economy
You think you’re better than the cashier at McDonald’s.
We give lip-service to supporting a minimum wage hike, but we don’t put nearly as much effort into doing something about it. What happens to your own sense of worth in this capitalist society when the guy at Taco Bell is in the same income bracket you are?

economy
CNBC: The budget breakdown of a 25-year-old who makes $100,000 a year and is excellent with money
Gen X & Baby Boomer media is about making millennials feel shitty about not being exponentially more successful and more educated than they had to be at the same age to maintain the same standard of living. Y’all had my salary with a HS diploma working at Auto Zone. Go away.
economy
WaPo: Workers are ghosting their employers like bad dates
Pay workers more and treat them like people. If your employees feel expendable, they have no problem ghosting on that spot that you’ll easily fill with someone else you don’t care about.
economy
Vox: Paul Ryan’s Long Con
Anybody still giving the benefit of the doubt to Republicans needs to go outside and break off a switch. Republicans keep playing this “fiscal responsibility” card, and too many of us keep falling for it to debate its merits as if their positions ever hold fast once they get elected. “Fiscal responsibility” is a catchphrase to bring two groups to the polls: rich people and poor whites.
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