hilzoy: Look: socialism is a word that has a meaning. It means public control of the means of production. It does not mean taxing the top bracket at 39%. Likewise, “collective ownership” has a meaning, and it does not mean the situation that obtains when the government can repeal tax cuts for the top 5% [...]
Archive for October 28th, 2008
Quote of the Day, 2008-10-28
Posted in Economics, Politics, Taxes on October 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Symbolic Expression in the Lower Primates
Posted in Culture, Economics, General, Media, News & Current Events, Politics on October 28, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Well, the conservatives are boycotting something again. When are they not? This time it’s Pepsi-Cola. Seems Pepsi redesigned its logo, which they do every 5-10 years. The old sort-of-yin/yang symbol, in which red and blue areas inside a circle were separated by a wavy white stripe (with the edges of the separate areas parallel to [...]