Greg Coleridge

Greg Coleridge

Greg Coleridge is Outreach Director of Move to Amend and former Director of the Northeast Ohio American Friends Service Committee. He can be reached at greg@MoveToAmend.org.

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Friday, March 08, 2019
The 'We the People Amendment' Aims to Fix the Crisis of Corporate Rule
As the nation was fixated last week on the Congressional testimony of Donald Trump’s “fixer” of all his crises, Michael Cohen, easily overlooked were other Congressional actions -- one of which would fundamentally fix the deepening crisis of corporate rule that assaults people, places and the...
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Wednesday, August 08, 2018
Confirming Kavanaugh Is Not Affirming Democracy
If the Senate confirms Brett Kavanaugh to the vacant Supreme Court Justice seat it will represent further movement away from affirming the basic democratic principle of addressing the needs of the majority without impeding basic rights of the minority. Equally alarming is the threat, based on...
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"Additionally, the doubling and eventual elimination of the estate tax, which only applied to a mere 5,500 estates to begin with out of 3 million in total, will add tens of billions in additional wealth to a crowd that’s seen their wealth soar as the stock market has rocketed upward." Views
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Corporations and the Super Rich Tax Democracy
The House and Senate Republican tax bills help corporations and the super rich, but hurts or “taxes” most people in our nation over the long term, as well as what’s left of democracy itself. One or both bills permanently slashes corporate tax rates, doubles the estate tax exemption for the...
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Both the Affordable Care Act/”Obamacare” and various Republican Congressional proposals are all private, corporate-dominated systems that enrich all parts of the medical industrial complex – from hospitals, to drug corporations to insurance corporations. Views
Friday, September 15, 2017
With Democracy So Sick, Medicare for All Will Be Uphill Battle
The promotion of human health in all its dimensions (i.e. physical, mental, emotional) is among the most important single indicators of a just society. The availability and affordability of comprehensive health care to every person, regardless of income or other factors, is defined by many nations...
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