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9. Wiped out by billionaires becoming multi-billionaires

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Sat Jan 22, 2022, 11:32 AM

Jan 2022

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Billionaires Cause Inflation

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'That raise meant nothing': Inflation is wiping out pay increases for most Americans [View all] brooklynite Jan 2022 OP

Along the same lines, after noting that SS increases were usually matched by Medicare increases... TreasonousBastard Jan 2022 #1

i could tell when we would be getting a cola. the $ of a wash would go mysteriously up AllaN01Bear Jan 2022 #2

The bastids think we don't notice. We do, but the killer is that it makes no difference. TreasonousBastard Jan 2022 #6

You wanna' fix things. Tax the rich. johnthewoodworker Jan 2022 #3

America awash in money..tax the rich and cut the damn military ffs. Can't afford it. Alexander Of Assyria Jan 2022 #11

Tax corporations. They used to pay 30% of gov't revenue. Now about 5%. SharonAnn Jan 2022 #54

Midterms gonna be ugly. Jon King Jan 2022 #4

And it seems as though we don't want to do anything about it ck4829 Jan 2022 #7

I worked for 50 years and went on strike once for doc03 Jan 2022 #5

re: "I said all along about a $15 minimum wage prices will go up on everything wiping it out." thesquanderer Jan 2022 #8

I can see $15 even more in San Francisco but in Ohio doc03 Jan 2022 #27

Wiped out by billionaires becoming multi-billionaires ck4829 Jan 2022 #9

Where I live, the $15 minimum wage is double the previous minimum wage. Have prices doubled Scrivener7 Jan 2022 #13

It's silly, really. People are getting paid peanuts, give them a few more peanuts ck4829 Jan 2022 #14

Yup. Fomenting panic tends to make people vote republiQan and they know it. Scrivener7 Jan 2022 #15

I just heard on TV that people's savings have skyrocketed. gab13by13 Jan 2022 #10

The vast majority of inflation is coming from meat, used cars and oil. Scrivener7 Jan 2022 #12

There are thousands of things made from petroleum that are affected by the increase inwiththenew Jan 2022 #24

Do those things make up a large proportion of your typical spending? Scrivener7 Jan 2022 #25

Everything you buy, eat, look at, or use throughout any given day has an oil cost associated with it Calista241 Jan 2022 #29

So higher prices in oil are a good thing. They'll make us figure out how not to be so Scrivener7 Jan 2022 #32

It's going to be very, very hard to find other sources for lubricants, plastics and other oil Calista241 Jan 2022 #33

Should that be a campaign message for the midterms? MichMan Jan 2022 #36

Why would you think that should be a campaign message? Scrivener7 Jan 2022 #37

You said higher oil prices were good MichMan Jan 2022 #39

Would you? Because as I said, that's just dumb. Scrivener7 Jan 2022 #40

Well I wouldn't, because unlike you, I don't believe any of those are good MichMan Jan 2022 #42

So we can dispense with your sea lioning and return to the Scrivener7 Jan 2022 #43

Dead-end Capitalism Strikes Again -NT- ruet Jan 2022 #16

You know what will fix it, 23 year old? maxsolomon Jan 2022 #17

Indeed. More Republicans, more billionaires... no counters to inflation ck4829 Jan 2022 #18

We (meaning Dems and Joe Biden) will be the ones to fix it. Calista241 Jan 2022 #30

Our health insurance just went up so my husband's raise is going to just about cover that 🙄 Luciferous Jan 2022 #19

While I can sympathize, think of what it would be like without the increase. nt chowder66 Jan 2022 #20

Hey, this is what it has been like for decades. Low wage gains, and constant price SWBTATTReg Jan 2022 #21

Katie Porter said on LO'D tishaLA Jan 2022 #22

The Post was quoting the Labor Department. Not sure where Katie got her number. onenote Jan 2022 #23

thank you for that, it's something to share to set people straight cadoman Jan 2022 #28

Meanwhile the end of cheap money is melting the markets and will soon JCMach1 Jan 2022 #26

Predatory Capitalism is who to blame for inflation! Emile Jan 2022 #31

This is planet-wide pandemic-caused inflation. And, of course, Hortensis Jan 2022 #47

The best they will EVER do for us is allow us to keep treading water... dchill Jan 2022 #34

WE are over 250 MILLION, and "they" are a few thousand. Hortensis Jan 2022 #48

for the most part, no raise I ever received made that much difference yellowdogintexas Jan 2022 #35

Someone's having fun posting shitty news tenderfoot Jan 2022 #38

Everyone needs a hobby. Scrivener7 Jan 2022 #41

Must be fun living in a bubble of voices that agree with you... brooklynite Jan 2022 #45

Must be fun posting with a tax payer funded pension that allots one such leisure time. tenderfoot Jan 2022 #49

My pension isn't "taxpayer funded", unless it's because I'm a taxpayer. brooklynite Jan 2022 #50

The resentment is due to your incessant bashing of Democrats/Liberals/anything left of Jesse Helms tenderfoot Jan 2022 #51

Feel free to elaborate. As I recall, we were discussion inflation and the media. brooklynite Jan 2022 #52

Doesn't it always though peppertree Jan 2022 #44

This won't be a popular opinion but... jgmiller Jan 2022 #46

Great post! Scrivener7 Jan 2022 #53

Kick ck4829 Feb 2022 #55

The housing issue is horrific JCMach1 Feb 2022 #56