Universal Basic Income: A Dream Come True for Despots
- Antony Sammeroff
After all, these governments are composed of the same people who launched a permanent war in the Middle East, wasting trillions of dollars on destroying millions of lives. These governments bailed out the banks from the public purse and gave themselves raises after telling the rest of the nation we had to tighten our belts. They have robbed the young of the opportunity to own a home by sending house prices through the roof and mean to leave them a nation in ruinous debt. They continue locking away huge numbers of people for decades for victimless crimes, leaving their children to be raised single-handed. They created an oligopoly of higher education provision forcing generations into student debt that cannot be defaulted on, and healthcare systems that are so restrictive that people must pay inordinate sums to get care or are otherwise forced onto government waiting lists so long that many of their conditions are chronic or untreatable before they are seen to.
Am I the only one who thinks these powers may be used for evil rather than good?
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The Minimum Wage by Miles Mathis
I just tripped across some minimum wage stats in researching something else, and was shocked. No, scratch that. Not shocked. I am past being shocked by anything. I am very far from being numb, and I found this very saddening, but “shocked” is the wrong word. I now understand the predatory nature of the ruling class, and this is just one more instance of that. What is a bit awe inspiring, however, is that the levels of predation of the upper classes on the lower have gotten so much greater in the past 40 years. Since the rich weren't doing badly 40 years ago, there is really no excuse for it. What turned my head was discovering the minimum wage for tipped employees (like waiters) is now $2.13/hr. When I was waiting tables in college, it was $2.00/hr. That was 36 years ago. That's a 6% rise in 36 years. Do you know how much inflation we have had in that time? About 300%, or 4x (4 times). What cost $1 then now costs $4. Meaning? That $2.13 is really worth about 53 cents. Or, waiters now are getting paid about 1/4th what I was getting paid in 1984.
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The Great Pension Fund Hoax - Corporation Nation 2 - Clint Richardson
TRT 3:53:23
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