Meanwhile when 16 year old children arrive at our Southern Border with no money in their pocket, malnourished, and dying of thirst, the GOP orders troops to deny them water & push them into the river to drown them.
GOP's lack of self-awareness is exceeded only by GOP's cruelty.
Hitler did not operate the gas chambers himself. But he was responsible.
Bin Laden did not fly the planes himself. But he was responsible.
Trump did not storm the Capitol himself. But he was responsible.
Justice matters.
The Finnish day-fine system is a system that takes into account the offender's daily disposable income
This means that a wealthy person who receives a speeding ticket will pay a much larger fine than a poor person who receives the same ticket
The goal of the day-fine system is to ensure that fines have an equivalent impact on people regardless of their wealth
Some millionaires DIDN'T spend their dollars on space travel or a trip to the titanic because they were writing checks to put 150 million books in the hands of children.
Wealth of Elon Musk
2012: $2,000,000,000
2023: $248,900,000,000
Wealth of Jeff Bezos
2012: $18,400,000,000
2023: $153,100,000,000
Wealth of Mark Zuckerberg
2012: $17,500,000,000
2023: $104,900,000,000
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2023: $7.25
Three words: tax the rich.
I do not care who you voted for or what political party you belong to, you deserve clean air, clean food, clean water, a living wage, & healthcare.
You can't understand 1776 if you don't understand 1619. July 4, 1776 when the colonists declared independence, 1/5 of the population of the 13 colonies was enslaved. They would not gain freedom for a century. This, too, is the 4th of July. This, too, is the story of America.