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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.
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- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
- Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
- Workers must join together and fight back for what is rightfully theirs.
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- Higher wages for underpaid workers.
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- Better and fewer working hours.
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That $40T went somewhere: it went into billionaires' balance sheets.
It used to be that US debt was an accounting trick to let them use Social Security taxes for the general budget, but that's down to like 20%. Another 25% owed to foreign governments, leaves 55%, or $22T in the pockets of corporations, banks, & mutual funds, which means mostly held by 1%ers.