What’s a feminist today?

The Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation have released a poll on what Americans think of feminism (New Wave feminism) today. The results are a little bit fascinating, including: 6 in 10 women and one-third of men call themselves a feminist or strong feminist Roughly 7 in 10 of men and women say the movement …

New poll says Americans don’t like wealth/income inequality

You can read more here. But what do they want to do about it? That’s a little tougher. Average-wage earners aren’t crazy about the prospect of low-wage earners leap-frogging over them. Raise the minimum wage high enough, though, and you begin to move low-wage workers reasonably close to average-wage workers. That’s something the average-wage people …

Tax the rich

The majority of the U.S. think the wealthy do not pay their fair share in taxes. Some 68 percent of Americans polled said that wealthy households pay too little in federal taxes. You can read the poll here. Do please scroll down to see the make-up of the people who were surveyed. Among other things, …