There have never been enough living wage jobs in the US for every working age adult who needs one.

That's the way they suppress wages and oppress workers - by not staffing their businesses fully and making one person do the work of two or three.

The reason? So shareholders can get another couple of cents worth of dividends every quarter.

Link: https://sherwood.news/markets/america-now-has-more-job-seekers-than-available-jobs/

#Unemployment #Economy #Community #LivingWages #Work #Affordability #EconomicCrisis #Foreclosures #Homelessness

@KimPerales also because the #USA normalizes acumulating #debt than demanding #LivingWages.

But yeah the kind of #deficit spending that is common in the US is unheard of in the #EU!

@munin @heretohinder Even aside from #UBI people in places that have actual #SocialSecurity, #LivingWages as #MinimumWage and #PTO as well as #ParentalLeave are more happy even if the number on their paycheck is lower (even after adjusting for purchasing power, taxes, benefits, currency conversion, etc.)…

  • Why else do people move from the #USA to #Germany and accept 50-75% less income?

Maybe it's because #money isn't what drives them!

Why Capitalism Can’t Save Us | Jason Hickel on Climate, AI & Empire (Better Future 003)

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The new #Fairphone (not the Fairphone 6)

> 50 % fair/recycled materials

Minimised environmental damage

Reduction of #ConflictMinerals

Manufactured with #LivingWages

Software support until 2033

5 years manufacturer's warranty

#Modular design, allowing for #Accessibility and #Longevity

#Snapdragon 7s Gen 3

Battery capacity 4.451 mAh

Weight 193 g

Pure Android 15 or e/OS #eOS

8 GB LPDDR5 RAM

https://www.computerbase.de/news/smartphones/fairphone-gen-6-das-neue-reparierbare-smartphone-kostet-599-euro.93263/

Really cool!

Fairphone (Gen. 6): Das neue reparierbare Smartphone kostet 599 Euro

Fairphone hat das Fairphone (Gen. 6) präsentiert. Neue Hardware, 12 Ersatzteile, 5 Jahre Garantie und mehr Fairness kosten 599 Euro.

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On June 19, 1865, enslaved Black Americans in Galveston, Texas, finally learned of their #freedom—two years after the #EmancipationProclamation. #Juneteenth is a reminder that #justice delayed is justice denied.

Today, we honor the resilience of all who have fought for freedom. But we also recognize that the struggle is ongoing for #truefreedom: #economicjustice, #votingrights, #healthcare, #livingwages, and #dignityforall.

#Juneteenth2025 #MDPPC #PoorPeoplesCampaign

Absolutely.

If you aren't paying your employees living wages, you're nothing but a plantation owner in drag who is cosplaying "business owner" because you're incompetent and/or greedy. You are a sh!t person.

People have a basic human right to living wages for each hour of their life that they have to give to your business. They can't get that hour back, and you don't deserve it.

You don't deserve to live off of other people's work.

#LivingWages #Economy #Wages #Affordability #Community

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjRH688D/

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AI is now bearing the truth.

Lazy ass Americans fat and flagged.
How great!

Greatest country.... Hahahaha #Nope
#NotByALongShot
#FreeHealthcare?
#LivingWages?
#FoodSecure?
#NotHere

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I can't understand how christianity came up with the obviously false claim that people's lives don't have value unless they're making money for some corporation.

Predatory capitalism is a sin, not a virtue.

And like the rest of christianity's disgusting beliefs, this one needs to be flushed down the toilet.

Instead, christians are doubling down on efforts to kill off the elderly, disabled, the poor, and unemployed who are "useless eaters."

It's vile.

#LivingWages #UBI #HumanRights