#public investment

[ivygorgon]

AN OPEN LETTER to THE U.S. CONGRESS

Put the Good Jobs for Good Airports standards in the FAA reauthorization bill!

104 so far! Help us get to 250 signers!

I’m calling on you to stand with working people, passengers and our communities by supporting Good Jobs for Good Airports standards (GJGA) in the FAA reauthorization bill. Airports should and can be strong, vibrant drivers of good jobs in every part of our country. The Good Jobs for Good Airports standards are central to that mission and our nation’s future prosperity. Billions of our public dollars are invested in our nation’s aviation system every year, and we must ensure that our public resources serve the public good. That includes ensuring airports better serve the needs of our families, our passengers, our communities and the airport service workers who make it all possible.

It is evident that our air travel industry is in crisis. From record flight cancellations during summer travel peaks to mountains of lost luggage during the holiday travel season. Airports are critical publicly-funded infrastructure vital to the health of our local communities and global economy, but right now airports aren't working the way they should for travelers or airport service workers — a largely Black, brown, multiracial and immigrant service workforce. These working people, including cleaners, wheelchair agents, baggage handlers, concessionaires and ramp workers, keep airports safe and running smoothly even through a global pandemic, climate disasters and busy travel seasons. Yet many are underpaid and underprotected--even as some major airlines rake in record profit and billions of our tax dollars are invested in our national air travel system.

Domestic passenger numbers increased by 80% between 2020 and 2021, total industry employment fell by nearly 14%, leaving airport service workers to sometimes clean entire airplanes in as little as five minutes as many take on additional responsibilities outside of their typical job duties. Meanwhile, wages have barely budged for airport service workers in 20 years. The Good Jobs for Good Airports standards has the power to transform workers’ lives by ensuring airport service workers have the pay and benefits they need to care for their families.

The Good Jobs for Good Airports standards would help build a stronger, safer, more resilient air travel industry by making airport service jobs good jobs with living wages and benefits like affordable healthcare for all airport workers. Airport service workers at more than 130 covered airports would be supported through established wage and benefit standards, putting money back into hundreds of local economies and helping families thrive. If passed over 73% of wage increases will go to workers making $20 or less, estimates show.

I urge you to include the Good Jobs for Good Airports standards in the FAA reauthorization bill, and help ensure our public money serves the public good.

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#JESSCRAVEN101 #PNXUOF #resistbot #FAA reauthorization #Good Jobs for Good Airports #airport workers #aviation industry #public infrastructure #labor rights #economic justice #workers' rights #fair wages #benefits #community support #passenger rights #public investment #economic prosperity #airport service workers #living wages #healthcare #job security #labor standards #economic equity #social welfare #income equality #workplace conditions #economic development #local economies #financial stability #worker empowerment

[feckcops]

Austerity is Labour’s choice

“The UK economy is dominated by oligopolies operating in highly uncompetitive markets that are able to extract wealth from workers, citizens and the environment. These companies are using inflation as an excuse to raise prices and increase profits … In this context, the only way to curb inflation without imposing unbearable costs on workers is to tax corporate profits …

“Yet Rachel Reeves has stated outright that she will not back any increases in the top rate of income tax and ruled out any increase in capital gains taxes or the introduction of new wealth taxes. This comes on top of previous announcements that an incoming Labour government will not touch the top rate of corporation tax.

“This is not only economically insane. It’s also contrary to prevailing public sentiment. People know that massive corporations are profiting from the cost of living crisis at their expense. And they back measures to make those corporations pay, like the windfall tax on energy companies.

“One could fault previous Labour leaders such as Ed Miliband for following public opinion rather than attempting to lead it on issues surrounding public spending; on being a weathervane rather than a signpost. But the new Labour leadership can’t even be accused of blowing wherever the wind takes them. Instead, they seem intent on pushing conservative economic policies even when the general public supports much more radical ones …

“It simply reinforces the sense held by many voters that all politicians are the same and that nothing is likely to change no matter who they vote for. When these attitudes dominate, people start to believe that the only option is to lend their support to far-right extremists who promise to burn down the whole system. Don’t be surprised if the rise of the far right is the only real legacy of Starmerism.”

#keir starmer #rachel reeves #labour party #labour #profiteering #price gouging #corporate greed #monopolies #austerity #wealth taxes #corporation tax #income tax #public spending #public investment #decarbonisation #green new deal #economy #economics #politics #uk

[avandelay20]

“Australia’s population-led growth model was a demonstrable failure in the 15 years prior to the pandemic,” Mr Minack told his high-paying subscribers in a note published on Tuesday.

“Remarkably, the country now seems to be doubling down on the same strategy.”

With the population growing at an annual rate of about 2 per cent, Mr Minack said Australia needed to devote about 6.6 per cent of GDP to investment to keep the amount of capital per person steady. But investment was currently less than half that.

Mr Minack said underinvestment was not a recent phenomenon. Over the past 15 years, governments have not invested enough in building the schools, roads, hospitals and housing required to compensate for population growth.

While his research takes a longer-term view, the current debate among politicians and economists has zeroed in on the post-pandemic migration rebound, which some blame for worsening the housing affordability crisis.

