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rbreich, 1 year ago to random

RT @CoriBush
In 2023, over 400 anti-trans bills have been introduced across our country.

We need to call it what it is: a deliberate campaign by the GOP to erase trans people.

It’s an attack on human rights.

rbreich, 1 year ago to random

Sure, Clarence Thomas concealed luxury trips he was treated to by a GOP megadonor and had undisclosed business dealings with him, but don’t forget that he also refused to recuse himself from cases about Jan 6, despite his wife's role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

rbreich, 1 year ago to random

Republicans voted to increase the debt limit three separate times under Trump with little drama.

Now, they refuse to raise it unless the government makes it more difficult for millions of low-income Americans to get food stamps.

You can’t make this stuff up.

rbreich, 1 year ago to random

RT @IsabellaMWeber
Now UBS chief economist also finds profit-led inflation. Who is next?

rbreich, 1 year ago to random

Can the effects of globalization be separated from those of technological change? How have they interacted to widen inequality?

We'll explore these questions and more in Class 3 of my Wealth and Poverty course, available here: https://bit.ly/43PNnwx

rbreich, 1 year ago to random

Billionaire sports team owners prey on the love that fans have for their favorite teams.

Sadly, they often use it as leverage to extract money from the public for stadium deals.

And if we don’t play ball, they’ll take our favorite teams away.

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RT @MLBONFOX
The Athletics are reportedly "closing in" on a deal to build a ballpark in Las Vegas, per @TheNVIndy https://t.co/hbRgcE79gk
https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/1648919920774905857

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rbreich, 1 year ago to random

Federal minimum wage in:

2009: $7.25
2010: $7.25
2011: $7.25
2012: $7.25
2013: $7.25
2014: $7.25
2015: $7.25
2016: $7.25
2017: $7.25
2018: $7.25
2019: $7.25
2020: $7.25
2021: $7.25
2022: $7.25

The result: It's now worth 41% less today than it was in 1968.

rbreich, 1 year ago to random

Did Republicans use the debt ceiling to hold the economy hostage when Trump was in office? No. Of course not. They raised it. Three separate times. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/disinformation-about-the-debt-ceiling

rbreich, 1 year ago to random

Just lost my Twitter verification, but that's not a real problem. The real problem is the oligarchs who have too much power over the internet.

And our economy.

And our democracy.

Remember, we have more in common with each other than we do with them — blue check or not.

rbreich, 1 year ago to random

RT @IlhanMN
Kevin McCarthy is holding the global economy hostage in order to:

• Take away food stamps
• Kick millions off health insurance
• Make it easier for billionaires to dodge taxes
• Block student loan forgiveness
• Kill over 100,000 green energy jobs

Stop this manufactured crisis!

rbreich, 1 year ago to random

Something has gone terribly wrong when Fox News can claim a tax write-off for its $787M defamation settlement, yet school teachers only get a measly $300 deduction for buying their own supplies.

rbreich, 1 year ago to random

RT @Groundwork
If inflation is slowing, why is the Fed still hellbent on raising interest rates, slowing the economy and threatening to throw millions out of work?

@rbreich explains why this is a huge — and cruel — mistake that will hurt the most vulnerable.

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rbreich, 1 year ago to random

RT @lawindsor
EXCLUSIVE AUDIO: Trump coup attorney Cleta Mitchell wants to "combat" voting on college campuses, citing North Carolina and Wisconsin, and says that when Republicans win the state Senate in Virginia, they can eliminate 45 days of early voting and same day voter registration.

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rbreich, 1 year ago to random

The GOP's only policy initiative, its only mission, and its only hope for maintaining power is voter suppression.

RT @washingtonpost
Exclusive: A top Republican legal strategist told a roomful of GOP donors over the weekend that conservatives must band together to limit voting on college campuses, same-day voter registration and automatic mailing of ballots to registered voters, according to a copy of her… https://twitter.com/i/…
https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1649074059517231105

rbreich, 1 year ago to random

RT @RepSummerLee
16 y/o Ralph Yarl was shot in the head for knocking on the wrong door.

20 y/o Kaylin Gillis was shot & killed for pulling into the wrong driveway.

18 y/o Payton Washington was shot after accidentally trying to get in the wrong car.

NOTHING about this is normal.

rbreich, 1 year ago to random

RT @rbreich
How can you watch Clarence Thomas…

-Accept free trips from a GOP megadonor
-Report hundreds of thousands of dollars in income from a defunct real estate company
-Fail to recuse himself from cases with clear conflicts of interest

...and not think SCOTUS needs a code of ethics?

rbreich, 1 year ago to random

In Class 2 of Wealth and Poverty, we begin to explore why inequalities have soared since the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Even though this isn’t a real classroom and I’m not with you in person, I hope you find this both enjoyable and challenging! https://tinyurl.com/5n7utw2y

rbreich, 1 year ago to random

We shouldn’t just raise the debt ceiling — we should abolish it.

It serves absolutely no purpose.

The only thing the debt ceiling actually does is give members of Congress a "trigger global financial crisis" button.

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rbreich, 1 year ago to random

RT @imcivicaction
The modern Republican Party doesn't give a damn about democracy.

Let's not mince words — it's rapidly becoming the American Fascist Party.

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rbreich, 1 year ago to random

Earlier this year, the FTC proposed a ban on non-compete agreements.

30 million workers are trapped by these contracts that make it nearly impossible for them to obtain better jobs in their industries.

The ban is estimated to increase wages by nearly $300 billion/year.

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rbreich, 1 year ago to random

The CEO-to-worker pay gap at America’s largest public companies is now 399-to-1. In 1965, the ratio was 20-to-1.

This explosion in CEO pay relative to the pay of workers isn’t because CEOs have become so much more valuable.

They've just gamed the system to line their pockets.

rbreich, 1 year ago to random

Meta announced a $40 billion stock buyback two months ago.

The same corporations telling us they have no choice but to lay off workers are simultaneously spending huge sums enriching shareholders.

RT @MorePerfectUS
Meta, parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has announced another round of mass layoffs, with 4,000 workers getting the ax this time.

This is the 3rd round of mass layoffs, and under shareholder capitalism firing…
https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS/status/1648688231649624064