#us political financing

[thoughtportal]

Corporate takeover of the US

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_F._Powell_Jr.

#tiktok #Lewis f powell #powell memo #citizen's united #us supreme court #capitalism is a scam #labor movements #labor movement #advertising #reagan was a terrible president #ronald reagan #reagan #FTC #anti-trust laws #corporate greed #corporate welfare #us political lobbying #us political financing #robert reich #us elections #workers rights #workers vs capital #union workers #price gouging #taxes #history #american history

[meandmybigmouth]

“WAR-CHEST, CON-CHEST, GRIFT-CHEST!. CALL IT ANYTHING BUT HELP THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND DEFEND DEMOCRACY CHEST!

#donald trump #us elections 2024 #us news #us politics #us political financing

[backtonormallife]

For the MAGAs in the royal tumblr arena. I long for the pre-Reagan GOP days. I hope they can return in my lifetime.  

#donald trump #us political financing #us news

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

*tries to organize my thoughts*

*remembers i'm not in school and therefore beholden to neither heaven nor hell nor any man's grading system*

*joyously shredding & tossing all my carefully arranged 3x5 mental notecards into the air like so much beige confetti. raising my arms in victory, cheering raucously until i accidentally inhale bits of homemade confetti*

(*coughing up itty bits of paper like a cat evicting a hairball with a firm understanding of tenants' rights*) wait wat happens next

#i marie kondoed my thoughts and *i* feel great. but now my stream-of-consciousness has escaped containment #so many innocent bystanders at stake #every time i try to organize my thoughts i run out of plastic bins and have to make a trip to the container store where i get even more dis #racted so. you can't just hand me THIS brain and NO catalogue OR library classification system #and expect me to single-handedly sort through all this nonsense? bad form but fucking form not in my job description #aNYways. formal education sure did a FUCKING NUMBER on us huh #(a number i measure not in gpa or dollars of student debt. #but in the number of therapy sessions & medical debt it will take to recover.) #seriously folks. our education systems are...innately traumatizing for a huge number of students. and we NEED to address this. #the fact that it is culturally common for adults to have anxiety nightmares about school/exams...even decades later? #that is not cute. it is Alarming. #no one--much less entire generations--should be spending their developmental years in an environment of chronic stress & pressure & strain #and yet that is the reality for millions and millions of pre-teen and teenage and young adult students #this isn't healthy and it serves and empowers NO ONE #...except of course the many exploitative educational & financial & debt-collecting institutions thriving from the current balance of power #and of course it's a nefarious and powerful way to sabotage/erase the middle class #which billionaires and the wealth-inequality creators they finance couldn't possibly have any noteworthy interest in whatsoever #it's not like there's an elite group of people with huge financial incentives to drain/steal resources from the masses... #anyways sorry for going all Conspiracy Theory on you. #obviously the billionaires who control the vast majority of our resources and news and political campaign funding #are not tied to every single itty bitty social issue and i'm a silly billy to imply it #please tell elon musk to ignore this tweet i am so subservient and acquiescent #mr musky u r so good at inheriting slavery-built mining fortunes & buying other people's companies #& building rocket ships & fancy cars that do NOT explode/catch fire & also NOT running billion dollar companies into the ground #mr musky u r so talented genius billionaire playboy with 10 kids and ex-wives who find you creepy af babe u r basically iron man

[53rdcenturyhero]

Russians against Ukraine, party politics, everyone on your media is influenced... then they gather statistics on which bit worked best & they do it again.

If you have zero principles and find destabilisation cool as a lifegoal then this is a growth area for employment globally.

If you're not at the table your information is on the menu. Start considering things a little more and a lot more often.

#propaganda #behind the scenes #us political financing

[dontmean2bepoliticalbut]

#us politics #news #twitter #tweet #republicans #conservatives #donald trump #gop #indictment #trump scandals #john fugelsang #@victorshi2020 #hush money #campaign finance law #stormy daniels #classified documents probe #capitol riot investigation #georgia election investigation #e. jean carroll #letitia james #alvin bragg #fani willis #2023

[weevil-mastermind]

I really wish there was a leftish movement in the U.S. willing to play the long game on campaign finance reform and Citizens United like how the right was willing to play the long game on Roe v Wade.

#politics #i might need to make a politics sideblog #campaign finance #scotus #supreme court #us politics

[kitausuret]

There's something interesting I've realized about the concept of a "living wage" in the US that has only really occurred to me since I got a better job that.. you know, pays a living wage. (Just for the sake of what I mean, I earn over $20 USD/hr, I work full time, and I live in Nebraska. My partner is the same as far as wages.)

This fall, my partner and I got our first house. It's 3 bedrooms, 2 bath, small but finished basement. It took a lot of negotiation and stress but with the help of an A+ realtor and loan expert, we got it. Yay!

