Wow! Germany is killing the new $10bn Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia.
That's a huge step after refusing to be drawn on it in public for months. It'll have major consequences for European energy security and suggests the western sanctions against Moscow will be tough.
We could have stopped him in Georgia.
We could have stopped him in Syria
We could have stopped him in Crimea
We could have stopped him in Eastern Ukraine.
But we did nothing. And here we are.
Take a look around the economy today.
McDonald's: profits up 59%. They're raising prices.
Starbucks: record profits. They're raising prices.
Amazon: record profits. Shock of shocks! They're raising prices!
Maybe — just maybe — we've got a corporate greed problem.
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Change comes with combined effort, and labor has been at the core of Georgia's evolution. For 10+ yrs., organized labor has been in partnership through outreach & investment in our future. Thank you so much!
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