By Ian Rose See original post here. Until recently Dean Meadowcroft was a copywriter in a small marketing department. His duties included writing press releases,
News that a universal basic income (UBI) is to be trialled at two locations in England, paying 30 people £1,600 a month regardless of their work, has sent shockwaves through the tabloids.
“Something for nothing” is the way working-class Conservatives have always described out-of-work benefits, with the implication that those receiving them were “spongers”. The idea of actually paying people a good subsistence wage, whether they work or not, is – well – just not capitalism.
By Matthew T. Johnson and Elliott Johnson See original article here. In October 1936, 200 men marched from South Tyneside to London to protest against the poverty
For a region that’s blessed with bountiful natural resources, the Pacific Northwest has largely missed the boat. We’re not talking about politicians’ willingness to levy
