February 24, 2024 by V Leigh

just the phrase “cost of living” is insane

Are we good at being a country? pic.twitter.com/qy8NrjD3vB
— Gareth Reynolds (@reynoldsgareth) February 18, 2024

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just the phrase “cost of living” is insane
— // C H E R E L E // (@HAILCHERELE) February 16, 2024

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Prior to 1982, the SEC considered stock buybacks to be illegal stock manipulation. But under President Reagan, stock buybacks were made legal. Now, instead of investing profits into people, big corporations use them to line the pockets of wealthy shareholders. They’re a scam.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) February 17, 2024

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This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged for the rich. We need a federal wealth tax. Now. pic.twitter.com/U3vc5XRpLi
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) February 18, 2024

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October 22, 2023 by V Leigh

The UAW strike has put the GOP in a bind: keep pitching themselves as pro-worker or reveal their rhetoric as a masquerade. Yesterday, presidential candidate Tim Scott chose to say what Republicans actually think: “you strike, you’re fired.”

U.S. Fails to Meet International Human Right to Housing Standards https://t.co/0viCLxNZl5
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) October 8, 2023

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44 million Americans are back to making college loan payments this month because the Supreme Court sided with Republicans on a lawsuit to block President Biden’s student debt relief plan.

Imagine suing to keep Americans in debt!
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) October 3, 2023

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Every map of DC is the same – whether you’re talking about income inequality, food access, transportation access, traffic safety infrastructure, maternal mortality, heat islands, pollution and air quality, etc. This is the result of intentional policy choices and disinvestment. https://t.co/sEuaQ8laGJ
— Erin Palmer (@erinfordc) September 27, 2023

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“Trump did not go to Michigan to support striking workers at all. He did what cheap rich guys do every day: He told people who work for a living to be afraid of losing what little they have instead of trying to get what they deserve.”#StandUpUAW https://t.co/pBVQGcOUCg
— UAW (@UAW) October 1, 2023

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The UAW strike has put the GOP in a bind: keep pitching themselves as pro-worker or reveal their rhetoric as a masquerade. Yesterday, presidential candidate Tim Scott chose to say what Republicans actually think: “you strike, you’re fired.” https://t.co/TEIaJ3Y95q
— Jacobin (@jacobin) September 20, 2023

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September 21, 2023 by V Leigh

To find low-wage workers for their agricultural investments, billionaires like Bill Gates are using a visa program linked to labor abuses and human trafficking. The scam is a far cry from the program’s supposed aim: helping struggling family farmers.

To find low-wage workers for their agricultural investments, billionaires like Bill Gates are using a visa program linked to labor abuses and human trafficking. The scam is a far cry from the program’s supposed aim: helping struggling family farmers. https://t.co/m0NuZ2N8yU
— Jacobin (@jacobin) September 13, 2023

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There’s so much to unpack here. Does Gurner realize that in a consumer based economy a 50% in unemployment would mean fewer consumers to buy goods and services that help all those business that hire employees? This is basic economics. https://t.co/9xCMU5pHM0
— Decoding Fox News (@DecodingFoxNews) September 13, 2023

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Please watch this excellent short documentary on how Roblox is exploiting child labor, training AI on that labor, creating an unsafe place where children are preyed upon by adults, and how Roblox is training the next generation to accept abusive labor practices. https://t.co/gCK4X24za3
— Hannah Lavender ⚔️✨ (@Hannah_illo) September 7, 2023

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These are conservatives. https://t.co/899hZeboUw
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) September 18, 2023

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I don’t know that I’ve seen the utter disdain for workers put quite so explicitly. Thank you for the absolute clarity on capitalism. https://t.co/nHlDiNmpSJ
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) September 13, 2023

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September 18, 2023 by V Leigh

.@UAW workers deserve to have their labor valued, their contributions recognized, and their humanity affirmed. Their struggle is our struggle and I’m proud to have their back every step of the way. #StandUpUAW

BREAKING: The UAW will strike at the Big 3 automakers tonight for 1st time in US History.

