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RaymondPierreL3

A plea for #TaxReform long overdue, if I’ve ever read one. Rod Campbell writes in The Conversation:

“Scrapping the capital gains tax discount, getting rid of discretionary trusts, placing more limits on the types of assets that can be held in self-managed super funds, and increasing tax rates on people with big super balances would reduce the ability of the wealthy to avoid paying tax.

It is hard to reform tax loopholes because most people don’t understand them and the people who do understand them reap the biggest benefits from them.”

In other words, it’s about time we got the pig’s snouts out of the public trough. These tax #loopholes are a form of #StateTheft and a mechanism for distributing wealth to the wealthiest, thereby increasing #inequity in our society. #Grifters are everywhere you look, some blatantly so, many others look like mum & pop, but these people enjoy profits at the cost of those who struggle to make ends meet.

#auspol
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REACHE Lab

Feb 4th is World Cancer Day, and the theme is “United by Unique.” Equity-denied groups often have unique needs within their cancer journeys that require tailored and equity-oriented approaches to care.

Click the link in our bio for more information and our 2022 publication on equity-oriented healthcare in cancer care!

#UnitedByUnique#worldcancerday#nurse
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The Conversation U.S.

#Detroit’s #reparations task force now has until 2025 to deliver its report, highlighting the complex challenges of municipal reparationse.

Evanston, Illinois, is the only city to succeed so far in providing reparations to its African American population. theconversation.com/detroits-r
@blackmastodon #BlackMastodon #inequity #local

The ConversationDetroit’s reparations task force now has until 2025 to make its report, but going slow with this challenging work may not be a bad thing19 US cities have introduced local reparations initiatives to address historic harms against Black residents. But designing a program that is both popular and sustainable isn’t easy.
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The GentleHacker

@hynek @ubernostrum I am not debating that ad-funded content can be more equitable, for certain flavours of equity. I **am** debating that those flavours comes at a cost that is often borne by the same kinds of people over and over again, which is really just #inequity with extra steps and costs quasi-externalized onto folks people don't care about as much.

Ads provide revenue at the cost of editorial decisions like not being able to have positive depictions of queer people, or not being able to discuss adult topics, or not criticising the marketers products, or not using swear words, or not condemning violent regimes because said countries buy the advertisers products, or...

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PhoenixSerenity

#Poverty & #FoodInsecurity have worsened in most of #Canada in the past year & most provincial governments aren't doing enough to address the problem, according to a just-released series of #ReportCards.

#FoodBanksCanada, a national #charity based in Mississauga, Ont., gave the federal #Liberalgovernment a near #FailingGrade of D-.

ctvnews.ca/canada/poverty-repo

CTVNews · Poverty report cards: Which provinces got the worst grades?Poverty and food insecurity have worsened in most of Canada in the past year and most provincial governments aren't doing enough to address the problem, according to a just-released series of report cards.
#HumanRights#SocialJustice#Inequity
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PhoenixSerenity

#Climate damage and #nature loss are unfairly distributed. And so are the solutions.

In the fight for a #LiveablePlanet, we desperately need a #FairerDistribution of #wealth and #EqualRights for all, argues #anthropology #professor Marja Spierenburg. ‘That will also generate broad-based support for #SustainableDevelopment.’

universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/

Leiden University‘Climate damage and nature loss are unfairly distributed. And so are the solutions’In the fight for a liveable planet, we desperately need a fairer distribution of wealth and equal rights for all, argues anthropology professor Marja Spierenburg. ‘That will also generate broad-based support for sustainable development.’
#ClimateChange#Inequity#Inequality
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Nonilex

In its unanimous decision in #Brown, #SCOTUS ruled segregated schools were #unconstitutional & “inherently unequal,” combining 5 cases in which #Black students & their schools had far fewer resources than their #White peers — longer commutes, lower-quality classes, overcrowding, fewer opportunities & less money. Yet 1/3 Black Americans now say integration has failed to improve the #education of Black students….

#law#Inequity#SystemicRacism
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