Araz Hachadourian and Christa Hillstrom wrote this article for 50 Solutions, the Winter 2017 issue of YES! Magazine. Araz is a regular contributor to YES! Follow her on Twitter @ahachad2.
Christa is a senior editor at YES!
The spill, which closed a major highway and sent at least ten people to seek medical attention for respiratory symptoms, became a catalyst for a renewed political battle over the chemical's future in California.
To win big in this brave new world, forget tested skill-sets and the wisdom of experience: chutzpah and risk-taking, even gambling, are paramount, then the facile ability to learn on the job how to cling to power.
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.