Stunning figure. The White House’s National Economic Council reports that major corporations are spending roughly 90% of their earnings on stock buybacks and dividends. What’s left for investment? Not much, unless these corporations are taking on debt. -R
Prisons are built on the labor of the incarcerated. Already inflated budgets of correctional departments would be exponentially higher if the incarcerated population weren't relied upon to keep prisons operating. Let's dispel some illusions and talk about prison labor. A thread.
From a wife of a rail worker: "My husband is at 28.5 years but is only 55 so he still has 5 years. He agrees with all this in Bernie's video and he voted no on the TA. One thing he said no one in the media or congress has said anything about is this:
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@NoreneD39766667 A shame we don’t have anything akin to a labor party or any party that can represent the working class, like most other countries have. Our current 2-party system does everything possible to sabotage any other candidate or party that truly represents the 99%.
What do you think?
@NoreneD39766667 It would be good to see a new generation step forward & I’m wondering if Fetterman might go that route. The DNC & RNC both drive out/eliminate any one who would rock the boat in any good way.
@NoreneD39766667 Agreed. Though I don’t think age is a factor. Gerrymandering, voter suppression, & more, all aid both the democrats & republicans. I’ve followed Gallup polling data for years, & the largest group of people consider themselves independent, w/ democrats & republicans a distant 2nd.
A man named Mark Jontz has just died in a jail cell in Omaha, Nebraska. He was thrown in jail because he could not pay $1,068 in fines and court costs from a traffic ticket.
Wars of aggression are waged by politicians and elites.
US imperialism bad
Russian imperialism bad
Biden bad
Putin bad
Trump bad
NATO bad
No war but class war. See how easy that is?
Just got home from a harrowing experience and it's haunting me.... This is a long thread...
This evening I took my mom on an errand, and when we arrived in the parking lot there were four white male police officers surrounding two Black teen girls. 1/16
I want to talk about how appellate courts stacked with former prosecutors-turned-judges gaslight all of us with judicial opinions that explain away horrible misconduct by police and prosecutors (i.e. their own). An example:
Two weeks ago, I had four precious 12-year-old girls, including my daughter, with me at the county fair. They were getting blue Icees and corndogs for the walk to the car and ride home. (1/21)
More people need to be talking about Jackson, Mississippi. The city ran out of bottled water to give residents yesterday. It’s the largest city in Mississippi. It’s 80% Black. Their water system is failing because of years of neglect. This is environmental racism.
I hear Republicans complaining about $20,000 in student debt forgiveness. Funny, I didn't hear those complaints when Trump declared bankruptcy 6 times & had $287 million in loans forgiven by big banks. The GOP l-o-v-e-s socialism for the rich, rugged individualism for the rest.