this post was submitted on 26 Mar 2024
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But instead, we decided to make a very small number of people extremely rich.
Bernie is pushing for 32/week.
If he was president we might have gotten it, but Biden sure as shit isn't even going to mention it.
American workers are more productive than at any point in history, it's just all the wealth goes into a very small number of pockets, and instead of having to pay taxes, they pay a small percent to politicians in both parties to ensure workers don't get any
I wouldn't say we'd have gotten it. Being president doesn't mean you control Congress.
They got everything they wanted from the strike without having to fuck up the US economy. Stop thinking you’re dunking on Biden with this one, it’s stupid.
They structured a deal with the unions instead of striking. They got a 24% raise (biggest in 4 decades), platinum healthcare, and the things that were on the strike demands for each involved union.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/these-are-the-key-concessions-rail-workers-won-in-deal-to-prevent-strike/3158251/
We nothing. Hold the people who voted for Reagan responsible.
How do I argue that this is a bad thing to my boss.
I will preface by saying that my boss is a great guy. I don’t have targets and I get freedom and feel empowered in that sense.
But we often debate about the world and he seems to argue that on the whole society is doing a lot better than we did in the past. Living longer, more luxuries etc.
On the whole.... how would you define that? The mean? The median? If it's mean, he may have a point because the richest people don't have to work for many thousands of years each. But the median person is likely under poverty level.
And better..... also what is the definition of that? More money? More free time? Less crime/risk of injury? Etc.
And then there's the case that it doesn't matter if it's "better" than it was however arbitrary time ago, it matters that it could be better for a massively greater percentage of people. But in the current state it is only insanely better for only a select few, and nearly the same for the vast majority of people.
Thank you for this. You’ve definitely given me some points to touch on.
For what it’s worth, I agree we should do better.