New Orleans Enough of the negative, let’s go positive and not just talk today about how predatory payday lenders are and how they are ripping off lower income families and trapping them in a vicious spiral of debt, but instead look at the ideas and institutions that are doing something different. Let’s start with Senator …
Tag: UK
Voter and Community Suppression Coming to United Kingdom
London Talking to someone in the United Kingdom the other day, they made a comment that any new “bad” idea in the USA germinates for a couple of years and then pops up in a modified form in Britain. Yikes! One good, bad example can be found in the new voter suppression policies that are …
Privatization Everywhere in UK, and Monopoly Rising in USA
London When privatization of public services is ubiquitous, it’s actually kind of scary, as I just witnessed in England and Scotland. Catching a train from Edinburgh to London, I did a double take when I saw a pink Virgin train rolling down track 3 towards me as I waited to jump from Haymarket to …