Immigration expert Abul Rizvi estimates Australia’s annual migration intake probably hit a record 500,000 people in September as international students and working holidaymakers returned en masse.

The population surge has become an uncomfortable topic for the Albanese government, as the Coalition seeks to capitalise on community concerns about the size of the immigration intake and accuses Labor of pursuing a “big Australia by stealth”.

Opposition finance spokeswoman Jane Hume said on Wednesday that migration was “out of control” and causing productivity to decline.

“There is a fundamental problem because, of course, those huge numbers of migrants put immense demand on our already congested suburbs, on our already overworked infrastructure,” she told Sky.

“And unless there is infrastructure that has been co-ordinated to keep up with that level of inflation, it actually becomes a drag on productivity.”

Former Business Council of Australia boss Jennifer Westacott warned on Tuesday that sustainable and realistic immigration settings were required to ensure community confidence in the migration program.

Leading economist Chris Richardson last week suggested cutting back on international student numbers due to the failure to build enough housing, while former treasurer Peter Costello said Australia’s “extremely high” immigration levels represented an “enormous adjustment” for the property sector and the Reserve Bank’s inflation challenge.

#economy #australia #immigration #underinvestment #public investment #schools #hospitals #infrastructure

[intelligentchristianlady]

"In order to prevent Republicans from deliberately crashing the economy, Democrats are apparently supposed to accept a plan that would push hundreds of thousands of American out of work, take health care coverage from hundreds of thousands of Americans, derail the U.S. manufacturing boom, and gut all kinds of critically necessary public investments on everything from veterans care to education, border security to food security." [links available in the article]

A nice clear explanation.

#debt ceiling #GOP #Republicans #hostage crisis #Kevin McCarthy #hurting middle and lower income Americans #employment #health care #public investment #veterans #border security #food security

[viatravelers]

I am beginning to become very interested in self-directed investing, especially through apps. The stock market is a bear market right now and I believe that is a great opportunity to begin to invest.Also, I’ve been putting money away in a high-yield saving account through the Varo and Chime apps. Now that I’ve put away enough to cover six months’ worth of expenses, I’m ready to put more aside in investments.

#public investment #investments. #investing platforms #Chime apps

[detroitography]

Map: Living New Deal in Detroit

Map: Living New Deal in Detroit

New Deal projects touched nearly every corner of the United States. From 1933 to 1942 hundreds of thousands of projects modernized our country and many are still in use today; roads, schools, theaters, libraries, hospitals, post offices, courthouses, airports, parks, forests, gardens, and artworks were created in a single decade. The Living New Deal’s purpose is to make that enduring legacy…

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#1933 #1942 #Detroit #geography #infrastructure #Living New Deal #map #New Deal #public investment

[firbolgfriend]

getting back into mlp by making a pony based off the unreleased episode 'Number Fish Fan', where discord finds out he has a very dedicated fan.

#art #mlp #mlp:fim #my little pony #discord mlp #mlp discord #these are just really messy doodles #im stealing the concept of the episode its mine now #i love and missed drawing discord #and i have gotten very invested in this within the past 24 hours #like i already have a whole backstory and plot for this dude #its cringe i probably wont get into it in public #i was gonna clean these up but if i stopped to do clean lines then i will get too burned out to draw more on this #so all were getting are mess #my art

[ladyelainehilfur]

you travel ten years into the past and the only BTS songs that exist are the ones on the 2 Cool 4 Skool album

#life is trash because you don't have bapsae or apanman or mic drop or boy in luv or idol or butter yet #jiwon might invest in bighit stocks the moment they go public #marry my husband #bts #kdrama

[hirazuki]

I did a costest of Mairon today (and an impromptu Almaren-era look, because why not) -- he's ready for con! I'm really happy with how he looks and too excited to wait to share photos until I'm done editing, so have some unedited shots plus two quick memes & the last thing you see when you dare imply Melkor might have not done nothing wrong XD

Inspiration for the memes came from this amazing poll by @kanafinwe-makalaure.

Edit: Ahaha okay this got A LOT more attention than I anticipated, for being just some test shots and silliness ^^; I usually don't include costume credits in costest photo dump posts, only on finished photos, but now I feel like I need to include them here too, so here you go: Wig: Arda Wigs (Grace, in "Fire Orange") Contacts: Uniqso (Sweety Crazy Red Demon Eye) Ears: Aradani Costumes (Sun Elf Ears) Circlet: PernCirclets (on Etsy) Gorget: Crystalsidyll (on Etsy) Gauntlets: Jadekei (on Etsy) Leather armor: LederFantasies (on Etsy) Fangs: Scarecrow (Small Deluxe Fangs) Gloves, dress base, and finger armor are mass-produced/store-bought; shirt is my own. I'm honestly shocked at the reception and everyone's really kind and supportive words! ♡♡♡

#mairon #sauron #cosplay #silmarillion #tolkien #i did different makeup for almaren mairon (gold/light orange) and first age mairon (red + bright orange) #but i don't think you can really tell ^^; #i wish my apartment had better lighting and a good spot for a full length mirror but alas T_T #i work with what i have #i should also probably invest in an actual camera at this point... #he's just as perfectly uncomfortable to wear as i expected lmao #but i can't wait to take him out in public all the same ♡ #silm #hira cosplays mairon