To start, they will strike one plant each at Ford, General Motors and Stellantis.
— Lauren Kaori Gurley (@LaurenKGurley) September 15, 2023

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Nearly 13,000 workers from 3 major automakers went on strike on September 15 following the expiration of contracts between the United Auto Workers (UAW) union and auto giants General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis. pic.twitter.com/PCVDH0nUpn
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) September 15, 2023

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This man made $21 MILLION DOLLARS last year. https://t.co/9H3wLk5Vo0
— UAW (@UAW) September 14, 2023

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Love that her answer to this is “92% of my salary is performance based.” She means stock-based, which is due to the Clinton-era loophole avoiding taxation for exec comp. Paying execs mostly in stock distorts and is the hidden driver of buyback trends. https://t.co/V82wcSHLbs
— David Dayen (@ddayen) September 15, 2023

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“In their economy, workers live paycheck to paycheck while the billionaires buy another yacht… So we’re gonna wreck their economy cuz it only works for the billionaire class,” says @UAW prez Shawn Fain in Detroit. pic.twitter.com/E81PXiIfWA
— Teddy Ostrow (@TeddyOstrow) September 15, 2023

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We’re not the problem. Corporate Greed is the problem!#StandUpUAW pic.twitter.com/h65Q7cRrIa
— UAW (@UAW) September 18, 2023

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.@UAW workers deserve to have their labor valued, their contributions recognized, and their humanity affirmed.

Their struggle is our struggle and I’m proud to have their back every step of the way. #StandUpUAW pic.twitter.com/9Q0xvLl0jl
— Ayanna Pressley (@AyannaPressley) September 17, 2023

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As the @UAW strike started, media swarmed union president Shawn Fain.

But when they asked him questions he pointed to the workers around him and said:

“You need to be taking their pictures. You need to be asking these guys what it’s about. This is what we’re fighting for.” pic.twitter.com/GQLIyAlyXc
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) September 15, 2023

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September 5, 2023 by V Leigh

The clearest picture of corporate greed in this country is CEO-to-worker pay ratios. At the 100 lowest-paying major US companies, CEO pay averages $15.3 million. Median worker pay at these companies is just $31,672. That’s a ratio of 603 to 1. How can anyone defend this?

Stock buybacks were illegal until Reagan made them legal in 1982.

Just about the same time, wages stopped rising for most Americans.

Does that sound like a coincidence to you? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/9SfXWvTPSO
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) August 31, 2023

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Reminder: the life expectancy for Black men in the United States is 68. https://t.co/ZOUcWr1v33
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) August 25, 2023

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Reading this data about wage theft in NY restaurant industry. Employers stole $52 million from 2017 to 2021. https://t.co/C1rryFTACg pic.twitter.com/P0jlZUX4W7
— Clarissa A. León (@clarissaleon) August 23, 2023

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Health care companies are using debt to trap nurses on the job https://t.co/PmwiM8y3Kc
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) August 22, 2023

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Former Tesla workers recently described their work conditions.

They talked about collapsing from dehydration, working on the factory floor up to 12 hours a day 7 days a week, sleeping on the floor, and throwing up.

There was even a sewage leak workers were told to work through.
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) August 17, 2023

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South Carolina is among the 10 states with the highest poverty rate, median household debt, & rate of foreclosures. It also has the lowest union density rate in the country. *Someone’s* “tainting the water” there and it ain’t unions… https://t.co/vbhKS0YGJx
— Maximillian Alvarez (@maximillian_alv) August 22, 2023

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.@ChipotleTweets fined $322K for violating child labor laws 800X. Previously they paid $15M fine for wage theft & $25M fine for food poisoning😳

They got $200M in Corp tax cuts, paid their CEO $38M, spent $100M spent on HQ, enjoy a $38B market cap—but pay their workers $13/hr.😑 https://t.co/nDOcn4uOHH
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) August 29, 2023

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The clearest picture of corporate greed in this country is CEO-to-worker pay ratios.

At the 100 lowest-paying major US companies, CEO pay averages $15.3 million.

Median worker pay at these companies is just $31,672.

That’s a ratio of 603 to 1.

