http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jasmine-tyler/congress-passes-historic_b_662625.html?ref=fb&src=sp
um holy shit
― blap...tremendo (deej), Thursday, 29 July 2010 05:42 (fifteen years ago)
Hadn't heard the Senate already passed it so yeah, I'm celebrating now. Too goddamn long in coming.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 29 July 2010 05:45 (fifteen years ago)
It's still 18-to-1, so it's not a perfect victory. Still, less spiteful than it once was.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 29 July 2010 05:48 (fifteen years ago)
its the first time the fed govt has reduced a mandatory minimum since the 70s
― blap...tremendo (deej), Thursday, 29 July 2010 05:50 (fifteen years ago)
I read this really interesting paper, it had this idea that sometimes, instead of public opinion needing to shift to enable policy changes, the causal arrow can go the other way ... that policy changes can change public opinion. (This was in the context of redistributive policies to reduce economic inequality.)
Oh shit, did I just blow your mind?
― LA river flood (lukas), Thursday, 29 July 2010 05:55 (fifteen years ago)