by lowering taxes to spur work and investment with, it seems, benefit cuts to make up lost revenue. | ||
=====Why Fair Housing is Key to Systemic Equality===== | |||
[https://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justice/why-fair-housing-is-key-to-systemic-equality by Sandra Park 5/5/23 ACLU] | |||
Few fights are more pivotal to ending systemic inequality than the fight for fair and stable housing. When Martin Luther King, Jr. launched a campaign to end slums in 1966, he connected the struggle to obtain decent housing with the need to end what he called slum schools, work, health care, and all forms of racial segregation. Today, fair housing remains the key to addressing deepening income inequality and forced displacement from our communities, as the long-lasting reach of discriminatory housing practices constantly shape who has access to quality education, health care, security, opportunity, and wealth. | |||
