Corporate greed is Moderna giving its CEO a $923 million golden parachute & handing out $360 million in stock options to 2 top executives after receiving $2.5 billion from U.S. taxpayers to develop its COVID vaccine & refusing to share it with the world. We must end this greed.
If Jeff Bezos can afford a $500 million yacht, a $23 million mansion with 25 bathrooms and a rocket ship to blast a comedian to outer space, you know what? Amazon can afford to give its employees a $3 raise. I stand in strong solidarity with the Amazon workers walkout.
"why are groceries so expensive"
Kroger profits are at record highs. Its stock is up 36% in a year. Its CEO got a 45% raise to $22M and makes 909x the median worker.
75% of its workers are food insecure. 63% can't pay their bills. Many are on food stamps
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That indentation in the ocean floor where the stingray was? There are fossil records of that from millions of years ago. I find that comforting, as rays are perfect and need never change.
So runaway capitalism gave us the empty store shelves they warned would happen under socialism, but instead of getting free health care or parental leave all we got was record corporate profits and billionaires doubling their net worth.
I challenge @JustinTrudeau to drink out of Iqaluit's water taps, and all other taps across these lands that have a water boil advisory.
After all, your father told my family that we would always be treated like Canada's.
Hey Banff backpackers, a reminder to pack out what you pack in! 🎒⛰️ Our trail crew had to carry out this mess from one of our backcountry campgrounds.
This behaviour is NOT okay. ⚠️ If you aren't willing to pack out what you pack in, then you shouldn’t be backcountry camping.
Dolly Parton didn't spend her millions on vanity space travel, she's spent it putting 150 million books in the hands of children and honestly, more people should be like Dolly.