Green New Deal

[winfield100]

Sorry for many, the issue is they do not want to work, called welfare, food stamps, and now bidens socialism

may i politely as possible suggest continuing above type comments in this TMC thread,

Politics - Quarantine Thread

It's very sad that this thread has to exist. I remember the good days when I almost felt pride that I was a fan of Elon and his idea/product. The way he's been acting lately is mindblowing. Maybe little XAE12 is too much even for him. On a question above, yes I wholeheartedly disagree 100%...

teslamotorsclub.com

 

[h2ofun]

Discussing facts is not "bullying". If you want to live in a fantasy world where the vast majority of people aren't working that's your choice but don't be offended when the rest of the world doesn't buy into it. There is no "playing with numbers" which supports your distorted view.

I just get tired on snowflakes

 

[eevee-fan]

OT but relevant to where the recent discussions.

 

[JRP3]

I just get tired on snowflakes

Like someone complaining about "bullying" when faced with facts? I agree.

 

[eevee-fan]

OT but important to this thread.

The Brainwashing Of My Dad

The truth behind the right-wing media machine that changed a father--and divided the nation

www.thebrainwashingofmydad.com

Webby award, vote for it!

 

[mspohr]

Opinion | A New Deal, This Time for Everyone (Published 2021)

The Biden administration’s plans would allow millions of American women to decide whether to work outside the home.

www.nytimes.com

The New Deal was mostly for men. The great public works projects that endure in public memory employed men. Labor protections enacted between 1934 and 1939 excluded domestic workers, restaurant workers, retail clerks and others in jobs with large female work forces. New safety nets for the unemployed, for the disabled and for older Americans were similarly tailored for men, who were supposed to provide for everyone else.
A big chunk of the money in the administration’s twin spending bills, the American Jobs Plan and the American Families Plan, is aimed at helping people better balance paid work and family obligations. The Biden administration has emphasized that child care subsidies will benefit children and that senior care subsidies will benefit seniors. It has emphasized that freeing caregivers to take paying jobs will benefit the economy. In other words, it has described these policies in terms of their benefits to others. What has not been emphasized sufficiently is the benefit to women, who bear most of the responsibility for providing care.
Taken together, the administration’s plans would give millions of women a real choice between staying at home and holding paying jobs outside the home.

 

[mspohr]

Opinion | Biden and the Future of the Family (Published 2021)

There’s a good case for doing more to improve physical assets. There’s an overwhelming case for doing more to help families with children.

www.nytimes.com

How do we know that we should be spending more on families? There is, it turns out, a lot of evidence that there are big returns to helping children and their parents — stronger evidence, if truth be told, than there is for high returns to improved physical infrastructure.

For example, researchers have looked into the long-term effects of the food stamp program, which was rolled out gradually across the country in the 1960s and 1970s. Children who had early access to food stamps, the Washington Center for Equitable Growth concluded, “grew up to be better educated and have healthier, longer and more productive lives.” Researchers have found similar effects for children whose families received access to the earned-income tax credit and Medicaid.

 

[mspohr]

Why do Americans die earlier than Europeans? | Samuel Preston and Yana Vierboom

A 30-year-old American is three times more likely to die at that age than his or her European peers. In fact, Americans do worse at just about every age. To make matters more grim, the American disadvantage is growing over time. In 2017, for example, higher American mortality translated into roughly 401,000 excess deaths – deaths that would not have occurred if the US had Europe’s lower age-specific death rates. Pre-pandemic, that 401,000 is about 12% of all American deaths. The percentage is even higher below age 85, where one in four Americans die simply because they do not live in Europe.A 30-year-old American is three times more likely to die at that age than his or her European peers. In fact, Americans do worse at just about every age. To make matters more grim, the American disadvantage is growing over time. In 2017, for example, higher American mortality translated into roughly 401,000 excess deaths – deaths that would not have occurred if the US had Europe’s lower age-specific death rates. Pre-pandemic, that 401,000 is about 12% of all American deaths. The percentage is even higher below age 85, where one in four Americans die simply because they do not live in Europe.
The US also has exceptionally high income inequality, superimposed on its yawning racial divide. And social policy in the US is less likely to correct inequality than elsewhere. One study concluded that US life expectancy would be three to four years longer if the country had the social policy generosity of other OECD countries. A factor in the social policy shortcomings in the US, including in providing health insurance, is the sense on the part of the white majority that more generous policies would disproportionately benefit African Americans.
All of this suggests that our shortcomings are not simply a product of what happens in a sector called “medicine and public health”. Rather, these shortcomings are deeply embedded in enduring features of American society. The failure of the United States to adequately protect its members from premature death casts doubt on American civic processes and undermines any effort of the US to serve as a model for other countries.

