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[Ian @schroee]

Ford government during the pandemic…

[Ian @schroee]

@althiaraj @CPC_HQ @erinotoole Conservatism is a losing battle. Society is constantly becoming more progressive and conservatives are an anchor always trying to prevent progress. The changes they want to make would be undoing progress that has been made.

[Ian @schroee]

@chrislhayes No, they just pretend to have done so to fool people into voting for them.

[Ian @schroee]

@amybrosewater @DanPriceSeattle Yea, freedom from what? Freedom to do what? Freedom to languish in poverty at the expense of freedom from worrying about being in poverty is not a good trade! Freedom to build unethical wealth while others are enslaved by the struggle to survive is not a good trade!

[Dan Price @DanPriceSeattle]

As CEO, I used to make 36x more than our lowest-paid employee.

I slashed my salary and doubled the minimum wage. Now our top exec makes 4x our lowest-paid employee.

In that time our revenue tripled.

Sky-high CEO pay is not about rewarding great execs. It's about greed.

[Ian @schroee]

@MarkShapiro @BlueJays

[NOVA | PBS @novapbs]

Did you miss "Looking for Life on Mars" last night? Not to worry—you can stream it online or on the @PBS Video app now:
https://t.co/Zbt1EFO5VL

[Ian @schroee]

Minimum wage should at the very least be increased yearly to match cost of living increases. That is literally the point of minimum wage, that it allows a person to afford the basics to live.

[Gravel Institute @GravelInstitute]

His $6/hour salary in 1977 would be $25/hour today if pegged to inflation.

[Ian @schroee]

https://t.co/vgMqEENhTf

[Rachel Maddow @maddow]

Huh. It's almost like letting the energy business run itself might not be good for anyone except the energy business. (And those whose palms they grease to get treated like this).

"Texas Electric Bills Were $28 Billion Higher Under Deregulation"
https://t.co/Rx4O0AkG5o

[Naheed Dosani @NaheedD]

90% of Canadians support Universal Pharmacare. Yet, the Canadian government just voted against it.

Do you feel betrayed?

Yes Yes Yes
👇🏾 👇🏾 👇🏾

[NOVA | PBS @novapbs]

Skywatchers take note! 🌌 via @sciam
https://t.co/dU0rxU8GBv

[Dan Price @DanPriceSeattle]

In the past year, Macy's closed 60 stores, announced plans to close 65 more, cut 3,900 additional jobs at corporate, sales fell 29% and had a net loss of $4 billion.

In that time it rewarded its CEO with a $3.7 million bonus and gave $5M to other execs
https://t.co/AehL3IB0hq

[Ian @schroee]

A little reminder just how much money that is. What will be done with it? I don’t know, but I know it would do a lot more good in the hands of the impoverished and working class. https://t.co/ZtXDpmRori

[Dan Price @DanPriceSeattle]

If trickle-down economics worked, we wouldn't have
*Billionaires gaining $1.3 trillion in wealth in the pandemic, a 44% increase
*18 million people unemployed and 76 million losing work hours in the pandemic

But both of those are happening, right now
https://t.co/UXEDY2RvXY

[Dan Price @DanPriceSeattle]

If trickle-down economics worked, we wouldn't have
*Billionaires gaining $1.3 trillion in wealth in the pandemic, a 44% increase
*18 million people unemployed and 76 million losing work hours in the pandemic

But both of those are happening, right now
https://t.co/UXEDY2RvXY

[VICE News @VICENews]

Many banks talk a big game about fighting climate change, but their portfolios say otherwise. https://t.co/tBioYxiAF2

[Hamilton Spectator @TheSpec]

Hamilton residents can now get help virtually at home instead of going to an urgent care centre, @jfrketich reports #HamOnt
https://t.co/IDxWajZ6LK

[Ian @schroee]

@TJMadd509 @DanPriceSeattle It’s already being traded as a commodity.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

The average minimum wage worker would need to work a staggering 79 hours a week to afford a one-bedroom rental in 95 percent of U.S. counties.

In the richest country on Earth.