My mom paid off her house in 2003.
Thought that was it. Thought she was done. Thought it was finally hers.
Property taxes were $1,800 a year back then.
She’s retired now. Fixed income. Same house. Same neighborhood.
Property taxes are $24,000 a year.
That’s $2,000 a month.
On a house she already paid for.
She’s 71 years old and the government sends her a bill every year just to stay in her own home.
You never really own anything in America.
You just make payments to a different landlord.
why does no one care about the fact that we’re projected to run out of clean drinking water by 2039 because of how much water ai data centers use please stop using chatgpt y’all, i beg. you do not need a shitty looking cartoon of yourself, i promise. the planet is dying.
Congress gets free healthcare for life, a pension when they retire, and $79 A DAY for lunch... that’s all BEFORE their $175,000 a year salary.
The system is a joke and tax payers are the punchline.
I heard doordash was stealing tips from their drivers so out of curiosity, I asked the woman who dropped off my tacos how much it's showing that I tipped her; she said $5. I showed her my phone where I tipped $20 (bc the taco place was busy and she waited for my order). 😐
Shortly after the election I grieved for and later made peace with the extremely uncomfortable fact that most of us are going to die significantly earlier than we would like, and the cause may very well trace a direct line to the actions of this administration.
Let me reiterate: they want us to pump out children so they will grow up to be working class slaves and keep the economy level enough so it doesn’t burst.
They push religion and pro-life sentiments (while limiting abortion access) so you continue to have children. Your child goes to a school with no arts programs and relies on ChatGPT to get by and graduate, or they get shot because gun rights have more priority over your child’s education. They’ll be knowledgeable enough to work in the service industry but will be unable to see the flaws in the system because history is no longer taught accurately.
YOU are too busy working multiple jobs, or worse, you’re unable to get a job because AI has taken it and everything costs more, so almost half the population is living paycheck to paycheck.
Chase collected $1 billion in overdraft fees last year. That’s just one bank collecting money from people who needed that $35 the most. Such a disgusting concept of charging penalties for being poor.
If Bernie’s Social Security bill was enacted in 2021, Musk would’ve paid $2.9 billion more in taxes, Social Security would’ve been solvent for 75 years, benefits would’ve gone up by $2,400 & 93% would’ve paid $0 more in taxes.
Instead, they want you to work till you drop dead.
France made this wastefulness illegal cause it’s cruel and only causes more waste issues. Any food market or restaurant over 400 square meters has to donate all their good unsold food to charities and are fined if they do anything like this. That law should be applied everywhere
Americans need to earn about $8500 per week full time minimum wage to have the same spending power as a car wash kid in 1971 earning $64 a week
This happens when your govt destroys a currency