Now, we were used to paying rent, but paying a mortgage was going to be almost double. This was fine, we could afford it. While we recover financially from some things we had to do (replace a deck, fix a cracked pipe, you know the usual) we have been a little more careful about our spending. Even with that though, we're still able to get groceries and eat at a restaurant once a week and buy holiday gifts for our friends and families. It might be a couple years until we can shell out for a little vacation, but that's okay.

My point here though is that... this is what it should be like for everyone. A two-income household should be able to get a decent little house and have a few fun luxuries and still have enough in savings if you need an emergency car or home repair or veterinarian bill or the like. A living wage needs to be more than just a roof over your head and food on your table. You should be able to invest in things that make you happy (like a nice bike or video game console) and things that make life easier (like a toaster oven or snowblower).

We both work desk jobs. It's stressful but we can work from home and that also saves money. But for everyone in every kind of job, or even if you can't work, you should still be able to live. And that's why it's important to support higher wages, better disability support, and universal basic income. Everyone deserves the opportunity to be happy and feel safe and secure.

So when you see local petitions out to raise the minimum wage, when you see workers striking for an income they can actually live on, and when you see measures that will help people on the ballot, remember that when you support them, things DO change for the better.

#personal ish #honestly what made all the difference was when my job bumped everyone to a starting wage of 20/hr #they did it to be more competitive with the rest of the field #and that's when i was able to save up enough for my half of the closing costs on our house #us politics #finance

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

In his op-ed for The Guardian, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders propels the American labor conversation forward by arguing for a 20% cut in the standard 40-hour workweek, without any loss in pay.

He points to the 480% increase in worker productivity since 1940, asserting that such gains have mainly enriched corporations while leaving the working class in a perpetual state of struggle.

Sanders' rallying cry resonates with the ongoing initiatives by labor unions, especially the United Auto Workers (UAW), which recently initiated strikes against major automotive companies such as Ford Motor Co., General Motors Co. and Stellantis. The UAW is also pushing for a four-day workweek while preserving the pay for a five-day week, a demand that Sanders supports. This is part of a long-running struggle by unions to balance productivity gains against working hours that has seen little progress over the years as real wages in the auto industry have declined by 17%.

Research backs the concept of a reduced workweek, with a study led by Boston College Professor Juliet Schor indicating that efficiency can increase without requiring workers to cram more tasks into fewer hours.

International examples provide practical confirmation. In France and Norway, shorter workweeks are either in place or under consideration. A U.K. pilot study involving 3,000 workers in over 60 companies demonstrated increased happiness and productivity with a four-day workweek, prompting 92% of the participating companies to adopt the new schedule permanently.

Public opinion in the United States is also aligning with this idea. A Morning Consult survey showed that 87% of employed adults in the U.S. are interested in a four-day workweek, and 82% believe it could work on a broader scale. Likewise, a study by 4 Day Week Global revealed that none of the companies participating in four-day workweek experiments in North America have plans to revert to a traditional five-day week.

Despite these positive indicators, Sanders acknowledges the uphill battle to win these changes. Any benefits for the working class won't be "easily handed over by the corporate elite," he said.

Yet, as automation and technological progress, like the anticipated efficiencies in electric vehicle manufacturing, continue to threaten traditional work structures, they also underscore the feasibility of a reduced workweek.

The synergy between the voice of labor unions, the American working class, international examples and influential policymakers like Sanders makes the vision of a four-day workweek not merely a pipe dream but a realistic, achievable objective that could reshape labor norms for future generations.

#us politics #news #yahoo! finance #2023 #sen. bernie sanders #4 day work week #32 hour work week #the guardian #op eds #American labor movement #worker's rights #United Auto Workers #labor unions #Boston College #Professor Juliet Schor #united kingdom #great britain #Morning Consult #france #norway #europe #4 Day Week Global #working class

[sailorsally]

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#since I talked in the tags a lil before #i also need to say that the political situation in Georgia has been a big pile of shit lately #that’s mostly why I don’t have the energy to engage with anything atm #everything is so hopeless #I just try to play video games these days to take my mind off stuff #but to explain it a bit #there is this one law the parliament already tried to pass last year but then didn’t because thousands came out to rally against it #the law is about ‘foreign agents’ and it’s directly copied from kremlin’s law in Russia #where the govt basically uses it to just cleanse the country from anyone they don’t like #So now this law is back and they have voted a yes two times #and will vote a yes third time #which is absolutely devastated news for anyone here #because if this law is instituted #basically say bye to foreign scholarships #to ngos financed from foreign countries that work to protect queer and trans peeps #rehabilitate refugees domestic violence victims etc #there will be no new roads in removed highland villages that rely mostly on international financial aid #no education opportunities for poor kids etc #this law literally equals death #and it will be heavily used to just cleanse Georgia of people who don’t think like Kremlin #and I am so fucking scared rn #There have been protests for 3 days #tens of thousands of people on the streets #but parliaments just keeps ignoring people #Or using police brutality against them #they are beating people up #jailing them for peaceful protests etc #it’s absolute nightmare #I’m just so tired of Russia #why won’t they die with everyone who supports them I wanna cry

[nerosdayinanime]

"Im worried what people would think of you then, that you're just a personal whore or something- i don't want to ruin your reputation.."

