Alex Mand

[Alex Mand @AlexMand10]

@CerryBart @unusual_whales Again, moving the goal posts.

Also, amazon does not provide it for free nor provide it on all sales.

[Alex Mand @AlexMand10]

@CerryBart @unusual_whales FYI, less than 20% of amazon deliveries are same day. About 50% are next day delivery.

Next day delivery is nothing new. USPS offers next day.

[Alex Mand @AlexMand10]

@CerryBart @unusual_whales Btw, you haven't shown any proof either. All you've shown is that amazon has a hx of abusing it's delivery workforce.

Simply because amazon operates this way does not mean that it's the only way to operate such a service.

[Alex Mand @AlexMand10]

@CerryBart @unusual_whales You're moving goal posts here. We aren't talking specifically about working conditions at amazon.

[Alex Mand @AlexMand10]

@CerryBart @unusual_whales But that's not inherent to such a service. Amazon makes a deliberate choice not to hire more drivers (which would solve the problem here).

[Alex Mand @AlexMand10]

@CerryBart @unusual_whales There's nothing inherent to a same day courier system that means it must be "abusive" for the courier

[Alex Mand @AlexMand10]

@CerryBart @unusual_whales Umm..no it's not.

[Alex Mand @AlexMand10]

@RogueCenturion It's completely coherent.

[Alex Mand @AlexMand10]

@BakedSalmon4 @admcrlsn No it won't be. It's literally a nothing burger.

[Alex Mand @AlexMand10]

@DastDn Im not so sure he would win against Harris. This admin is pretty much at toxic levels. It's going to be hard for JD to separate himself (and if he tries, watch trump turn on him. He sank two GOP senate candidates in 2020; he will do it to JD)

[Alex Mand @AlexMand10]

@Seephus1776 @DastDn It will probably cost over a $B just to redesign the ship. The Miller is already delayed to begin with, this would set it back further

[Alex Mand @AlexMand10]

@shdwolf46637 @nytimes The judge has already stopped them before.. ..

[Alex Mand @AlexMand10]

@DastDn Hopefully congress steps in through appropriations and snuffs this out.

[Alex Mand @AlexMand10]

@COPDLiving @GreenPlusAnE If you raised it today, you would have to raise it nearly 16.8%

[Alex Mand @AlexMand10]

@COPDLiving @GreenPlusAnE For example, if FICA taxes were increased from 12.4-->14% in 2000 it would cover like 90% of the shortfall.

[Alex Mand @AlexMand10]

@COPDLiving @GreenPlusAnE Which was 26 years ago. That gave you 2+ decades to plan. You could have increased your own FICA taxes to buildup the trust fund even more. But you didn't. Now your children and grandchildren are being asked to pay even more

[Alex Mand @AlexMand10]

@COPDLiving @GreenPlusAnE It has nothing to do with selfishness, it's merely a numbers issue. The worker: dependent ratio when you were my age was around 3.2, today its close to 2.5. You have to tax me significantly more relatively speaking compared to what you were taxed

[Alex Mand @AlexMand10]

@COPDLiving @GreenPlusAnE Don't care if they're martian. We need workers paying FICA taxes to fund your benefits. There aren't enough "americans" to do that

Unless your willing to take a benefit cut

[Alex Mand @AlexMand10]

@COPDLiving @GreenPlusAnE Plenty of people in public housing pay FICA taxes