Third Paradigm: The Upside-Down Tax Pyramid (Local S.C. Edition)

by Tereza Coraggio / Skidmark Bob (tereza [at] retrometro.com)

Sun, Feb 15, 2009 6:20PM

Recaps the UCSC Strengthening the Roots Convergence on Food, Trade, and Justice. Sets in motion the Transition SC study circle, "Economics as if Human Needs Matter."
Also looks at what the tax system rewards and discourages, what it forces us to do and what it forces underground. Asks if it's possible to make an honest living between income tax, sales tax, and property tax. Explores the paradox of "protectionism" vs. defense, and the Pacific Freeze Campaign to wash the military build-up out of our hair.

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Reads the poem "This is My Heart," by Joy Harjo interspersed with "I Built a House" by Cinematic Orchestra. Quotes from the Chocolate Scorecard that rates labor practices in the cocoa industry
from bitter to sweet. Questions why love prostitutes itself to sell diamonds, flowers, chocolate, and cell phones. Writes a rap song on the economic stimulus.

Produced and hosted by Tereza Coraggio
Production and editing by Skidmark Bob

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