"Are you kidding? 'My dick was so good i got promoted-' Thats the biggest flex i can think of!"

"Well, you're certaintly enthusiastic about this."

#ive been thinking of the au from @planethoneybee's tags in that writing prompts post #on the topic of giyuu wanting sabito to have political power in case something happens or someone tries to pull shit- #him & shinobu debating the pros and cons of giving him title of concubine before giyuu brings up the social aspect #so shino calls sab in to get his thoughts on the matter directly and it made me laugh #another bit w sanemi- theyre at a meeting talking abt finances and theyre talking of cutting sanemi's beetle funding- #G: i can pay for it /Sane: what? /G: keep as much funding to the project as possible- i'll finance the rest of it out of my #own allowance. that works doesnt it? /Shino: i suppose. ..but you'd do that for beetles? /G: i see importance in it. /Shino: very well- #sanemi doesnt thank him or even mention it but he definitly looks at giyuu differently after that- he used his own shit to keep #the project going full blast? damn. he did that for sanemi's beetles. man. #somethn somethn giyuu bringing up the idea for shinobu to have a personal guard(/helper) as well #shinobu 'i know what you are' @ giyuu before he hurriedly explains he doesnt mean get a side hoe hes genuinely just #offering to find her a trusted guard/helper whos sole purpose is to do errands n shit specifically for her 'oh! that sounds nice actually' #'sab has someone in mind for you- says shes one of the best in the forces and a pleasant personality' 'ill see that for myself first' #'okay [thumbs up]' #im imaginging a mix between european kingdoms & east asian/chinese/japanese empires except i dont know shit about either #only thing i vaguely know is theres advisors & like sub-royalty & in traditional japanese more (/complex) layers of clothing = rich/royal #the 'sub royalty' has a name im p sure. i forgor. fuckiinnn. #nope its just not there. oh well. giyuu w the fingerless sleeve-gloves my FUCKING beloved #also vague thought of sabito & mitsuri wearing helmets that utilize their pink hair as fuckin. yk the european knights #w the stupid ponytail thing/romans w the gold helm/red mohawk thing. somethn like that #they wouldnt wear like full Heavy Armor like knights do their fighting styles & w the close-quarters they wouldnt need it #but like for Show at Fancy Pantsy Time theyd dress up similarly #loserboy giyuu posting #loverboy sabito posting #sabigiyuu #of all the shit i have for this au THATS the scene that gets front page. dick joke funniee #(in case its not clear text goes Giyuu-Sabito-Shinobu talking)

[mirrors-are-green]

Important to remember: net worth does not equal money owned

It's mostly about the current price of the things they own- mainly stocks and property. So it's always changing, because the stocks are always changing. That's how you lose millions in a day.

Also that's how you avoid paying taxes-physical wealth is taxed, but stocks ownership and trading are not. Trust funds, even those going into tens of millions of dollars, are also not taxed.

That's the way they make money: keep it in a bank (and get a premium because banks like to have some liquidity on hand and want to keep their most profitable clients, it's very competitive), get an ultra low-interest loan with some stock as collateral and buy some property in a very desirable place, then sell it some time later, profit

If you have enough money, it's multiplying by itself.

#my opinion #my view #us politics #politics #political #billionaire #millionaire #wealth #money #finance #net worth #loans

[helianthus21]

thinking about how Han-seo inherits Han-seok's money post-canon to become even richer😎

#ep 20 what ep 20 #jang han seo #jang han seok #vincenzo #handwaving things to make it possible in TR #where han seo fakes his death #like han seok needs to '''die first''' #🤔 #im sure cha young can figure sth lawyery out #to inherit both han seok+ han seo's stuff #so she can give it back to han seo #who uses it to finance his charities<3 #eat the rich except for han seo<3 #bc he looks v polite

[demgraphics]

Want to know how much money the NRA or big oil is giving your member of Congress? Look no further. This is a very useful and impartial resource for following the money.

#vote blue #us politics #money in politics #campaign finance

[democracyawareness]

Only a few weeks left to vote in the California Primary. I’m running this year for US Senate. I’ve tried voting for the least worst politicians and that hasn’t worked.

As a experiment I’m promoting Campaign Finance Reform with my campaign. I think the only people who count are the ones with the right to vote. Corporations aren’t people, they’re property.

Time for the We The People Amendment! Vote for John Rose and join with me for campaign finance reform.

#democracy #patriotism #us politics #california #election 2024 #citizens united #campaign finance #u.s. senate #katie porter #adam schiff #barbara lee #steve garvey

[dontmean2bepoliticalbut]

#us politics #rep. lauren boebert #Colorado #gop #Republicans #conservatives #republicans be like #conservatives be like #2022 #2022 elections #2022 midterms #vote blue #2004 #2015 #chips act #violence against women act #campaign finance law #jayson boebert