The Old Mole Variety Hour for January 28, 2019

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Hosted by: 
Frann Michel
Produced by: 
KBOO
Program:: 
Old Mole Variety Hour
Air date: 
Mon, 01/28/2019 - 9:00am to 10:00am
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Oregon budget, Precarity & Pensions, Open Borders

 

Frann Michel hosts this episode, which features these segments:

1. Dan Jaffee speaks with Alejandro Queral, Executive Director of the Oregon Center for Public Policy, about the legacy of fiscal austerity in Oregon, and the possibilities for raising substantial new corporate tax revenue in the 2019 state legislative session.  

2.  Bill Resnick talks with labor lawyer Jay Youngdahl about his article on "Bolstering Retirement Security" in the Fall 2018 issue of New Labor Forum.

3.  In their Left and the Law segment, Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker make the case for open borders and discuss how the left can generate a wider debate on border politics.

This episode also featured music from Cabaret, The New Lost City Ramblers, and Alam.

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Topic tags: 
Economy, Elders, Immigration

Comments

Submitted by Per Fagereng on Mon, 01/28/2019 - 10:22am

It's interesting that you bring up the border within Ireland. Originally Ireland didn't have internal borders (it's an island, after all) but the British invaders brought in Scottish Protestants to help them rule over the natives. This was not an exercise in mutual cultural appreciation, it was a tool used by a rapacious empire. When the Irish fought back, the Brits were able to hang onto their northern enclave. So now there is a border (hard or soft) within Ireland that ironically is complicating Britain's exit strategy. The lesson is that borders can serve a purpose. They may not prevent a hostile invasion, but they delineate the aggression.

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