Think-tank @Demos says contractors and other flexible workers should be given a higher minimum wage than those with secure employment, claiming it would protect such workers from the risks that unsecure earnings bring #flexibleworking#minimumwage
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Statements referring to lazy Americans claim that it is the difference in character that divides the country & as a result, drives it to ruin. The authors say that this seed of contention needs to be uprooted. This outlook doesn't seem to be reflected in our nation's politics...
Labor at private, for-profit prisons costs pennies on the dollar compared to the open marketplace. Prisoners are paid slave wages of 30 to 90 cents per hour as the U.S. minimum wage law does not apply to inmates. Learn more in Restore Trust: https://t.co/7epjeTCE9e
The #2020election is more critical than ever. Too many voters are blended by the #AmericanDream. Struggling citizens vote against their real needs and interests and sabotage their own well being and democratic rights. Learn more in Restore Trust: https://t.co/7epjeTCE9e
In 2015, @BarackObama voiced his approval for raising the #minimumwage. Many economists welcomed the idea, as the results would mean additional purchasing power for low-wage earners, thereby benefiting U.S. businesses. However, the push fell on deaf ears.
Economically speaking, insufficient income and high welfare spending are interrelated. How can we cut this Gordian knot? Find out in my book, Restore Trust on @amazon: https://t.co/7epjeTCE9e #KindleBooks
We now know the richest 400 Americans have rigged the system to pay lower taxes than everyone else in the country.
The question of our time is this: will we tolerate it? Or will we take back our democracy from the oligarchs who run this country? https://t.co/wn4DbztrTA
Less opinions more solutions! Learn about #povertytraps, the vicious cycle the working poor are in, and how to stand for your core values in my new book, Restore Trust. Now available on @Amazon and @AmazonKindle: https://t.co/7epjeTCE9e
The U.S. is a deeply divided nation with a rift between the #Democratic & #Republican parties. Supporters of each vehemently & loyally support their individual parties & candidates, convinced that their party alone can & will bring about the true change that voters are hungry for
@WashingtonPost validly argues that #poverty is a social and political concept, not just a technical one - a point I support at great length in #RestoreTrust. We depend on shared social understandings. https://t.co/Vsf7kFHCBA
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." - @BarackObama#WeThePeople#AmericanPolitics
Average cost of a C-section:
๐ช๐ธ $2,352
๐ฌ๐ง $4,435
๐ฆ๐บ $5,186
๐ซ๐ท $6,441
๐บ๐ธ $15,041
We can afford Medicare for All. What we can't afford is continuing to charge women in the U.S. more than any other country for giving birth.