Tom Perkins: How One Billionaire's Idea to Give Rich People More Votes

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Robert Reich | America's "We" Problem

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog
Reich writes: "America has a serious 'We' problem - as in 'Why should we pay for them?' The question is popping up all over the place. It underlies the debate over extending unemployment benefits to the long-term unemployed and providing food stamps to the poor."
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Kansas GOP Leaders Get Cold Feet Over 'Anti-Gay' Bill
Ed Pilkington, Guardian UK
Pilkington reports: "Republican leaders in the Kansas state senate are balking at a new bill that would allow religious individuals and groups to openly shun gay and lesbian couples without fear of legal retribution."
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UAW Loses Key Vote at Tennessee VW Factory
Lydia Depillis, The Washington Post
Depillis reports: "The United Auto Workers was dealt a stinging defeat tonight, with a majority of employees at a Volkswagen plant here voting against joining the union after a high-profile opposition campaign led by Republican politicians and outside political groups."
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Left and Right Object to IRS Plan to Restrict Nonprofits' Political Activity
Carl Hulse, The New York Times
Hulse reports: "With time running short, both progressive and conservative advocacy groups are raising serious objections to new rules proposed by the Obama administration to rein in political activity by nonprofit organizations that are not required to disclose sources of their funding."
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How One Billionaire's Idea to Give Rich People More Votes Is Already In the Works
Igor Volsky, ThinkProgress
Volsky reports: "Asked for an idea that could 'change the world' by FORTUNE's Adam Lashinsky, billionaire venture capitalist Tom Perkins told an audience at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on Thursday that Americans shouldn't be able to vote unless they pay taxes and that the wealthy should have more votes."
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Dr. David Suzuki | Will Thorium Save Us From Climate Change?
Dr. David Suzuki, EcoWatch
Suzuki reports: "If the choice is between keeping nuclear power facilities running or shutting them down and replacing them with coal-fired power plants, the nuclear option is best for the climate. But, for now, investing in renewable energy and smart-grid technologies is a faster, more cost-effective and safer option..."
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FOCUS: Paul Krugman | Inequality, Dignity and Freedom

Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Krugman writes: "Now that the Congressional Budget Office has explicitly denied saying that Obamacare destroys jobs, some (though by no means all) Republicans have stopped lying about that issue and turned to a different argument."
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FOCUS: Dan Froomkin | The Terrible Toll of Secrecy

Dan Froomkin, First Look
Froomkin writes: "The Intercept's inaugural expose, by my colleagues Glenn Greenwald and Jeremy Scahill, illuminates the deeply flawed interaction between omnipresent electronic surveillance and targeted drone killings..."
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