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http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/article1049756.ece 250,000 Floridians to benefit from extension of unemployment benefits By Jeff Harrington, Times Staff Writer In Print: Friday, November 6, 2009 A bill headed for President Barack Obama's sig…
November 6
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Some lessons from around the country on how things could have gone better: http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2009/11/fast-forum-health-care/ The Battle of Ideas: The Right engaged in the battle of ideas in the health care fight. They utilized basic…
November 4
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http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/487061/congressman_grayson_wins_another_round Florida Congressman Alan Grayson keeps provoking congressional Republicans and their media allies with fact-based challenges to the lies being used to block health…
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Florida has some of the worst child pvoerty rates in the nation, especially in rural areas. A huge part of this is disenvestment from social programs and a weak social safety net. Check it out: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GA_RURAL_CHILD_
October 2
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Imagine a city without memory. Articles printed in newspapers would be forgotten, even by their authors, the day after publication. A recession’s effects would constantly be drilled into our minds, but the conditions that led to the downturn would b…
September 28
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Well, that about explains it then. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/21/sports/baseball/21marlins.html?_r=4&sq=mar In Lean Times, Miami Pays Most of Cost for New Ballpark MIAMI — The push for a new baseball stadium here began the day the Florida Mar…
September 25
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Taxes = services http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1176934.html Check out this op-ed in the Herald. It’s on point. However, talking about "socialization" in Miami is a bad maneuver. We're not talking about a wrap around safety n…
September 21
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COMMUNITY FORUM: IMMIGRANT ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE IN MIAMI at MIAMI-DADE COLLEGE WOLFSON CAMPUS Building 7, room 7128 on the first floor.
June 16, 2009 from 8am to 12pm
•A forum about immigrant access to health care in Greater Miami •Prominent speakers address national health care reform, county health care services and funding, and community health clinics •Keynote speaker and panelists include author and healthca…
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State & Local Taxes in 2007, Shares of family income

http://www.itepnet.org/wp2009/fl_whopays_factsheet.pdf

State & Local Taxes in 2007, Shares of family income

This just out: a breakdown of Florida's taxes showing how the overwhelming tax burden to pay for state services is carried by those least able to pay.

Posted on November 20, 2009 at 6:54pm —

Jacob

State & Local Taxes in 2007, Shares of family income

http://www.itepnet.org/wp2009/fl_whopays_factsheet.pdf

State & Local Taxes in 2007, Shares of family income

This just out: a breakdown of Florida's taxes showing how the overwhelming tax burden to pay for state services is carried by those least able to pay.

Posted on November 20, 2009 at 6:54pm —

Jacob

The Big Picture: Education and Iraq

OK, Florida’s legislature keeps cutting back its responsibility to provide public services. So what does that mean?
When talking about the devolution in state services, we can’t pretend it is simply the product of a few bad apples in office. We’d be missing the point that this is part of a bigger trend.

The term neoliberalism came about in the 1970’s to describe the dominant ideology that frames… Continue

Posted on November 18, 2009 at 6:21pm —

Jacob

The Big Picture: Education and Iraq

OK, Florida’s legislature keeps cutting back its responsibility to provide public services. So what does that mean?
When talking about the devolution in state services, we can’t pretend it is simply the product of a few bad apples in office. We’d be missing the point that this is part of a bigger trend.

The term neoliberalism came about in the 1970’s to describe the dominant ideology that frames… Continue

Posted on November 18, 2009 at 6:21pm —

Jacob

A City Without Memmory 2: Funding Education, A History Lesson

Funding Education: A History Lesson
When Florida’s community colleges were born, they were an example for the nation. Their funding was intentionally drawn from the state so that each college would have equal funding. They were placed throughout the state so that no person would be more than 99 miles from a college. It was a bastion of equalitarian funding, and a huge ladder out of poverty for thousands of students.

But soon legislatures were being courted by neoliberalism—a profit-over-people… Continue

Posted on November 9, 2009 at 7:27pm — 1 Comment

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