[virgothozul]

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#Macho Man is my new personality hi #fanfic #Jona couldn’t plan this unfolding but in the end he was extraordinarily hypocrit with this move #« public decency » and « family friendly content » my 🍑 ! #unnecessary obscene violence hello #Jona i seriously hope sb will kick ur ass for ur live broadcast demonstration of poor parenting bc im sure joz wont say 💩 #As usual the writing is amazing #I love drawing from fics these guys r crazy talented it s so f easy to picture everything #joseph joestar #u have no idea how many scenes i wanna sketch #Macho Man #chapter 14 #chapter 15 #update : i finish reading the chapter Jona feels guilty so i guess it is almost forgiven but still ! Pretty hypocritical #also sb’s gotta have a word with jot #dude cant just waltz around killing ppl off to cope with his emotions wtf man #i say all that bc i’m so f invested in this story i love it to bits #And i can give jona the cold shoulder while loving him deeply

[intothestacks]

For every dollar invested in London Public Library (Ontario), $6.68 is brought back into the community.

That’s a 452% return on investment.

#did you know #return on investment #library #public libraries #libraryland #librarylife #canada #cndpoli #onpoli #ontario

[ot3]

im supposed to feel bad that asami's company that sells Cars and War Mechs is going under? well i don't

#loklb #maybe she should invest in building some trains in the city or something instead huh. #THEY HAD TRAINS IN BA SING SE!! BA SING SE HAD PUBLIC TRANSPORT! #ASAMI DID YOUR FATHER LOBBY FOR CAR-BASED INFRASTRUCTURE. BE HONEST.

[jakeperalta]

I literally think being in the taylor fandom is making me a worse person like I am so not a hater at heart and yet I just get so irritated by the fandom that it makes me feel like the most negative bitter person :/

#my previous tags on that ask about how kelsea has similarities with taylor this year has really made me realise #like i see kelsea being very public in her post breakup relationship and doing things like lyric changes on stage or kissing after a show #and i'm like 'aw that's nice for them :) if they're all loved up why not show it :)' #and then i see those things from taylor and i'm like 😐😒🫤 #and the difference is that with kelsea i can see it and move on but with taylor i know i'm gonna see a million posts about it #and weird overly invested takes and analysis and annoying jokes #and it's meant that my automatic reaction is annoyance even though i'm annoyed at the fandom and not taylor #anyway this is just one example but i'm just realising that this fandom is like.. not a good place for me really #but it's tough when i've been so embedded in it for years and it's been such a good fun community at times #i'm trying to slowly retreat but idk it's not working that well #also doesn't help when my other fandoms are all quiet/on hiatus currently so there's no escape lol #talking

[chronicallycouchbound]

A bit upset that every other time I go to my public library I experience some sort of bigotry and at the same time I fully support public libraries and want them funded.

When I was 17 and a homeless trans high schooler trying to access the computer lab for longer than 1 hour a day, I was denied a library card (despite the homeless shelter being a valid address) because they worried I wouldn’t return my books. I told them it was so I could use the computer for schoolwork but they didn’t care.

Same year, different librarian, I was kicked out of the library because I was in the teen section. I showed my school ID and my regular ID and even school documents I had on me and they didn’t care. She also made a racist comment that my documents were “probably illegal too” to her coworker.

Even just last week, I was at the library with my partner and I present extremely androgynously most days, but I had been repeatedly femininely misgendered in the day so I went to use the bathroom and used the women’s restroom, just to be safe. But the women in the bathroom gave me dirty looks and sent (male) library staff to do a “safety check” of the bathroom while I was there only one in there. The staff member ended up not being too pushy about things but it was still an awful experience.

The librarians hover. The moms shield their kids. They treat me like a criminal. I’m not the only one having these experiences.

And at the same time, if my local library had better funding, maybe they could do some inclusivity trainings. Maybe they wouldn’t guard books that are available to the public like fine jewels. Or maybe they’d be worse or the same who knows.

But I still support my public library.

#chronically couchbound #homeless #unhoused #racism #houseism #transphobia #trans #homeless trans youth #public library #public libraries #invest in our communities

[superhell]

house is wayyyy too invested in wilson getting laid like calm down gayboy

#not just invested. hes into it too #like his expression as wilson pulls a chick at the bar is so. calm down youre in public #also its fascinating he wants wilson to get laid but he cannot stand the thought of him in a relationship its. certainly a stance #house #wilson #hilson #house md #hatecrimes md #the speed at which wilson pulled that chick has to be some sort of record my man walked over and spent TWO(2) seconds talking #and then shes getting up to leave with him. like girl same but also damn son

[fireheartwraith]

Bad, paraphrased: it would be nice and help traffic if they had a bunch of self driving cars that went around a loop picking people up and dropping them where they need

The chat:... do you mean a metro

#qsmp #badboyhalo #tbf he did say that public transport would be the best solution but that the government probably doesn't want to make a long term investment #and instead they built the sphere #and this is why i hate cars!