... , a lesbian realtor was in the middle of all the changes being made in the neighborhood. Linda was one of the one of the African-Americans in violation of the housing codes. Her illness and limited resources prevented her from making any repairs to her home. Linda, along with many other African-Americans in the neighborhood, believed the white gays were responsible ... their personal belongings stolen. The African-Americans and the white gays were working against each other, rather than helping each other in making the neighborhood in compliance with the housing codes. Not having prior e...

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... the different members contributing, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities." It is truly novel that in 1776, hundreds of years before our complex economy and tax codes (always subject to much debate) came into existence Adam Smith was advocating a progressive tax system. The other category of duties is filled by those public works and institutions that benefit ... ...

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... common prosperity in the end."" Deng Xiaoping, 1987 The building of the "market-socialist economy- in China, is understood to be one of many great Chinese experiments, a continuation of the "permanent revolution- that Mao upheld. The financial fragilities created by a growing public debt (particularly when one includes the debt owed to state-owned banks by state-owned enterprises), rising unemployment, and ... ...

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... of that subset of solutions which do not bring into question the social system itself. In other words, the structural parameters and limitations of the system are assumed to be a permanent and unalterable part of nature itself, and therefore cannot be legitimately questioned. The notion of equality of opportunity makes it possible to maintain the mythology of equality, while at the ... ...

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... concentrate on other matters such as attaining nirvana. The second type of suffering is a result of artificial want, or greed. This is a form of suffering that is and should remain permanent. Satisfying one's greed leads to unhappiness and is discouraged. This type of thinking questions the Western notion of the individual always acting in "enlightened self-interest-. This is further highlighted ... ...

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