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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUnless we start voting smart, as a country, we are totally screwed economically.
for the foreseeable decades. What Trump is wrecking is not easily repaired,
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Unless we start voting smart, as a country, we are totally screwed economically. (Original Post)
OAITW r.2.0
5 hrs ago
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CEO's used to get paid 21 times the workers, now it's up to 290 times the workers
kerry-is-my-prez
44 min ago
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markodochartaigh
(5,378 posts)1. I'll take "Things which should be obvious,
but most people don't understand" for $100, Alex.
RockRaven
(19,079 posts)2. We are totally screwed economically.
And it was our fellow Americans, in the tens and hundreds of millions, who made it so.
OC375
(673 posts)3. Been screwed for a while here
Par for the course.
RainCaster
(13,595 posts)4. However, half the voters have below average intelligence
It's a mathematical problem. There is a percentage of the population that will vote for him even if they have irrefutable proof that he's a child molesting diaper shitting draft dodging sum bitch.
kerry-is-my-prez
(10,262 posts)5. CEO's used to get paid 21 times the workers, now it's up to 290 times the workers
They just keep on giving the top earners more and more money and the rest of us are staying pretty flat and salaries havent kept up with the cost of living. In 1965, CEOs were paid 21 times as much as a typical worker; by 2023, this ratio was 290-to-one.