@GeorgeTakei Could we hold a vote on allowing them to secede before the impeachment trial? That removes 4 votes against conviction and Lowe's the bar to 64, so we'll only need 14 Republicans to do the right thing.
Time to face the harsh reality, socialist Bernie Sanders will become the chairman of the Sen Budget Committee. He has vowed to use his position to enact his progressive agenda on healthcare, climate, infrastructure spending, & cutting defense spending.
@standamericanow
@NickEverley@JoshRaby To give you an idea. Min was 1.60 an hour. Avg home price was 20k (~100k) today. 4yr state college 329/yr. There was a lot someone could achieve making minimum vs today.
@NickEverley@JoshRaby You use inflation as an argument. The minimum wage has been 7.25 since 2009. Minimum wage purchasing power peaked in 1968, if this was adjusted for inflation. The minimum wage would be around 22 today.
@CarlCouchII Higher human capital costs will absolutely drive businesses to innovate and will likely result in automation to replace labor.
As others have said, this is a good thing. It will drive the economy to seek and secure more fruitful jobs and overall will strengthen.
@marcorubio I think your voting and attendence record would likely disappoint your Lord.
A public servant should be one of the most honorable of positions. You've proven that even that can be tarnished.
Maybe try putting those suffering above serving your corporate masters
@AOC * Why were they donating to these particular candidates? What policies has their contributions fine to support.
Candidates who take corporate donations are beholden to the same stock holders as the companies that provide them.
@AOC I see people cheering these announcements as if these corporations are doing the right thing.
Ask yourself these questions:
* Why were they donating in the first place? These are publicly traded companies beholden to stock holders. What were they getting in return for this?
@rbergin@HeathMayo The editing on that is interesting. They cut out the part where he considered using deadly force.
I'm not sure how I feel about that.
@marcorubio They were free of thought and mind, unclouded by the ways of old. Free to pursue that which would improve their lives and those of generations to come.
Free from the old ways that hobbled their parents.
Seems to me, if you can get the citizens of a Democracy to no longer agree on what is objectively true in the world, then you have conquered them with all the strength of an invading army.
(A picture may help visualize this)
Neal Kirby, the son of Captain America co-creator Jack Kirby, was distressed to see some of the January 6 terrorists/rioters wearing shirts with versions of his dad’s creation corrupted by the image of the outgoing president. His message to them:
@pattonoswalt These are the same people who voted that we have to take out does off at the airport. I guess the goose is higher ranking than the gander