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Daily Archives: July 7th, 2014

Yet another modest proposal

Monday, July 7, 2014

I've written in the past about the H1-B visa program (e.g. here), a device used by American corporations to replace American workers with short term “guest” workers, who themselves are often exploited by the companies who bring them over here. There is no economic justification for this program. The companies claim that there are not […]

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Yet another map

Monday, July 7, 2014

Well, this one is a no brainer, but yet more proof that the Old South, and the red states in general, have a virtual lock on the bottom half of any continuum you want to suggest. This, from the Daily Kos, maps out the poverty rate for the country as a whole. No surprises here: […]

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