Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

5 Southern Mayors Propose to Fight Poverty by Guaranteeing Income https://basicincometoday.com/5-southern-mayors-propose-to-fight-poverty-by-guaranteeing-income/

Report: Environmental agencies are violating civil rights laws — and the EPA is letting them https://grist.org/justice/report-environmental-agencies-are-violating-civil-rights-laws-and-the-epa-is-letting-them/

While other oil companies pledge ‘net-zero,’ Exxon plans to increase emissions https://grist.org/climate/while-other-oil-companies-pledge-net-zero-exxon-plans-to-increase-emissions/

Progressive Groups Are Preparing to Thwart a Possible Trump-Led Coup. Here's How. https://inthesetimes.com/article/donald-trump-coup-election-day-labor-unions-grassroots-progressive-organizations

Amazon Expects Its Employees to Operate Like Fast-Moving Machines. This Amazon Picker Is Fighting Back. https://inthesetimes.com/article/amazon-picker-workplace-safety

How Do You Flip Rural Trump Voters? Talk to Them. https://inthesetimes.com/article/rural-trump-voters-canvassing-2020-election-peoples-action-down-home

We always hear about debt to GDP, but hardly ever hear about household debt to household income. In the USA, household debt was approximately 60% of household income in 1970 (using that date as 2 car households were the norm by then); by 2005, household debt was approximately 120% of household income. Are we all just idiots "keeping up with the Joneses", or is the USA economy broken? #broken

Trump isn't a problem; he's a symptom of a problem. COVID-19 isn't a problem; it's a symptom of a problem. Climate change isn't a problem; it's a symptom of a problem. Racism isn't a problem; it's a symptom of a problem.

It's amazing how a single problem, #capitalism, can have so many symptoms. It's time to cure the problem.

Apparently a dollar sign followed by the number, 2, translates to a space or a non-printing character somewhere in between the POST! and the display of the post in my Mastodon transmission path.

Cost of college between 1978 and 2012 increased by 1120%.

Imagine if minimum wage had kept pace. That same minimum wage job at 2.65 would have paid 29.68 in 2012.

It's Cheap to Be Rich - What Donald Trump's tax heist reveals about the rot in our economic system. https://inthesetimes.com/article/donald-trump-tax-rich-cheap-wealth-inequality-capitalism