Fuck you @NRA. Fuck you @NRA and every spineless pro-gun pol for putting our kids and our country through this nightmare alternate universe. Fuck you @NRA for putting us here and fighting with every last breath in your body to keep us here. Fuck you @NRA.
Norway spends about $30,000 per child on early childhood care. Finland spends $23,000. Germany, $18,000.
The U.S. spends $500 per child.
In other words, 1/60th of what Norway spends on its toddlers.
How do we expect to build a better future if we refuse to invest in our kids?
McDonald’s USA
— Employee: $9.00/hr, no benefits
— Big Mac: $5.65
McDonald’s Denmark
— Employee: $22/hr, 6 weeks vacation, 1 year paid maternity leave, life insurance, pension
— Big Mac: $4.74
Tell us more about how raising the minimum wage would affect the cost of hamburgers.
How can it be that in Canada, the same exact medicine, manufactured by the same exact company — not a generic — can cost 1/10 what it costs here in the United States?
The answer is simple. The greed and the power of the pharmaceutical industry.
BREAKING NEWS: The Senate just confirmed Charles “Chuck” Sams III as head of the National Park Service, making him the first Native American EVER to lead the agency. RT IF YOU THINK THAT THIS IS GREAT NEWS!
@CitizensBank small business owner here. Your branch hours are archaic, 9 or 10am to 4pm, really?! Not even 8 hours. My personal bank doesn't close until 5 or 6pm and is open on Sundays. I work from 6am to 5pm a day. Extremely inconvenient and counterproductive.
Charles Manson, who loved dune buggies and idolized The Beatles, arrived in Los Angeles with dreams of recording success. A thwarted record deal and an address mix-up led to him expressing his grievances in a way that many have issues with.