PolyLit

Researcher for public media (tweets are my own!)

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

In 1978, a student working a summer job at minimum wage could earn enough to cover an entire year of in-state tuition at a four-year public university, often without needing to take on debt.

In 1978, a student earning the federal minimum wage could realistically pay for an entire year of in-state tuition at a public four-year university with a typical summer job. With minimum wage set at $2.65 per hour and average annual tuition and required fees around $688, a student working 40 hours a week for 12 weeks could earn about $1,272 before taxes—more than enough to cover tuition and still have money left for books, transportation, and other expenses.

That reality has largely disappeared. While the federal minimum wage has remained at $7.25 per hour for years, average in-state tuition and fees at public four-year universities have climbed to roughly $11,000 annually. Covering tuition alone at minimum wage would now require more than 1,500 hours of work before taxes, the equivalent of nearly 38 weeks of full-time employment—far beyond what a student could earn during a normal summer break.

[PolyLit @Geoff_InBoston]

@SecretaryBurgum People are unable to afford gas or groceries bc of a war trump started and now cant get out of...

But the reflecting pool has new sealant...

So

[PolyLit @Geoff_InBoston]

@devvyd12 Bizarre that a cause isn't known yet.

[PolyLit @Geoff_InBoston]

What was that massive boom just heard in Boston?!?!

Anyone?

[Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine]

Multibillionaire Ken Griffin just gave $2,500,000 to Susan Collins’s super PAC (after she voted four times to cut his taxes).

I look forward to raising Ken Griffin’s taxes, and banning him, and all billionaires, from buying elections.

[PolyLit @Geoff_InBoston]

The greatest trick Republicans ever pulled on Americas dumbest people...

...Is to convince them that the problem with our public schools is "too much funding".

Seriously.

[CBS News @CBSNews]

A pencil is running for governor in Oregon, and voters are taking note. According to the Urban Institute's demographically adjusted National Assessment of Educational Progress scores, Oregon ranked last in the nation for fourth grade reading, despite National Center for Education Statistics showing rising education spending in the state over the last ten years. J. Schuberth launched a write-in campaign to spotlight the state's literacy crisis.

[PolyLit @Geoff_InBoston]

@CBSNews The greatest trick Republicans ever pulled on Americas dumbest people...

...Is to convince them that the problem with our public schools is "too much funding".

Seriously.

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

If you get a payout from Trump’s January 6 slush fund, California will tax it at 100%.

People who assault cops and overthrow democracy don’t deserve a taxpayer-funded payday.

[PolyLit @Geoff_InBoston]

https://t.co/Z94ljBgmlP

[Steven Rattner @SteveRattner]

For three years, there were more job openings than unemployed workers — at peak, 2 jobs per job-seeker.

That has now flipped under Trump, and unemployed workers outnumber available jobs for the first time since the pandemic.

My @Morning_Joe Chart:

[evan loves worf @esjesjesj]

Honestly pure dictator shit. A real democracy would immediately imprison him for even trying this

[PolyLit @Geoff_InBoston]

https://t.co/qsruVurKcZ

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

If you have this weird gut feeling that the rich pay little tax in the US, your gut is spot on... Source: https://t.co/4oB5o7f4cT

[PolyLit @Geoff_InBoston]

I just uploaded a new political history YouTube video. This one on the invention of the liberal media myth in 1964 leading to the creation of Fake News.

Please check it out and let me know your thoughts! https://t.co/sYl31A3Xut

#mediabias #politicalhistory #fakenews

[Isaiah Martin @isaiahrmartin]

I’m not interested in complaining about this Supreme Court VRA ruling. I’m interested in action. Republicans will begin a purge of blue seats, so the purge of red seats must begin. Let’s not waste time, blue states. Just draw new maps and show the Republicans what it looks like to use their rules against them. They’ll be begging on all fours for independent redistricting.

[PolyLit @Geoff_InBoston]

hey folks! I just uploaded a new political history YouTube video. This one on the invention of the liberal media myth in 1964 leading to the creation of Fake News.

Please check it out and let me know your thoughts!

https://t.co/32bNjvd4Tn

[Isaiah Martin @isaiahrmartin]

According to this new Supreme Court ruling, total blue states like Colorado can draw an 8-0 blue map, Illinois a 17-0 blue map, and California a 52-0 blue map. Time to respond accordingly to this new conservative threat and give Republicans exactly what they asked for.

[PolyLit @Geoff_InBoston]

@elonmusk your knowledge of how an economy works begins and ends with being born rich.

[PolyLit @Geoff_InBoston]

@robbystarbuck i think you confused...

[PolyLit @Geoff_InBoston]

@elonmusk & how did the "middle-class" live when less people filed taxes?

60% of the country lived in poverty.

...i understand why u want to go back to that...but ill take the new deal economy that increased the quality of life for the average american more than at any point in history.