Posts Tagged ‘ exploitation ’
I have a plea for all of you.
Take 13 minutes of your life. Listen to Bernie Sanders talking about incomes, estate taxes, and tax rates.
I know it may not sound as fun as compulsively checking Facebook, but he does a better job of describing the dire situation we’re in during these 13 minutes than I have heard elsewhere.
Listen to him, and let’s talk.
We need to not only educate people, but figure out what the hell we can do to create change.
My talented friend over at Kinemapoetics, posted a well-argued piece about the problem of non-profit administrators drinking the Kool-Aid of “our staff does important work, so they should expect less pay.”
He sums it up better than I ever have and I give him mad props. Read All pigs are created equal but some are more equal, and other pigs work for nonprofits where they aren’t paid the value of their labor.
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