How can anyone defend this?
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) August 31, 2023

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June 19, 2023 by V Leigh

Republicans in the Senate + Dem Senators Manchin, Sinema and Tester just voted to kill student debt relief and raise student debt balances by retroactively adding interest. Tester, Sinema and Manchin are all up for re-election in 2024 and will have to explain their votes.

Republicans in the Senate + Dem Senators Manchin, Sinema and Tester just voted to kill student debt relief and *raise* student debt balances by retroactively adding interest.

Tester, Sinema and Manchin are all up for re-election in 2024 and will have to explain their votes. pic.twitter.com/vfBZM0m4Is
— The Debt Collective 🟥 (@StrikeDebt) June 1, 2023

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BREAKING: Allies at @NAACP have sent a letter to @POTUS sharing frustration that the debt-ceiling agreement ends the student loan payment pause and urging him to use all legal pathways to achieve his #CancelStudentDebt plan. https://t.co/rcMt0KlOII
— Student Debt Crisis Center (SDCC) (@DebtCrisisOrg) June 14, 2023

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The NAACP sent a letter to @POTUS expressing “disappointment” in Biden permanently ending the pause on federal student loan payments—which will hurt Black folks the most.

I kid you not the White House response is “well Black unemployment is low”

Read: https://t.co/AE8GTB4Ys1 pic.twitter.com/kjIzvkMzLn
— Braxton 🟥 (@Braxtonbrew96) June 14, 2023

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Student loan payments have been on pause for the past three years, and thanks to the debt ceiling deal, Joe Biden must restart loan payments by the end of this summer. That’s a looming disaster for over 40 million Americans. https://t.co/a8twuJ9EXA
— Jacobin (@jacobin) June 6, 2023

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In 2019–only just before the pandemic—a student loan borrower defaulted on their debt every 26 seconds. Over 1 million people defaulted in a year. This is the “normal” Biden wants to resume.
— The Debt Collective 🟥 (@StrikeDebt) June 13, 2023

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May 31, 2023 by V Leigh

Since 2007, private health insurance companies spent $141 billion on stock buybacks. During that same time, the cost of the average family health insurance plan skyrocketed by 86% to $22,463 a year while average premiums soared by over $4,300. Yes. We need #MedicareForAll.

Since 2007, private health insurance companies spent $141 billion on stock buybacks. During that same time, the cost of the average family health insurance plan skyrocketed by 86% to $22,463 a year while average premiums soared by over $4,300. Yes. We need #MedicareForAll.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) May 12, 2023

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The idea that corporate profits contribute to inflation went from conspiracy theory to real and probably good pic.twitter.com/SAUwBTcFiY
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) May 26, 2023

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Today, two Democrats voted with Republicans to say that not only should student debt relief be repealed, not only should the pause on payments end, but that you should make *retroactive* payments from previous months.

Introducing Jared Golden and Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez: pic.twitter.com/5UMPMhLndY
— The Debt Collective 🟥 (@StrikeDebt) May 25, 2023

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It’s called union busting, @nytimes. https://t.co/wJ1QFF8W8a
— Dripped Out Trade Unionists (@UnionDrip) May 23, 2023

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May 11, 2023 by V Leigh

Your regular reminder that inflation is being driven by corporations jacking up prices.

Your regular reminder that inflation is being driven by corporations jacking up prices. pic.twitter.com/RZP0fyWLMz
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) April 25, 2023

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how many people did they layoff again? https://t.co/nDkMQBnFJp
— Wagatwe Wanjuki 🇰🇪 🇧🇸 (@wagatwe) April 25, 2023

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Musk beautifully showing us that billionaires become billionaires by breaking things that work so they can force shittier paid versions.

Break public ed, affordable housing, health care, food & water.

