In 1950, median INDIVIDUAL income was $1,971. A median home cost $7,354. The nation spent about $83 per person for healthcare. A four-year college degree cost $852.
Do the math. 3.73 years of work to buy a house. One week of work for healthcare. Less than two months for a college degree.
In 2023, median personal income was $42,220. A median home costs $429,000. Healthcare runs $14,570 per person per year. A four-year degree costs nearly $40,000.
10.16 years of work to buy a house. Twelve weeks of work for healthcare. More than ten months for college.
https://www.americasundoing.com/p/it-works-if-you-work-it
#workingclass #classwar #poverty #wealthgap #capitalism #inflation
In 1950, median INDIVIDUAL income was $1,971. A median home cost $7,354. The nation spent about $83 per person for healthcare. A four-year college degree cost $852.
Do the math. 3.73 years of work to buy a house. One week of work for healthcare. Less than two months for a college degree.
In 2023, median personal income was $42,220. A median home costs $429,000. Healthcare runs $14,570 per person per year. A four-year degree costs nearly $40,000.
10.16 years of work to buy a house. Twelve weeks of work for healthcare. More than ten months for college.
https://www.americasundoing.com/p/it-works-if-you-work-it
#workingclass #classwar #poverty #wealthgap #capitalism #inflation
My wife opened my eyes to a better future where we recognize the #CultureWar is a weapon of the #ClassWar and we come together in #solidarity to tear down the old foundations of #colonization and corporate exploitation.
- wisdom from my excellent friends (this one: a White guy with a White Nationalist father & Black American wife)
Puget Sound Anarchists: **Politicians Squabble, People Starve**
https://pugetsoundanarchists.org/politicians-squabble-people-starve/
anonymous submission – The government shutdown looms large in the minds of the hungry. Two opposing poles of power – both against the…
#Analysis #Uncategorized #Classwar #Governmentshutdown
Masks are down.
EU conservatives vote with far right to approve cuts to green rules
The outcome highlights the EPP’s willingness to abandon its traditional centrist coalition allies.
Lawmakers in the European Parliament on Thursday agreed to exempt more companies from green reporting rules after the center-right, right-wing and far-right groups allied to pass the EU's first omnibus simplification package.
The outcome illustrates the EPP's willingness to abandon its traditional centrist allies and press ahead with the support of far-right groups to pass its deregulation agenda, setting a precedent for future lawmaking in Parliament for the rest of the mandate.
https://www.politico.eu/article/epp-votes-with-far-right-to-approve-cuts-to-green-rules/
#fascism #europe #EUPolicy #eu #Climate #ClimateCrisis #greenenergy #capitalism #classwar
Masks are down.
EU conservatives vote with far right to approve cuts to green rules
The outcome highlights the EPP’s willingness to abandon its traditional centrist coalition allies.
Lawmakers in the European Parliament on Thursday agreed to exempt more companies from green reporting rules after the center-right, right-wing and far-right groups allied to pass the EU's first omnibus simplification package.
The outcome illustrates the EPP's willingness to abandon its traditional centrist allies and press ahead with the support of far-right groups to pass its deregulation agenda, setting a precedent for future lawmaking in Parliament for the rest of the mandate.
https://www.politico.eu/article/epp-votes-with-far-right-to-approve-cuts-to-green-rules/
#fascism #europe #EUPolicy #eu #Climate #ClimateCrisis #greenenergy #capitalism #classwar
ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
https://www.propublica.org/article/portland-protests-national-guard-fox-news-coverage?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Portland #Oregon #NationalGuard #Protest #Fox #Media #Trump #ICE
Local police in at least in 1 California city are boosting patrols to defend corporate grocery chains from shoplifters, as millions of Americans lose SNAP and WIC benefits.
"A male who has divested of male privilege, who has embraced feminist politics, is a worthy comrade in struggle, in no way a threat to feminism, whereas a female who remains wedded to sexist thinking and behavior infiltrating feminist movement is a dangerous threat."
- bell hooks, Feminist Is For Everybody: Passionate Politics
"A male who has divested of male privilege, who has embraced feminist politics, is a worthy comrade in struggle, in no way a threat to feminism, whereas a female who remains wedded to sexist thinking and behavior infiltrating feminist movement is a dangerous threat."
- bell hooks, Feminist Is For Everybody: Passionate Politics
Local police in at least in 1 California city are boosting patrols to defend corporate grocery chains from shoplifters, as millions of Americans lose SNAP and WIC benefits.