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A government of men, not laws
Certainly, for all the connotations of fairness inherent in American politics' "country of law" catchphrases, most of us know that the selective application of legal principles is as old as the Republic. However, lots of us are only now discovering that inequality is so pronounced that the time ...
A Government of Men, Not Laws by David Sirota on Creators.com - A Syndicate Of Talent
creators.com — For Competition Before They Were Against It Despite the shock and awe of Democrats' melodramatic press releases,... nobody was genuinely bewildered or surprised by the recent McClatchy newspaper headline screaming that "GOP lawmakers tout projects in the ... (more) A Government of Men, Not Laws by David Sirota on ...
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David Sirota: The Economic Double Standard
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... We all know that despite the rhetoric that fills our political debate, there are two standards in this country: The standard for the very wealthy, and the standard for the Rest of Us. That's nothing new - but what is new is how obvious it has become. As I document in my syndicated newspaper column this week, there's no effort to hide the double standard anymore. ...

The Economic Double Standard
Open Left - Front Page — We all know that despite the rhetoric that fills our political debate, there are two standards in this country: The standard for the very wealthy, and the standard for the Rest of Us. That's nothing new - but what is new is how obvious it has become. As I document in my syndicated newspaper column this week, there's no effort to hide the double standard anymore. ...

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