The blame belongs with Wal-Mart

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

— Anthony Michael Kreis (@anthonymkreis.bsky.social) October 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM

Fuck Donald Trump

Peace,

emaycee

 

So much for Trump's economic populism

BREAKING: Trump Treasury nominee Scott Bessent opposes raising the minimum wage. Bernie Sanders: “You don’t think we should change the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour?” Bessent: "No, sir."

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— More Perfect Union (@moreperfectunion.bsky.social) January 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM

Fuck Donald Trump

Peace,

emaycee

 

Economic populist my fucking ass

Imagine how completely out of touch you have to be to fucking LAUGH, as you recall with another billionaire how he fired striking blue-collar workers just trying to get better wages and working conditions.

trump is the most anti-union candidate EVER.pic.twitter.com/9961pdOCDE

— BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ (@mmpadellan) August 13, 2024

Republicans = Nazis

Peace,

emaycee

 

Democracy and your pay

Last week, voters in Chicago were asked in an advisory referendum if they would support an increase in the city's minimum wage for large employers to $15 an hour.  The city's residents passed the referendum with 87% of the vote.

I'm of two minds on the referendum (much like I am on all minimum wage votes):  on the one hand, it's great that we can force the hand of those who would see us all live on poverty wages; on the other hand, it's kind of sad that the system is so rigged that hard work doesn't merit increases in pay anymore (it's also infuriating that minimum wage, even at $15 an hour--$31,200 a year--isn't making anyone rich and continues the Sissyphean toil that is living economically month to month).  If America is to survive, something must be done to reverse the trend and actually expand the middle class, not continue to let it shrink.

And what exactly, you're thinking, would that be?  Something that's getting more traction with me lately is the idea of a universal basic income.  Much like the best parts of Obamacare, it would free people to go back to school, take time off to raise children or take care of sick loved ones, go into business for themselves, or just make a decent living with the addition of the basic income funds.

And best of all?  One's livelihood, one's family's well-being, wouldn't be contingent on the whims of Corporate America and the 1% who can buy their fantasy of a country that works for them and them alone, while the rest of us suck on it.

It sure beats the hell out of the dystopian economy we've been facing since the onset of Bush the Lesser's Great Recession.

Peace,
emaycee

Not like you and me

There's an old bit wherein someone looking upon the eccentricities of a wealthy aristocrat says, "The rich ain't like you and me," whereupon the comic foil responds, "Yeah, they have money."

It was reported last week that although profits are down and the number of employees is also shrinking on Wall Street, bonuses for the Wall Street elite in New York City were up 15% last year.  Anybody out there who is eligible for a yearly bonus remember the last time you got one when your company's profits were down?

Apparently the rich have a shitload of chutzpah, too.

Peace,
emaycee