Act surprised: "Policymakers have repeatedly called for wage restraint but concerns are mounting that a bigger driver of the wave of price rises may be companies using inflation as an excuse to increase profit margins." 🤦‍♀️😬
#economy #inflation2023 #ProfitsAbovePeople
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/mar/02/ecb-looking-out-for-price-gouging-greedflation-price-rises-eurozone-inflation-profit-margins
ECB looking out for price gouging as fears grow over ‘greedflation’

Concerns that a big driver of price rises may be firms using inflation as excuse to increase profit margins

The Guardian
Dr. Reich is correct, corporations are interested in one thing, #ProfitsAbovePeople Want it to change? We are the ones that we've been wanting for!
#CorruptCorporarions
#ProfitsOverPeople
#OverturnCitizensUnited
Private jet company founded by Trump donor gets $27 million bailout

A private jet company founded by Trump donor Clay Lacy received nearly $27 million under the Treasury Department's aviation aid program.

The reality is that people make up the economy, not the stock market or massive corporations. 

Without every day working Americans, there is not economy.

Trump’s policies don’t help workers, families, or consumers, and they aren’t good for the economy

#TrumpedUpEconomy
#ForcedLabor #RepublicanForcedLabor #LaborCamps #MoneyTrumpsLives
#BigBusinessFirst #AmericansLast #ProfitsAbovePeople #WealthBeforeNeed #BigDonersOverAmericanVoters #TrumpDonorsBeforeAmericanVoters

Trump’s conservative policies have eroded unions, created more low-quality & low-paying jobs, and eliminated workers’ decision-making power on the job, and removed key guardrails that rebalance power and protect against corporate recklessness during the good times and provide stability during economic downturns #BigBusinessFirst #AmericansLast #ProfitsAbovePeople #WealthBeforeNeed #BigDonersOverAmericanVoters #TrumpDonorsBeforeAmericanVoters
https://rooseveltinstitute.org/american-labor-law-is-broken-worker-survey-data-fails-how-to-fix/
American Labor Law Is Broken; Worker Survey Data Tells Us How it Fails and How to Fix It

A new Roosevelt report from Alexander Hertel-Fernandez outlines new criteria for workplace law reform.

Roosevelt Institute

People ARE the economy

Trump’s conservative policies and pro-corporate actions have made people sicker have weakened our economy and exacerbated this #coronavirus #pandemic crisis #ForcedLabor #RepublicanForcedLabor #LaborCamps #MoneyTrumpsLives #BigBusinessFirst #AmericansLast #ProfitsAbovePeople #WealthBeforeNeed #BigDonersOverAmericanVoters #TrumpDonorsBeforeAmericanVoters

Forcing workers back on the job will lead 2 more people getting sick & dying

& it is especially egregious that Trump’s conservative allies r holding addtl support 4 families hostage in order 2 protect big businesses that endanger thr employees #ForcedLabor #LaborCamps #MoneyTrumpsLives #AmericansLast #ProfitsAbovePeople #BigDonersOverAmericanVoters #TrumpDonorsBeforeAmericanVoters https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/495633-mcconnell-mccarthy-liability-protections-absolutely-essential-for-next

McConnell, McCarthy: Liability protections 'absolutely essential' for next coronavirus bill

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) signaled on Friday that they will not support a fifth coronavirus bill unless it provides liability protections for employers.

- The Washington Post

- The Washington Post