Min wage
Costco: $16
Walmart: $11
Average pay
Costco: $24
Walmart: $15
Employees on food stamps (subsidized by you)
Costco: Virtually none
Walmart: More than any other company
Founder net worth
Costco: not a billionaire
Walmart: $220+ billion; up $30 billion in the pandemic
Abolish the death penalty.
As Bryan Stevenson said, “The reality is that capital punishment in America is a lottery. It is a punishment that is shaped by the constraints of poverty, race, geography and local politics.”
Starvation wages forced me to live in my car with my two babies.
Starvation wages left me making decisions between keeping the lights on and food on the table.
Stop blaming unemployment benefits for worker shortages and start paying people a livable wage.
Musk can make covid jokes now, but it should always be remembered that he doubted the pandemic’s seriousness and spread misinformation during the crucial early months, all while forcing his employees to come into work during it. Poking fun at yourself doesn’t make that go away.
There are few things more shameful than a $7.25 minimum wage not budging in over a decade while billionaires add $1,600,000,000,000 to their wealth during the course of a pandemic.
Uganda banned same sex relationships yesterday,alongside saying consent cannot be withdrawn once a sexual act has begun.They have also criminalised sex work.This will increase convictions of queer people &sex workers while doing the opposite for sex offenders. Free Uganda 🇺🇬!!