{"id":319044,"date":"2017-07-26T23:21:55","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T22:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/in-otherwords-july-26-2017\/"},"modified":"2017-07-26T23:21:55","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T22:21:55","slug":"in-otherwords-july-26-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/in-otherwords-july-26-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"In OtherWords: July 26, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There’s more health care drama in Congress this week, which we’ve written loads about lately: See a partial list here<\/a> for anything you might’ve missed.<\/p>\n

An interesting question is why Congress is in such a rush to get the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, repealed. Part of the answer lies in taxes: Because of complex legislative rules, the GOP needs to get rid of certain health expenses before it can cut billionaire’s taxes by the methods it wants to use in Congress.<\/p>\n

One special tax they’ve got in the crosshairs is the estate tax, which is exclusively paid by millionaires and billionaire. But as Chuck Collins explains this week, urban-dwelling fat cats are using an unusual prop to explain their opposition to this modest levy on their fortunes: America’s small farmers. You should read it to believe it.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Razan Azzarkani looks at the big money behind an effort to undermine another pillar of modern democracy: internet freedom, in the form of net neutrality.<\/p>\n

Also this week, Oscar Reyes explains how Europe is racing ahead of the U.S. toward electric cars. Jim Hightower reports on a Koch-convened millionaire summit in Colorado. And Jill Richardson compares two recent beach experiences to show what a difference even small public investments can make.<\/p>\n

Finally, Khalil Bendib takes another whack at the still simmering RussiaGate scandal.<\/p>\n

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(Khalil Bendib\/ OtherWords.org)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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  1. Don\u2019t Let Corporations Pick What Websites You Visit<\/a> \/ Razan Azzarkani
    \nBroadband companies want the government to let them control the internet as we know it. And they’ve got help.<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. How Tax-Dodging Billionaires Use Farmers as Props<\/a> \/ Chuck Collins
    \nUrban billionaires are trotting out the tractors and overalls in a bizarre effort to roll back their taxes.<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. On Electric Cars, the U.S. Is Stuck in the Slow Lane<\/a> \/ Oscar Reyes
    \nWhile Europe races toward electric vehicles, U.S. automakers are actually trying to make cars less efficient.<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. Billionaire Donors Plot a \u2018Renaissance of Freedom\u2019 \u2014 for the Privileged<\/a> \/ Jim Hightower
    \nWho needs roads when you’ve got a private jet?<\/em><\/li>\n
  5. A Tale of Two Beaches<\/a> \/ Jill Richardson
    \nStories about the heroism of strangers can restore your faith in humanity \u2014 but strangers are no substitute for public servants.<\/em><\/li>\n
  6. Russian Laundromat<\/a> \/ Khalil Bendib<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

    This piece was reprinted from Other Words<\/a> by RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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