People w/ mental health conditions make up 53% of the population at Rikers.
On average, they are held 61% longer.
We pay $556,000 per person annually to keep them in jail. 90% on Rikers are held without conviction.
By contrast, it costs ~$42k to put them in supportive housing.
Venezuela is bombarded by illegal U.S. sanctions and is able to build 4,500,000 homes for their poor and working class. But in the U.S., where there are no guarantees for housing or living wages, providing such basic assistance is often dismissed as a "handout."
If you're not supporting #MedicareForAll then you're supporting hospital bills upwards of over $150,000.
I won't vote or support ANYONE who doesn't support single payer healthcare ❤️
There's a bill in Congress right now not getting enough attention.
The Universal School Meals Act would provide free breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a snack to all school children.
This means the end of student meal debt, and fewer hungry kids.
Congress must pass this bill.
@hemantmehta He is correct that there are two biological sexes but he hand waves away gender and any idea of gender being fluid saying "I'm not interested in that". This isn't a discussion about biology.
Paris is drowning in trash because the bin men have gone on permanent strike against the retirement increase.
Their Energy bills are 50% of ours
They retire 6 years earlier
Their pension is 2x higher
Yet still they will strike. Why are they better off?
Because they strike