On #PrimeDay, let's not forget. During the pandemic, Jeff Bezos became $97 billion richer by increasing prices by up to 1,000% on essential items and denying hazard pay and paid sick leave to over 450,000 of his workers. It's time to break up Amazon and tax the rich.
This election is a tough call because one candidate was endorsed by both the Taliban and the KKK and the other was endorsed by a broad bipartisan coalition and the New England Journal of Medicine.
Wealth of U.S. billionaires in 2009: $1.3 trillion
Wealth of U.S. billionaires in 2020: $3.6 trillion
Minimum wage in 2009: $7.25/hr
Minimum wage in 2020: $7.25/hr
Yes. We need to increase the minimum wage to $15/hr, tax the wealth of billionaires and expand Medicare to All.
Direct denials of systemic racism are indirect denials of black dignity.
They assert that stark racial disparities in education, healthcare, and criminal justice are rooted in black inferiority, the old trope that black folks are less qualified, capable, responsible, or virtuous
This “no cash” thing is starting to really worry me. Got a man his coffee today because the shop wasn’t accepting his change, then spoke to him only to realise he was homeless. What’s actually going to happen when we become a cashless society, the homeless can’t use their change?