I decided to try a new feature here on my blog a few months ago: my most popular social media posts. Well, here’s the fifth installment:
Author: Kim Siever
Kim Siever is an independent queer journalist based in Lethbridge, Alberta. He writes daily news articles, focusing on politics and labour.
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Billionaires should not exist
Billionaires steal money from workers, then they hoard the money, which keeps that money from circulating in the economy.
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Self sufficiency is a myth
Some people can create a life for themselves that allows them to live comfortably for years, but that’s unattainable for the majority of society.
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How balanced budgets destroy jobs
Balanced budgets rarely come with increased revenue, which means they must be accomplished with decreased expenses. And decreased expenses always means job losses.
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Consumption’s the problem, not population
It’s problematic for me to have brought 6 children into the world while at the same time claiming to be an environmentalist. But our world has a consumption problem, not a population problem.
At the beginning of December, Lethbridge-East MLA Nathan Neudorf went on a pro-capitalist rant in the Alberta legislature. This is my response.
I decided to try a new feature here on my blog a couple of months ago: my most popular social media posts. Well, here’s the fourth installment:
To generate profit, a company must make more than it spends. nd the lower the labour and materials costs, the greater the profit. So there is significant incentive to not source materials sustainably or to pay workers living wages.
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Tax cuts are job cuts: a running total
In this article, I will keep a running total of the number of public sector job losses in Alberta.
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Gun violence, race, and gender
Maybe it’s not gun ownership we should be talking about.