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Uses of race in class warfare
Posted on: May 8, 2017 at 10:19:36 CT
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This article makes a few interesting points.
http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/05/08/police-shootings-neoliberal-scarcity-regimes-and-the-left-behind-the-balch-springs-texas-murder/
First, on how emphasizing racial injustice is useful for class warriors.
“the focus on racial disparity accepts the premise of neoliberal social justice that the problem of inequality is not its magnitude or intensity in general but whether or not it is distributed in a racially equitable way. To the extent that that is the animating principle of a left politics, it is a politics that lies entirely within neoliberalism’s logic.”
"One element of Neoliberal structures are rooted in a certain form of decentralization. Decentralization might mean “community” control of police, but it could also mean decentralization to a level of fiscal responsibility defined by shortages of capital and resources. The latter problem associated with fiscal decentralization has been noted by Bo Rothstein, author of Just Institutions Matter."
And a bonus comment on regressive state taxes. Please note the statistics cited include only state and local taxes.
"In Texas, the poorest 20% pay 12.6% of their income on taxes, the middle 60% pay only 8.8% of their income and the top 1% pay a pitiful 3.2% of their income (in 2015). The Texas police killed 98 persons in 2015 and 82 persons in 2016. Florida, like Texas, lacks an income tax. the poorest 20% paid 13.2% of their income on taxes, the middle 60% paid 8.3% of their income, and the top 1% only 2.1% of their income on taxes."
http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/05/08/police-shootings-neoliberal-scarcity-regimes-and-the-left-behind-the-balch-springs-texas-murder/
First, on how emphasizing racial injustice is useful for class warriors.
“the focus on racial disparity accepts the premise of neoliberal social justice that the problem of inequality is not its magnitude or intensity in general but whether or not it is distributed in a racially equitable way. To the extent that that is the animating principle of a left politics, it is a politics that lies entirely within neoliberalism’s logic.”
"One element of Neoliberal structures are rooted in a certain form of decentralization. Decentralization might mean “community” control of police, but it could also mean decentralization to a level of fiscal responsibility defined by shortages of capital and resources. The latter problem associated with fiscal decentralization has been noted by Bo Rothstein, author of Just Institutions Matter."
And a bonus comment on regressive state taxes. Please note the statistics cited include only state and local taxes.
"In Texas, the poorest 20% pay 12.6% of their income on taxes, the middle 60% pay only 8.8% of their income and the top 1% pay a pitiful 3.2% of their income (in 2015). The Texas police killed 98 persons in 2015 and 82 persons in 2016. Florida, like Texas, lacks an income tax. the poorest 20% paid 13.2% of their income on taxes, the middle 60% paid 8.3% of their income, and the top 1% only 2.1% of their income on taxes."
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Uses of race in class warfare - Knucklehead MU - 5/8 10:19:36