[-] crusa187@lemmy.ml 52 points 2 weeks ago

Been saying for a while now, 20hr full time workweek makes a lot more sense.

Since the 1970s productivity has skyrocketed while wages have remained stagnant. If they don’t want to pay us more, fine I guess, but something has to give.

The critical nuance here is that in America, vitally important healthcare services are tied to your full time employment status. Hey, repugnantcons and turbolibs: if you want us to have more babies, might be time to reconsider this policy entirely.

[-] crusa187@lemmy.ml 51 points 3 months ago

She’s balls deep in “defense” equities and they’re making a killing right now raking in us tax dollars to ship arms to Israel. Then they get more taxpayer dollars to “replenish domestic stockpiles.” So yeah, there ya go.

On that note, wish we could stop rubber stamping the defense omnibus bills until the pentagon can successfully complete a financial audit.

[-] crusa187@lemmy.ml 46 points 3 months ago

I don’t think it’s the protesting, but rather the target of the protests. For some reason Israel seems to be held in higher regard than any American interest. We can protest and shit talk our own terrible politicians all day long and nobody really bats an eye. But ask that we stop murdering innocent brown children in Gaza? Threaten economic consequences for Israel if they don’t stop the murder? For some reason that is a grave offense worthy of trampling on our first amendment rights.

Think about how wild that is - speaking out against the atrocities a foreign government is committing is worthy of taking away your freedom in the US.

[-] crusa187@lemmy.ml 46 points 3 months ago

That’s right, Biden is drilling at all time record levels despite his promises to actually stop drilling on federal lands.

This is just outright fabrication by Hillary, but uh, happy earth day I guess?

[-] crusa187@lemmy.ml 52 points 4 months ago

Chud Life Baby 😎

Yes, let’s legalize and give protections to all the sex workers.

Chuds: No, not like that!!

[-] crusa187@lemmy.ml 47 points 4 months ago

This should have been obvious to anyone watching. Their coverage was tripping all over itself to avoid accurate descriptions of the atrocities ongoing in Gaza.

[-] crusa187@lemmy.ml 47 points 4 months ago

Regulate on corporate price gouging and collusion, break up monopolies, tax the rich, use the money to bolster social safety nets and build new ones.

[-] crusa187@lemmy.ml 46 points 4 months ago

Youngkin really shoving his head completely up his own ass. Thinks taking a stand against massively popular ballot measures will cement his presidential run, while at the same time proving his inability to govern by leaving millions of tax revenue on the table. Here’s hoping this ushers in even stronger Dem representation in VA to keep the state blue.

[-] crusa187@lemmy.ml 54 points 4 months ago

Interesting predictions from the 60s.

It turns out that in the early 70s, “we” decided to give everything to corporations and those already wealthy instead. Productivity did indeed continue to skyrocket, but wages have stagnated since then. For 50+ years we’ve been getting robbed.

[-] crusa187@lemmy.ml 46 points 8 months ago

It’s only possible when the mega rich aren’t paying their fair share, or aren’t paying at all relative to everyone else.

This year the maximum income taxable for SS is 160k. This effectively means the top 10% aren’t paying into the system. End their special treatment and the system will be easily funded.

[-] crusa187@lemmy.ml 47 points 9 months ago

Biden had half a dozen good options for stopping this and did none of them. Restructuring the court, bullying the dems in Congress into passing a roe codifying law, declare a public health emergency, or open abortion clinics on federal lands. He did none of these, sadly, because Dems see Roe being overturned as a fundraising opportunity. All the women and children being harmed in the interim by government getting between them and their doctors be damned.

Perhaps the most frustrating attribute of the Dems is when they do control the majority of governmental branches, they still do nothing, complaining all the while that republicans will yell at them if they do, or the senate parliamentarian won’t let them, or whatever bs excuse to not fight for their voters. However, someone dares to challenge the status quo, you’ll never see a dem more vicious. It’s pathetic, gross, and disheartening.

[-] crusa187@lemmy.ml 46 points 1 year ago

Is it confusing when he is honest or what? I don’t get it. Even a broken clock can be right twice per day.

Trump and other republicans in government power staged an attempted coups on Jan 6. It’s not a conspiracy theory or anything, I didn’t even realize this was debated, it’s literally what happened.

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