The next time you hear someone say immigrants are "lazy" or "dangerous," remind them that nearly 23 million immigrants are considered essential workers. That's 1 in 5 individuals in the total U.S. essential workforce.
Taxing billionaires is not radical. What’s radical is accepting a system where billionaires pay lower effective tax rates than nurses, teachers, and truck drivers.
Just four companies in America control: - 85% of beef processing - 80% of corn seed distribution - 77% of fertilizer production - 69% of grocery sales Wondering why food prices are so high? Minimal competition means maximized price-gouging.
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Who else is sick of our government subsidizing the health care industry when millions can’t afford insurance, subsidizing Big Oil while they destroy the planet, and bailing out Wall Street when they crater our economy? It's time to end corporate welfare.
Airlines have merged from 12 carriers in 1980 to 4 today. 4 companies control 85% of beef processing, 70% of the pork market, and 54% of poultry. Albertsons, Kroger, and Walmart control 70% of the grocery sales in 167 cities. Minimal competition means maximized price-gouging.
Poverty is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. Billionaire tax loopholes are a policy choice. Insulin rationing is a policy choice. Climate disintegration is a policy choice. We have the power to change this.
Four Wall Street hedge fund managers make more than 120,000 U.S. kindergarten teachers combined. 94% of teachers have to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies while the average Wall Street employee gets a bonus of $176,500. Something has gone terribly wrong.
Workers are voting to join unions at the highest rate in 15 years. The number of workplace strikes hit a 23-year high last year. Workers are done letting billionaires and corporations hoard all the wealth and power.
From 2019 to 2023, Lowe's spent nearly $43 billion on stock buybacks, which inflate CEO pay. Lowe's could have spent the same amount to give each employee a $29,865 annual bonus. The CEO of Lowe's raked in over $18 million last year. The median Lowe's worker earns just $32,626.