#realwages — Public Fediverse posts

Some quotes to remember from Corbin Trent (about the US Economy):

"Two full-time workers today have less purchasing power than a single worker did in 1950."

"Any politician promising affordability without a bold plan to shift power back to working people is full of shit."

"We need to reverse a 50-year transfer of $79 trillion from the bottom 90% to the top 1%"

https://www.americasundoing.com/p/it-works-if-you-work-it

#Economics #Inflation #RealWages #PurchasingPower #Inequality #Politics #USPoli #Unions #TaxTheRich

Stress to dysmorphia, how cost of living is affecting our mental health

About a third of Australians are financially stressed with women consistently reporting more anxiety about money, …
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Mentalhealth #costofliving #financialstress #Health #healthoutcomes #Housing #Inflation #InterestRates #mentalwellbeing #MentalHealth #moneydysmorphia #rba #realwages #ReserveBankofAustralia #wagestagnation #wages
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/73085/

If floundering leaders r #newnorm we’re in v dangerous time
"post-WW2 welfare states eroded by capital’s escape fr #regulations, #taxation & #employment #standards tt govts once enacted, & none of e nations’ #governments cld arrest e shift in income fr wages to invts. #Offshoring ⏬️ # of & rewards for jobs in #industry.. broad prosperity of 30 yrs aft WW2, when #democracies w adv econs saw #realwages & median incomes⏫️ due to #preglobal #socialcontracts has long vanished"
https://prospect.org/world/2024-12-23-biden-unpopular-check-out-fellow-leaders/

Someone was writing the answers on a board in the background, paid so much money yet can’t answer a question without help …bet they cheated in school times tables exams too #standwithyourpostie #fatcatbosses #supportthestrike #fairdayspay #realwages #cwu https://twitter.com/cwunews/status/1598080853405728770?s=46&t=itWu0KtnlhA7MhAknr6NLg