 

[nwdiver]

Why do Americans die earlier than Europeans? | Samuel Preston and Yana Vierboom

A 30-year-old American is three times more likely to die at that age than his or her European peers. In fact, Americans do worse at just about every age.

They made a documentary about that a few years ago

 

[eevee-fan]

Looks like Apple and Google believe in 30% corporate tax, just see what they charge developers...

 

[JRP3]

More evidence against the lie that people don't want to work if you give them some extra money during a pandemic

Jobless claims tumble below 500,000 in another sign the labor market is getting closer to pre-pandemic levels

Initial claims for unemployment benefits fell sharply last week to 498,000, a drop of nearly 100,000 from the previous week and below the 527,000 estimate.

www.cnbc.com

Initial claims for unemployment benefits fell sharply last week, sinking below 500,000 for the first time since the Covid crash.

 

[mspohr]

More evidence against the lie that people don't want to work if you give them some extra money during a pandemic

Jobless claims tumble below 500,000 in another sign the labor market is getting closer to pre-pandemic levels

Initial claims for unemployment benefits fell sharply last week to 498,000, a drop of nearly 100,000 from the previous week and below the 527,000 estimate.

www.cnbc.com

Capitalists worried they won't have enough wage slaves to fuel their profits.

 

[eevee-fan]

Capitalists worried they won't have enough wage slaves to fuel their profits.

Uber investors finally see the costs of treating drivers as employees, and the stock is falling

After seeing Uber Technologies Inc. fight over the past few years to keep drivers from becoming employees instead of contractors, investors finally got a...

www.marketwatch.com

 

[Merrill]

Part of the reason for this is a drop in the pandemic related programs.

 

[eevee-fan]

Part of the reason for this is a drop in the pandemic related programs.

Or in the case of Uber/Lyft, from having incentive programs. Meanwhile, still saving lots of money by not classifying drivers as employees. Driver whose full time job is driving for them. This was the objection of Taxi groups initially.

 

[eevee-fan]

Slightly OT, but relates to social justice like the GND.

Denny's Shareholders Revolt After CFO Admits $15 Minimum Wage Won't Hurt

Citing Newsweek, shareholders say the National Restaurant Association's lobbying efforts against higher wages actually harm investors.

www.newsweek.com

 

[mspohr]

Why China and east Asia’s ageing population threatens global Covid recovery

But it is not just China that is witnessing this trajectory. Most countries in east Asia, even without fertility control policies such as China’s one-child or two-child policies, share the same predicament: how to continue economic growth while encouraging people to have more children?

 

[mspohr]

Uber investors finally see the costs of treating drivers as employees, and the stock is falling

After seeing Uber Technologies Inc. fight over the past few years to keep drivers from becoming employees instead of contractors, investors finally got a...

www.marketwatch.com

US millionaire CEOs saw 29% pay raise while workers’ pay fell, report finds

Workers saw 2% decrease as companies gave leaders bonuses and forgiving performance benchmarks amid pandemic

www.theguardian.com

 

[JRP3]

Why China and east Asia’s ageing population threatens global Covid recovery

But it is not just China that is witnessing this trajectory. Most countries in east Asia, even without fertility control policies such as China’s one-child or two-child policies, share the same predicament: how to continue economic growth while encouraging people to have more children?

Any system that requires endless growth to continue is destined to fail.

 

[eevee-fan]

Any system that requires endless growth to continue is destined to fail.