I think this would be enough to pay for free college and paid leave for all Americans, if you like doing that kind of math.
19 million college students, average annual tuition $26,000 = $484,000,000. What shall we do with the other $145 billion. đ¤ Shall I do paid leave? Or universal child care? How about a replacement electric car?
âYou canât do [clean air/basic income/decent healthcare/no evictions/etc] there isnât enough money.â
I love numbers, they are precise. If we gave $2,000 basic income every month to every person in the USA (332mil) it would cost 13% of our annual budget ($6.1T). This would impact the rest of your list.
BREAKING: The Seventh Circuit allows Indianaâs ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors to go into effect as to the use of hormones or puberty blockers, as well as an unusual âaiding or abettingâ provision. substack.com/@chrisgeidne...
I never thought we'd be looking at sanctuary cities for citizens, yet here we are. I'll begin, Seaside, Oregon is trans accepting. At least the scrim of teens in my neighborhood say so.
So, last week I was on vacation with my (moderately) extended family to DC. I go to DC all too frequently (way too frequently) for work, but never for vacation. But it was a week of touristy stuff... and... it was pretty great?
Turnout was better for Rs than Ds. Turnout almost 2M out of 8M registered active voters.
My parents fled Nazi Germany. It's hard to believe that decades later these guys are being welcomed with open arms by one of our country's biggest political parties just a few miles away from the U.S. Capitol.
Middle school pickup. Kid abruptly steps off the sidewalk into the road, SUV slams on brakes, stops just in time. Oblivious, the kid proceeds to his dadâs car, which is double parked and blocking traffic in the other lane. A whole family thatâs just an incredible affront to natural selection