sin_free_for_00_days @ sin_free_for_00_days @lemmy.one

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Not everywhere, that's for sure.

The waitresses said they make the federal minimum wage for tipped workers, which is $2.13 per hour. The intention is that the bulk of their income will primarily come from tips. Schoolmeester-Cochran estimated she works anywhere from 21 to 35 hours each week and, with tips, brings in a salary ranging from $70 some weeks to $170 others. <-- Waffle House employee

In the past, when there was a much higher tax on high income earners, instead of paying more in taxes, they would spread the wealth a little more equitably. This was true in Hollywood, in corporations, hell, in working service industry jobs. There were still rich, but so were others. In the past 40 years, we have been experiencing the greatest wealth transfer (over $50 fucking trillion ) from the working class to the 1% ever. And it's poised to get worse. Anyone who doesn't support unions and a strongly progressive tax is either ignorant of the history of the US, or an asshole. There is no in between.

If anyone cares, this is an Apple thing.

Yeah, we should just wait until after they suicide.

Can't you just block the user/mod? Unsubscribe from his instances?

As someone who uses neomutt for mail, I may be an outlier. I like to feel like I have control over my email without having to worry about my internet connection. Also, I really, really hate the lag of web clients.

Not to mention fantastic spending on college/university (GI Bill) to both slow the impact of returning military on the job market and to create a highly educated work force. Also, incredible help for people to become homeowners, creating generational wealth (GI Bill again), unless you were black.

People act like high taxes on the wealthy would be a problem, when in reality what happened is the wealthy poured more of the excess wealth into their businesses, which benefitted everyone. It's so annoying that we freaking know what works and what doesn't (trickle-down), yet still argue about their efficacy.

It will never happen, for so many reasons.

Well I don't, so I strongly support anti-trust legislation and much higher taxes on the wealthy, on wealth, to prevent stagnation.

Naw, it was a Bolt.

_{sorry. I'l leave now}

I'm feeling guilty because that's one of the few things I like from Taco bell.

As long as I can put a custom ROM on it, I don't really care about support.

Yeah, the opening sentence

The Democratic Party, for decades the progressive bastion of the United States, is emerging today as the party of the status quo.

had me scratching my head.

Easy. Tax capital, not labor.

I wonder what the hell is the point, then I remember words from the twice-indicted, twice-impeached former president "All I want to do is this: I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have..." I'm still not sure what the one more than we have part means, but people are pretty stupid and I could see that many people tossing their vote in with the idiot anti-vaxxer.

I just sat back for a couple minutes going over the potential candidates for president and it's pretty damn pathetic.

Yep, tax capital, not labor. It seems so obvious.

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. --Abraham Lincoln

Oh god, I tire of you. Either trolling or just really dense. I'm going to block you and move on. I suggest you do the same. Jesus christ.

@0x815@feddit.de seems pretty clear to me buddy. I'm not sure what you aren't getting.

Let me summarize in two words: Fuck Republicans.

I always figure anyone who has never broken a bone has lived a very conservative, unexciting life.