MrVilliam @ MrVilliam @lemmy.world

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I understand you now. I've automatically assumed that "reinvest in the company" is just shorthand for stock buybacks lol. I was like wtf how is that good for the average person haha.

You might be right, but what's silly is that you think companies wouldn't do everything in their power to not reduce pay to both workers and the government at the same time. And they do. In fact, they lobby endlessly to lower their taxes as well as keep wages low, loosen regulations, dismantle the power of unions, roll back labor rights, and take away voting power of the people who would vote against their interests. You need to understand that the entire motivation of these companies is to maximize profit at all costs. "If you're going to lose the money anyway" is not something they have ever or will ever accept. That's like assuming that you accept that you will never eat another scrap of food ever again. Your survival depends upon it, and when access to it is threatened, you will lie and cheat and steal as much as is necessary to ensure your survival.

If the government taxed businesses at a higher rate and used that increased revenue to improve the quality of life and access to opportunities for all, I'd say that that's a much better use of that money. We've tried taxing businesses less in hopes of having anything other than piss trickle down to the workers. That's how we got here. Productivity has boomed, yet wages have stagnated and people are struggling to get by. It's time to stop propagating broken bullshit-ass Reaganomics and start advocating for your fellow human to be able to afford access to the bare minimum of food, shelter, and medical care. The GDP of the US is over $25 TRILLION. So why in the blue fuck are people still freezing and starving to death in this country? Unacceptable.

The amazing economy that these MAGA people dream of getting back to can be largely attributed to two things. The first is lots of manufacturing, which the CHIPS Act is a step in the right direction towards, but is impossible to ever really get back to ever since Nixon opened the door to China as a trade and manufacturing superpower in the 70s, and companies decided to lower costs by sending manufacturing over there. The second is a MUCH higher business tax rate. At one point, it was 91%. I'm not saying that that's the correct rate in the modern economy, but 28% ain't shit. Raise it to 40% at least, and then use that additional revenue to get everyday Americans' heads above water.

I'm an extremely lucky 35-year-old American white guy, married with no kids or pets, denied ourselves several comforts and luxuries, and I'm still just now at a point where I'm trying to buy my first home. I have almost every advantage possible, and I'm still over ten years behind my parents' generation. That shit ain't right. Help us, the people.

For anybody just casually interested but with lesser needs than OP, I bought a 65W supply to replace a phone charger I forgot at a hotel and I've been very happy with it. Don't just buy a single port replacement if you fuck up at check out like I did lol. Here's what I bought: https://a.co/d/2TKDE2G and it's $40 right now.

It has 3 ports total, 2 USB C and 1 USB A. The only issue is that it doesn't come with cables, so I also bought a 3 pack of 2m USB C to USB C cables. No complaints.

But also, cops like having an excuse to violently punish their comrades. So they're happy with whoever gave them that excuse, billionaire or not.

For my entire lifetime, there's been an obvious trend of Republicans absolutely fucking the economy and then Democrats cleaning up the mess. Anybody who trusts trump more than Harris in this topic is incapable of pattern recognition, even if trump were "one of the good ones" if you believe such a thing exists. It just so happens that he is particularly terrible on every topic, including the economy, but even if he weren't, any modern Republican would still be poison for the American economy.

Excellent question. Idk, I can see indirect sex work like camming or porn still happening because that could be connected to a desire to perform for an audience. Maybe less prostitution but I'm almost certain that it wouldn't go away completely.

What a terrible day to have eyes.

No, that would be stupid. He changed the password to maga2024 like a smart person.

At least that's a consistent viewpoint. What I despise is demonizing sex work but not exploitative labor practices. It's totally illogical to me that people will pride themselves on working 12+ hour days, skip breaks, come in on days off, work nights and weekends and holidays, etc but look down on people who have an OnlyFans or whatever. I don't really understand criticizing one without the other.

Personally, I don't give a shit about sex work. If it were fully legal and workers were protected and everything, I still don't know that I would pay for it, but I sure as shit wouldn't fight to take that choice away from others. It just wouldn't really affect me. Same thing for access to safe drugs or abortions. I'm not going to advocate for other people to not have choices in their personal freedoms, so I guess I'll fight for people to have access even for things I'm not that interested in for myself.

Yes

Unchanged. Still gonna vote for her. I'm more enthusiastic now that she picked Walz over some of the other finalists though. I'll probably buy some campaign stickers now in addition to voting.

Thank you for ending your 2024 campaign, Joe Biden. That was hero shit. That humility and duty to something bigger than himself is exactly what made him so much better as a leader than trump ever could've been. Joe has earned his retirement, and there's a part of me that hopes that he becomes the first former president to die of badass causes, flipping his Vette doing a buck eighty or something lol. But not for another couple decades.

Imagine using somebody's wage as a metric for determining their value, and using low wage specifically like it's an insult... on lemmy.

Bro, you've made it abundantly clear that this place just ain't for you. Twitter won't censor your embarrassing beliefs; maybe go there instead.

That's where you're wrong. The chair would actually have fewer felony convictions and rapes. Allegedly. I don't know that chair personally. But the point is that "fewer" is the grammatically correct word for the point you're making.

Excellent question. I think the answer is that the people who choose such things are thinking more about election strategy than job performance. And while I think this is not an issue with anybody who would vote for Harris in the first place, the people making the choice might think that Buttigieg's sexuality hurts election chances? Or maybe because he has young kids at home that he might want to be there for? Idk, I thought he didn't have enough experience when he ran for president, but Biden fucking nailed it by making him Secretary of Transportation. He's killing it and developing much-needed political capital and federal experience to the point that I think he's ready now. He'll have his turn very soon, I'm pretty sure. Potential presidential nominee in 32.

If anybody came to c/memes for a laugh, it is unfortunately one more step to check the profile of OP to find the real joke here.

Dude has a vendetta against people knowing the potential bias of media sources. Gee, I wonder why that might be 🤔

She's incredibly far from his type, and he's taken, and his husband probably keeps him pretty happy.

Not trying to push you into doing anything you aren't comfortable with, but a lot of people could really benefit from having a real source get info on this from. I know it's not your responsibility to educate us, nor are your opinions necessarily representative of everybody in Palestine, but most people just believe whatever they see on mainstream media. And generally, that means bullshit like fox news way more than Al Jazeera or BBC or NPR or whoever has the least biased news these days.

If nothing else, please keep educating your friends and anybody else in personal circles. If enough people do that, the info will hopefully trickle out to enough of the rest of us to generate outrage in order to influence real change in terms of support for Palestine. Cheers.

Haha, brilliant. I'm still running my 5a, so that sounds kinda crazy to me.