Inequality and Economics

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A community showcasing work helping to alleviate poverty and to improve the quality of life for all. The issue is in fact nonpartisan as most people can relate themselves to enduring the difficulties that come with lack of resources or have known people in their communities who do. Rich a-holes who think they are better than everyone and don't give a damn about others actually aren't the most popular. What ideas do you have for improving quality of life?

Example: If only we could make infinite space work! Then there would no longer be scarcity.

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Economics of War (www.ineteconomics.org)

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Ralph Nader and Col. Larry Wilkerson https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ralph-nader-radio-hour/id874581610

"Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron." https://eisenhowerfoundation.net/primary-source/item/chance-peace

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$14 Trillion to Pentagon since Afghanistan

Surveillance and War Tech https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/costs/social/rights/surveillance

Executive Order 12333
Section 215 and 702 Patriot Act
HSIN (DHS)

Big Tech and War https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/papers/2024/siliconvalley Total Information Awareness https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/papers/2023/surveillance

7,057 dead military post-911 30,187 suicides https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/costs/human/military/killed

432,093 direct civilian deaths 3.6-3.8 million related harmed 7.6 million child malnutrition https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/costs/human/civilians

40℅ (increase to over half in next decades) of vets with lifetime disability https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/costs/economic/budget/veterans