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DCDan | November 30, 2013

Follow the Money

As Lester Freamon from “The Wire” says

You follow drugs, you get drug addicts and drug dealers. But you start to follow the money, and you don’t know where the fuck it’s gonna take you.

The State of Working America has created an interactive chart that allows one to see how growth in average income was shared between the richest 10% and the other 90% of Americans. It’s a very cool tool and here is a chart that I created that should explain pretty quickly why there must be higher taxes on the rich.

Since 1977 100% of income growth in the US has gone to he richest 10% of Americans. (Click to enlarge)

For extra credit make charts that use historical tax rates to see what lower taxes on the rich has done for the other 90%.

Category: DCDan, politics, Rant | Tags: koch brothers, money, politics

thos | November 20, 2013

*Tuesday Forecast Addendum- Album Take Down

We here at Common Folk support positivity and people creatively being whoever they are, pushing the boundaries of everyone’s artistic voice. With that being said, it is with good conscious that we remove Jarren Benton’s new album from the Tuesday Forecast for being rife with homophobia and ignorance. I don’t know this man nor am I wholly passing judgement that he’s a horrible person but this hate has reached the limit and just can’t be tolerated. Point blank.

To take a quote “You a bitch, you probably picket for gay rights.”

Well, you got part of it, we’re not bitches but we definitely picket for ALL EQUAL RIGHTS, homosexuals definitely included. I don’t get it, please tell me what’s so bitch about standing up for equal rights?

I can’t even call it infantile because an infant hasn’t yet learned to hate like this and really doesn’t discriminate based on gender, race, or sexual orientation. So sad to say homie, but you need to learn a lesson from the babies.

Category: Hip Hop, music, politics, Rant, tuesday forecast |

DCDan | November 13, 2013

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Volume 1

The Good:
Occupy Wall Street pays off debt while teaching a lesson about the credit markets.

The Bad:
If the Bloomberg to de Blasio transition were in another country, the reporting would make it sound as if a dictator was being overthrown.

The Ugly:
Life in prison for petty crimes. I’ll blame Reagan as he encouraged deregulation of large criminals while getting tough on petty ones.

Category: DCDan, Good Bad Ugly, politics, Rant | Tags: crime, Occupy, prison

DCDan | November 3, 2013

If You See Something Say Something

If you want amateur security you should hire amateurs. A great example of the effectiveness of the “See something, say something campaign” or as I call it “Start Snitching”

Gimme a break.

Category: DCDan, How My Mind Works, politics | Tags: DHS, gimme a break, snitching

DCDan | October 17, 2013

Drink Away the Furlough

DC residents hit the bars to drown their furlough sorrows

Category: DC, DCDan, Drinking, politics | Tags: High Life, Pabst Blue Ribbon

DCDan | October 10, 2013

Fair and Balanced

Open debate is one of the hallmarks of a strong democracy because if people aren’t aware of all of the options they cannot make an informed decision. Unfortunately this has been hijacked to mean that every option no matter how discredited or downright silly stills need to accommodated despite its absurdity. This post in the Bad Astronomy Blog over at Slate is a wonderful piece of writing explaining why accommodation to clearly asinine stances is something that needs to cease.