Invoice for charters, company towns, med loans, organic food & purified water
— Rafael Shimunov (@rafaelshimunov) April 20, 2023

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The federal minimum wage is still $7.25. pic.twitter.com/OxfbRTqPIT
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) April 22, 2023

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Reminder: SpaceX received $3,000,000,000 in taxpayer dollars. https://t.co/a6tN0ZGoMU
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) April 20, 2023

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I don’t care if you’re a Democrat, Republican, Independent, or none of the above—we should all be able to agree that water is a human right, not an investment opportunity. pic.twitter.com/MLbnASBV20
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) March 27, 2023

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the NYPD is on pace to blow past its allotted overtime budget for FY2023 by ~$366 million which is 16X what it would cost to keep public libraries open on the weekends. Keep in mind, $366 million isn’t their OT budget, it’s what the NYPD went OVER their allotted OT budget ($374M) https://t.co/K9VsQEY3OO
— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonCHI) April 25, 2023

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A judge says San Francisco’s Marriott Hotel illegally kept about $9 million in more than five years of banquet “service charges” that its customers reasonably understood to be tips for food servers.https://t.co/wixcaBvOuS
— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) May 1, 2023

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Know how this isn’t an accident?

They have kid-sized protective wear. https://t.co/egBz2mfRBt
— tall erin, Ph.D (@emfundertaker) May 8, 2023

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One in four Americans live with medical debt. 18 million Americans cannot afford to fulfill prescriptions given them by their doctors. 68,000 people a year die of lack of healthcare. 500,000 medical bankruptcies a year.

But health insurers spent $141 billion on stock buybacks,… https://t.co/NR8KXVG9WX
— Marianne Williamson (@marwilliamson) May 9, 2023

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Someone on Reddit asked, “if you’re injured as a result of a mass shooting, are you responsible for that medical bill?” And I find that a uniquely American question.
— Kimberly Nguyen (@knguyenpoetry) May 8, 2023

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BREAKING: Hollywood writers are striking.

They’re fighting for their livelihoods against billion-dollar studios and streaming companies who have been squeezing writers to eke out more profits.

Writers didn’t shut down Hollywood — the studios did.

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— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) May 2, 2023

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also a reminder that because of the inexorable march of time the youngest millennial is now almost 24, and the oldest ones are in their early 40s https://t.co/GOcPOjNlUc
— yves adele fartlow (@vogon) April 28, 2023

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January 20, 2023 by V Leigh

The price of groceries and rent will never go back down. In one year, they made cost of living go up so much that any raise anyone got at any time in the last 5 years is completely wiped out.

The price of groceries and rent will never go back down.

In one year, they made cost of living go up so much that any raise anyone got at any time in the last 5 years is completely wiped out.
— Hanukkah Solo (@BostonJerry) January 4, 2023

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40% of homeless people in the United States have either a part time or a full-time job.https://t.co/6sWW1A52vQ
— Say it loud (@thetimeisnowTB) January 2, 2023

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The CEO-to-worker pay ratio at Home Depot is 455:1.https://t.co/2ekpb3oYfs https://t.co/0QHDrm5DUh
— jordan (@JordanUhl) December 30, 2022

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Amazon has hired Trey Kovacs, a former Special Assistant at the US Department of Labor, as a union-busting consultant.

Kovacs has been holding captive audience meetings at ONT8 in Moreno Valley, California since April 2022. 🧵#UnionBusting #Amazon #Kovacs #LaborRights pic.twitter.com/3e0w1cv9pJ
— Seth Goldstein (@SethGoldstein13) December 26, 2022

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Starting tomorrow, insulin prescriptions will be co-pay capped at $35 a month for seniors.

While it’s a good step, this doesn’t impact younger people or seniors who still can’t afford $35/month.

These are crumbs. Insulin should be free—all healthcare should be free.
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) December 31, 2022

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Last year Walgreens repeatedly sounded the alarm about shoplifting. But today, a Walgreens exec admitted that they might have “cried too much last year” about theft.

