| "Are we a nation or are we moving, in fact, to an oligarchic form of society where a handful of people on the top have it all? Middle class declines. Poverty stays at a very high level." Bernie Sanders discusses this crucial issue on CNN. I recommend you watch because Income inequality kills opportunity and strands the masses of our nation in poverty. Educational inequality , a subject that I write about--is a direct factor in income inequality; these budget cuts ensure that this worsens;Now,they are going after the future with a chained CPI, a way to measure inflation and consumer prices designed to cut benefits for senior's Social Security , disabled veterans and their survivors with a budget that reduces the deficit by cutting cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security,disabled veterans, raises the Medicare eligibility age and lowers tax ratesof the most profitable corporations. |
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I began teaching in 1963,; Ba and BS in Education -Brooklyn College. I have additional Master' Degrees in Literacy Studies and Graphic Design. I was the only seventh grade teacher of English from 1990 -1999 at East Side Middle School, which (more...)