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weekly political column. Tim Newcomb There are two kinds of money around the Vermont Statehouse: state and federal. State money is always in short supply. Do we spend it on the University of Vermont and the state colleges, raises for underpaid workers at our mental health agencies, or public assistance for people with disabilities? Do we set it aside for retiree pensions and health care? A dollar devoted to one of those worthy causes is a dollar less for the others. The decisions are difficult. Federal dollars, on the other hand, seem a lot easier to spend. When more than a billion of them flow into Vermont to help the state weather the COVID-19 crisis and a second billion-dollar bundle shows up less than a year later, there s a temptation to start dancing to the 1998 Squirrel Nut Zippers tune The Suits Are Picking Up The Bill.
Major Civil Rights Movements in All 50 States
By Andrew Lisa, Stacker News
On 2/6/21 at 10:00 AM EST
A land of contradictions from the outset, the United States was founded by slave owners who spoke passionately and eloquently about liberty, freedom and justice for all. In the beginning, all was limited to men of European ancestry who were wealthy enough to own land. The Constitution s protections did not apply to most of the people living in America for most of America s history at least not in full.
Women about 50 percent of the population were not included in the country s concept of all, likewise millions of slaves and for a long time, their offspring. The descendants of the original inhabitants of the United States were commonly excluded from the promise of America, as were many immigrants, ethnic groups, and religious minorities.