A blind spot. (Letters to the Editor).If The Progressive has a blind spot, it is the promotion of our industrial economy, which is at the root of many ills, particularly pollution and war. The latest example can be found in the Comment ("Bush's Sleights of Hand," July July: see month. issue), which argues that tax cuts for the poor will benefit the economy more than giving tax breaks to the rich. You argue the poor would spend the money on dishwashers, fridges, TVs, and cars. The industrial revolution is inherently exploitative, and providing the poor with more money to buy big-ticket items big-ticket item Managed care A popular term for an expensive therapeutic or diagnostic procedure will not change the abusive Tending to deceive; practicing abuse; prone to ill-treat by coarse, insulting words or harmful acts. Using ill treatment; injurious, improper, hurtful, offensive, reproachful. nature of our way of life. As long as Americans are primarily consumers, we will be economic and cultural victims. John Kaufman Wauwatosa, Wisconsin Wauwatosa is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2006 census estimate, the city population was 44,798. Wauwatosa is located immediately west of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and is a part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. |
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