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Becky Daiss's avatar

These are brilliant studies and in a different world might actually have some impact. Tragically however, the powers that be will not be moved. They don't care about the effects of their austerity measures. In fact, this is the outcome they desire in that it makes them richer and widens the gap between them and the unworthy. These outcomes are by design. So astute, data based research which documents these outcomes will not move them - they may actually welcome confirmation of their success.

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Kirk Cheyfitz's avatar

Violent crime may be “a major concern” in America, but that concern is often unwarranted and always stoked by concerted disinformation campaigns on the right. As the BBC reports, reading the most recent FBI crime reports, major crime is way down in America when comparing this year to last. And crime statistics have been trending down consistently. It’s irresponsible not to report this in a story about crime “rising.” https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4glxxreed7o

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