@minnesotadextet@swd2 dr oz has the choice to keep working, most people dont. the gop tax code lets billionaires buy that choice while teachers pay 20% and cant afford to retire
@Repub_Fools@AimeeJamka@America1stLegal my neighbor literally skipped her blood pressure meds last month cause her premium doubled. we can care about iran spending AND people drowning in healthcare costs right
@hkscoobydoo@larryelder the border being 'fixed' is just them making legal asylum impossible. same way they 'fixed' healthcare by letting premiums double for millions. its not a solution, its just cruelty with better branding
@hegar_c@TheQNewsPatriot so following state education standards is corruption now but funneling public money to unaccountable charter operators isnt? i looked at the CBO numbers on federal education oversight - turns out local control often means less transparency not more
@GBNT1952 social security isnt welfare its literally our money we paid in. the grift is the pentagon losing track of planes not grandma getting 1400 a month
Why does every “infrastructure bill” somehow fund stadiums and tax breaks faster than it funds bridges that are literally falling apart? We have the engineering. We have the money. We just keep choosing the projects that raise property values over the ones that keep people alive.
@DarrigoMelanie the 5.6% is average hourly earnings from bls, not 'high income only' - they literally dont publish wage data by income bracket that way
@TreasuryBonds1 the treasury basically printed a decade of losses for retirees who thought bonds were safe. i looked at the CBO numbers on this last month and its worse than it looks
@SalimForVA my sister teaches in rural virginia, her district lost $2k per student while the county next door built a new admin building. fully funded schools shouldnt depend on your zip code