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Tired of supposedly America-First conservative politicians who don't keep their word? Had enough of the hypocrisy in Hollywood, music and sports? Here's a wonderfully whimsical look at the current state of our so-called "Governing Class," written in a charming poetic voice. In between thinking "Yes!" as you turn one page to the next, you will find yourself thoroughly entertained.

This guidebook provides practical direction to California water utility professionals for setting water rates in compliance with California Constitution Article XIII D, section 6 (commonly “Proposition 218”). The intent of this guidebook is to complement the American Water Works Association manual, "Principles of Water Rates, Fees, and Charges" by providing greater focus on Proposition 218 in the California public agency rate setting process. This compact guidebook avoids complex legal language and jargon. Rather, it aims to provide clear-cut guidance by laying out the legal issues as they apply to water rate setting in California and addressing practical applications of the law. Several ...

A classic statement of nationalism and class struggle

En este papel de trabajo, el autor expone que así como en condiciones democráticas favorables los actores políticos desarrollan una confrontación encauzada a copar los espacios de poder disponibles mediante la celebración de elecciones, plantear el desafio electoral ante un régimen autoritario representa una realidad estratégica con múltiples escenarios de batalla. El autor explica, reinventado a Sun Tzu, que es obligatorio entender que si se intentan utilizar los métodos de una organización civil para efrentar a una estructura que se sostiene en operaciones militares, las estrategias serán confusas, por lo que eventualmente habrán de fracasar. Comprendido lo anterior, la propuesta de ...

During this time of Covid, if you have ever asked yourself what is going on? Then this book is a must read, full of facts about Covid. Information not mentioned on mainstream media. This book will make you think about what is going on, and who do we trust. Who is right or wrong? Who is telling the truth and what are some of these new terms we hear all to often.

Creating Currency is a great story about how money started. It talks about the first forms of currency and what they were used for. It talks about how the perception of money has changed over time and how it is created. Creating Currency tells a really interesting story about how money became a created commodity and how it is used for profit.

Distributism does not advocate government "redistribution" of wealth, which many assume based on the name alone. The name refers to the idea that justice and power in both the economic and political realms should be distributed throughout society. Distributism, also known as Distributivism, has been around as a named and distinct system for over 100 years, but remains relatively unknown because it is ignored by professional and academic economists. The basic premise is that people in society as a whole are better off if the means of production are privately owned by a lot of people rather than having the majority of that ownership in the hands of a small percentage of society. Locally ...

Distributism is not about government redistribution. This book discusses the principles behind the distributist idea so that the reader can not only understand what distributism stands for, but why it does. In summary, distributism supports the wide spread private ownership of local independent businesses, focusing on a strong local economy as the foundation of a strong national economy. It also advocates for the decentralization of government authority over the current trend of relying on a central government that constantly increases its power.