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Tag: Steve May
Steve May: The electronic Commons and the case for basic income
By turning to the ZRF/Schurz proposal, the Burlington City Council may have made individual stakeholders whole, but the needs of ratepayers were made secondary.
Steve May: The far-flung victims of tainted blood
The true toll of the pain and suffering of hemophiliacs who contracted AIDS and hepatitis from tainted blood products is scattered across time and place.
Steve May: The best democracy money can buy
Money is corrosive in politics. Campaign financing in 2017 is a form of regulated bribery.
Steve May: All-payer model will punish the least healthy
There is no incentive to treat anyone who is truly ill. That is the sad reality of global payments.
Steve May: Basic income in the age of precarious work
Here in Vermont, the part-time and seasonal economy have become mainstays and with it comes the low-wage income insecurity that has been the centerpiece of our economy for much too long.
Steve May: Safeguarding personal information
“Secured in Vermont” has the potential to be every bit as valuable as a value-added brand as our ski industry or Vermont milk.
Steve May: Deus ex machina
Today, interfacing with tech increasing is about the actual integration of technology into us and into our things.
Steve May: Courts should address prescription drug re-importation
The prohibitions against large-scale purchasing of prescription medicines is an obstacle created by Big Pharma.
Steve May: Marijuana tax revenues could fund universal basic income
Vermont should view the resource curve with respect to legal cannabis and plan accordingly.
Steve May: Great pains
Vermont needs to attack pain as the primary public health concern as pain is the underlying catalyst that created the opiate epidemic.
Steve May: Symbols matter
An image can say in an instant what hundreds of words can’t.
Steve May: Deterrence should outweigh drugged driving standards
Whatever standard we ultimately adopt for drugged driving, be clear that standard will be arbitrary, informed by political reality every bit as much as best medical practices.
Steve May: A call for political reform
Vermont is a multi-party democracy. It’s time that our electoral system reflects that reality.