What he didn’t acknowledge is that Walgreens is losing money because of billions in fines, not robbery. 🧵
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) January 5, 2023

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June 7, 2022 by V Leigh

During 2021 average workers’ pay rose 4.4%, average consumer prices rose 8.5%, and average CEO pay (in 500 biggest corporations) rose 17%. #WeCanDoBetterThanCapitalism

During 2021 average workers’ pay rose 4.4%, average consumer prices rose 8.5%, and average CEO pay (in 500 biggest corporations) rose 17%. Even in pandemic, capitalism deepens inequality. Gross. #WeCanDoBetterThanCapitalism https://t.co/TNvvZbe8nJ
— Richard D. Wolff (@profwolff) June 1, 2022

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.@Amazon is trying to ban words like “restrooms,” “slave labor,” & “union” from employees’ chats to bust unions.

Their track record of inhumane treatment, worker surveillance & union busting must not be tolerated.@SenWarren & I have questions.https://t.co/T5w5FtDZfa
— Congresswoman Cori Bush (@RepCori) June 2, 2022

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Chris Smalls was fired from Amazon at the beginning of the pandemic, and now, he’s the president of the Amazon Labor Union (ALU), leading the charge for labor rights across company employees. #ESSENCE https://t.co/35xr7FWraL
— ESSENCE (@Essence) May 27, 2022

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The propaganda is to make politics believe this is just a gig work. Meaning drivers are not full-time, not part-time, drivers are “GiG Workers”? Name us one (1) Wall St listed company that is worth above 45 Billion on the back of less than PT workers ( <25 hrs). @USDOL @WHD_DOL pic.twitter.com/6KeofogS2I
— Uber Labor Union (@UberLaborUnion) June 1, 2022

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The National Education Association, largest US labor union representing about 3M members, criticized the proposal of arming teachers as a solution to mass shootings in schools.

“Bringing more guns into schools makes schools more dangerous,” they said.https://t.co/IHPDB5hWxJ
— Fiona Webster 🌎🌏🌍 #PrideMonth🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (@fiona_webster22) May 28, 2022

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And that this is him union busting. The way the media just let him say any GD thing with no challenge you’d think he was the police… wait… https://t.co/7KaLg82xRn
— Leslie Mac (@LeslieMac) June 3, 2022

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The labor movement created the middle class in America.

Strong unions mean a strong middle class.
— Sherrod Brown (@SenSherrodBrown) June 3, 2022

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Capitalism rests on a network of privately-owned infrastructure, with shipping at its heart – but now the industry is in chaos as the profiteering of rentier corporations sends the world system into meltdown, writes @graceblakeley.https://t.co/11KgIdNuxt
— Tribune (@tribunemagazine) May 31, 2022

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Capitalism. https://t.co/2RLU4PdL82
— Becky Jae (@cubismdream) June 5, 2022

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just the phrase “cost of living” is insane

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The UAW strike has put the GOP in a bind: keep pitching themselves as pro-worker or reveal their rhetoric as a masquerade. Yesterday, presidential candidate Tim Scott chose to say what Republicans actually think: “you strike, you’re fired.”

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To find low-wage workers for their agricultural investments, billionaires like Bill Gates are using a visa program linked to labor abuses and human trafficking. The scam is a far cry from the program’s supposed aim: helping struggling family farmers.

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.@UAW workers deserve to have their labor valued, their contributions recognized, and their humanity affirmed. Their struggle is our struggle and I’m proud to have their back every step of the way. #StandUpUAW

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The clearest picture of corporate greed in this country is CEO-to-worker pay ratios. At the 100 lowest-paying major US companies, CEO pay averages $15.3 million. Median worker pay at these companies is just $31,672. That’s a ratio of 603 to 1. How can anyone defend this?

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Republicans in the Senate + Dem Senators Manchin, Sinema and Tester just voted to kill student debt relief and raise student debt balances by retroactively adding interest. Tester, Sinema and Manchin are all up for re-election in 2024 and will have to explain their votes.

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Since 2007, private health insurance companies spent $141 billion on stock buybacks. During that same time, the cost of the average family health insurance plan skyrocketed by 86% to $22,463 a year while average premiums soared by over $4,300. Yes. We need #MedicareForAll.

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Your regular reminder that inflation is being driven by corporations jacking up prices.

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The price of groceries and rent will never go back down. In one year, they made cost of living go up so much that any raise anyone got at any time in the last 5 years is completely wiped out.

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