CarmelaZ

Wife, Mother, Social Worker, Texan, Born blue in a red state, Loyal protector and defender of those I love.

[Bite-Sized Nostalgia @landofthe80s]

Were these the best looking cassettes when we were growing up?

[Rodney Smith Jr @iamrodneysmith]

Family, Please help me in congratulating Madyson of Copperas Cove, TX on completing our 50 yard challenge by mowing 50 free lawns for the elderly , disabled , single parents and veteran in her community .

[Dave Hendricks @dmhj]

Starr County District Attorney Gocha Ramirez received a Bum Steer award from Texas Monthly #rgv

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

President Biden was right about those fuckers.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Republicans are celebrating the passage of the largest Medicaid cut in U.S. history to pay for the largest tax break for billionaires in American history.

51,000 Americans will die each year so that the top 1% can get a $1 trillion tax break.

This bill is a death sentence.

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

Christ is risen! These words capture the entire meaning of our existence, for we were not made for death but for life. #Easter https://t.co/s8D2o4WCfV

[CarmelaZ @carmelamz]

@RandomAccess2Me @0xChilli_ @InternetH0F Thank you!

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

True wealth is found in our encounter with God and other people, especially with the weakest who tend to be “discarded” by a false culture of wellbeing. Together we can build a world in which the dignity of each person is fully recognized and respected.

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Andrew Garfield talks to Elmo about missing his mother after she recently passed away.

“When I miss her I remember it’s because she made me so happy, I can celebrate her & miss her at the same time”

[Pam Keith, Esq. @PamKeithFL]

I have never seen ANYTHING like this before.

Thanks @taylorswift13 and @tkelce for proving that two completely different worlds don’t just collide, sometimes they collaborate, and share the joy!

Well done @kcballet

[Prez @PrezLives2022]

Why I am tired...follow my thread

I was driving home from work listening to Chris Hayes telling America how Biden's economy is killing it by every metric...he also played a clip where even people on Fox were celebrating the economy, maybe not Biden, but the economy.

I decided to look at these metrics because I know Biden is kicking ass, but it appears not enough of us understand the true depths of the amazing job this man is doing...and doing it at 81 years of age.

Bidenomics was Joe's way of saying he was going to grow the economy from the middle out. The man has record low unemployment, increased real wages, the GDP is exploding, inflation continues to drop, and the stock market is setting huge records.

By any metric this is one of the strongest performances of any president in over 100 years and yet only 36 percent of this country thinks he's handling the economy well.

Biden has stated emphatically that you build the economy from the middle out and not top down because the only trickle down from the top is the rich peeing on your shoes. Biden has stated the only way to grow the economy is 'to include more people in it."

This means that the many hands replace the so called invisible hand because the invisible hand truly is invisible...it is a mirage that leads to huge deficits. Reagan was wrong and Biden is correct.

We see unions thriving again on truly liveable wages...life changing wages...we see teenagers making between 15-20 bucks an hour while still in high school and I know this because my own students make this kind of money and it is why I don't see them in class enough.

Bidenomics believes in three "key pillars"- public investments, empowering workers, and promoting competition...Republicans don't compete, they create monopolies and remove legislation that discourages monopolies.

Reganomics gave the appearance of working when in fact it was built on tax cuts, deregulation, wage cuts. It believed that public investment hurt private investment...what that really means is that public investment cuts into their profits and their high prices and benefits the public better and cheaper.

"The CHIPS and Science Acts alone has raised 231 billion dollars from private investors", so the private sector is not being crowded out.

Reagan began the killing of the middle class the day he fired the Air traffic controllers. The private sector followed his lead and soon enough union membership plummeted to record low numbers. Once again the workers got screwed. Under Republicans, workers always get screwed and history shows this.

What Biden is doing is working. "Employers do not pay you what you are worth, they pay you what you have the power to negotiate." The federal minimum wage of 7.25 has been in place for a very long time and it if had grown according the rate of inflation it would be over $12 an hour by now. Thank Republicans.

