Social media was a mistake.

“If someone else will do the same job for less” is a bogus argument that can be applied to ANY job ANYWHERE.

If someone else will do the same job for less then why would I pay you?

Everyone thinks “Nobody wants to work anymore” , no its nobody wants to work for shit pay when the CEO is making 12 Billion a year.

Unions exist because of corporate malfeasance against workers.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-chicago-railroad-thefts-20170303-story.html

They addressed the salary issue. He doesn’t take salary as a tax dodge, and lives off relatively untaxed loans. It’s pretty egregiously unethical. You want to go after the politicos?  That’s peanuts, but fine.  Billionaires are doing much much more tax evasion.

the system that allows wealthy people to claim assets as collateral for substantial loans, with which they use to further enrich themselves, while also claiming those assets are non-taxable is the problem.

No one doesn’t understand that and I’m embarrased for you for writing this like a brilliant revelation that we give a fuck about.

Weird that you’re scolding others for “not understanding money” and then go on to imply stock shares aren’t a liquid asset.

Fair share is a stupid term used because it appeases anyone who thinks someone should pay more. What’s fair? People also don’t like to think far enough ahead to consider how you would actually implements any tax changes. Simplest way is some type of progressive consumption tax. No loans backed by assets would skirt…

A person on a school teacher’s salary isn’t going to be shopping for a $45K new car, they’re more likely going for a Corolla or equivalent that is closer to $20-25K new. It’s always been that way and it isn’t going to change unless if school teacher’s suddenly start making six-figures across the country. $25K is a lot…

Heh...If you can’t explain it, you don’t understand it.

Newsflash: The poor could no longer afford new automobiles in the early 90s.

The EPA, as I suspect you know, has no international authority. Also, China is making better progress than we are, and produces carbon emissions per capita a little under half of ours, despite producing so much of the world’s goods. India produces less than a quarter of ours per capita (and about half of our total…

China and India only have more emissions because they have far more people. Of the world’s largest economies, we have the highest emissions per person.

Low income workers normally buy new cars?

I have had several cars severely damaged by dealer mechanics.

Not sure if one would classify this post as an oxymoron or a paradox. First paragraph is most insightful. Second paragraph is some Trump level bullshit.

My God. Looking at Mike then and Mike now is like looking in a fucking mirror. And it doesn’t make me feel better about myself at all. 2015 Mike was so young, and chipper, and full of optimism. 2021 Mike looks like he’s been through a pandemic with a kid or two and is just trying to survive. He’s lived through a Trump…