In the richest country on earth, millions of people can't afford healthcare, housing, childcare or other basic necessities.
We don't need tax breaks for billionaires, more military spending, endless wars and a White House ballroom.
We need to improve life for the working class.
we live in age of great moral panics about things that don’t matter and zero moral outrage over some of the most egregious societal sins we’ve ever seen
In Denmark, McDonalds workers make $25 an hour and, if they are over twenty, the company starts paying into a pension plan for them, and in addition they have a full 6 weeks of paid vacation.
Now how much do you think this costs customers? The Economist looked into this and found out that the Big Mac costs 76 cents less than it does here.
Don't believe the lies that raising the minimum wage would force prices to go up.
Missouri Republicans have cut $4 million in funding for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library literacy program, which sends monthly free books to kids 5 and under.
No more children will be able to sign up to receive free books in Missouri.
@hashjenni Tax them! Why are so many people afraid to tax the rich? Tax them at the Federal government level so that they cannot just run to another state.
You know what Mamdani taxed the rich and then suddenly libraries started to work, potholes got fixed, childcare exists, and workers get paid more.
That's why billionaires are losing it and want him gone!!!
The wealth of those 51 billionaires are your denied claims, cut coverage, rationed medications and skipped doctors appointments.
Healthcare shouldn't be for-profit.
Demand Medicare for All.
We're told raising the minimum wage kills jobs. A lie.
We're told a billionaires wealth tax kills jobs. A lie.
But when Musk says: “AI and robots will replace all jobs" & Ford's CEO says: AI will eliminate “half of all white-collar jobs” we're told "that's progress." Bullshit.