Biden has promised to enforce anti-trust laws to ensure competition becomes a staple in the economy for years to come.

Republicans will tell you Bidenomics is a disaster simply because it cuts into corporate profits. The fact is corporations do not need more profits and CEO's need a salary ceiling. Corporations have been robbing this country blind...all of us...left and right

What Biden is showing America is that the Republican/Corporate model does not work and he is winning the argument and it's not even close.

Before I became a teacher I was in business and then a business owner. I have hired a lot of people. People with graduate degrees, people with no HS education, and people who have been in prison (I hate the term ex-con as it's dehumanizing). I hired people of all walks of life because what I valued was growing as a business and if someone could help me grow, that was the quality that mattered to me. Could they help or not? that was it. The more hands I had the more I could grow and that is exactly what Biden is betting on and his argument is succeeding.

I will say this...I have had my share of older folks working for me...if someone came to me with Biden's resume and that resume was recent, I would hire that guy any day of the week and I would not care if he was 91 years old. Biden as done more at 81 years of age than Trump has done his whole life. He has done more than any president in Modern history and that really cannot be debated. The numbers tell the story.

Some say but what about interests rates? I say what about them? Higher interest rates have helped bring inflation down and kept the economy from getting too out of hand. Right now it is a nice sustainable growth and talks of recession are gone.

The Fed has indicated that we are looking at 3 interest rates in 2024 and I suspect they might even be a tad higher than they indicate which I believe was a total of .75 ...one must be careful with dropping them too fast or things fall apart.

The time has come for the 1% to return the 50 trillion dollars they have flat out stole from us...they know that Biden is coming for them and thats why they are spending billions in propaganda convincing this country that we are on the wrong path...it is why Republicans are trying to impeach him...they know Biden has found the right recipe and it will cost them dearly and they want him gone...who do you think is paying for the whole Biden is old campaign, the Biden is a crook campaign, the economy is a mirage conversation, and every other false flag out there...Billionaires fear Joe Biden and they should. Americans should embrace him because he is the way forward...soon enough Republicans might even say that Biden guy is doing ok as Biden keeps building more businesses in their state....ask Colorado who benefits from what Lauren Boebert voted against.

If you are looking for a reason to vote against Biden, perhaps is time to start looking for reasons to vote for him or you might miss out on the greatest growth this country might ever see.

Peace

[The Monitor @monitornews]

A dog named Ginger, the USS Enterprise, the #RGV sisters' wholesome TikTok video that went viral, and a meteor sighting — these stories and more were among @MyRGVNews' most-read in 2023. Here's a list of 15 stories that captivated your attention.
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[Jen 🇺🇸🏴‍☠️ @jerrieskid]

Jim Jordan 3rd in line for Presidency if he wins House Speaker…let that shiit sink in.
#HakeemJeffriesForSpeaker

[CarmelaZ @carmelamz]

I know I shouldn’t be surprised but I still had hope. 🥹

[Texas Tribune @TexasTribune]

In a historic vote on Saturday, Texas senators voted to acquit Attorney General Ken Paxton on all 16 articles of impeachment, returning him to office.

See a breakdown of how senators voted on each of the articles.

https://t.co/G2aysLdCKl

[CarmelaZ @carmelamz]

@jeenamarissa Lol yes ma’am!

[Evil MoPac @EvilMopacATX]

The people who run Texas don't actually care about protecting kids

Don't let them gaslight you

[Vinny @VinVanBro99]

@ABC @therealkenecik Republicans: “it’s not the guns it’s mental health”

Okay then let’s expand mental health services

Republicans: “no”

[CarmelaZ @carmelamz]

@thechrisbarron Bubs pretending he doesn’t care if everyone has a Happy Caturday! 😼

[CarmelaZ @carmelamz]

@coachrod03 Belated Happy Birthday and Happy Coach’s Day!