clover

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[–] clover@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

It seems like we need to build a system to guarantee a retirement. Maybe some kind of public pension? If you work thirty years, you're fully vested in your own funds independent of your employer. Build it sustainably, everybody starts from the ground up, so that a portion of the funds coming in can be saved and grow in perpetuity. Might be easier to implement with a jobs guarantee, we should be training up more medical staff and environmental/sustainablity specialists anyway. Might be even easier if the government starts building housing to a passive house standard and part of your compensation is that you can lease-to-own the housing from the government as part of your employment. These high quality units would be incredibly energy efficient, and could be built-in ways that encourage regular micro-mobility use (walking, biking, e-bike).

How could we afford to pay for all of this? By reclaiming the stolen wages of the working class and ending The Second Gilded Age.

  • Ending Nepotism - 100% inheritance tax over some reasonably high number pegged to inflation or a better indicator (maybe real value)
  • Wealth Tax - Progressive tax based on assets owned for those as similar number as above
  • Income Tax Reform
  • Funding The IRS
  • Business Tax Reform
  • Eventual Profits From Government Financed Worker Owned Co-ops (and supporting existing small businesses)

Both the government run and worker-owned businesses can compete in the market with big corporations and force the corps to drive down prices. That way the government can moderate the financial sector (who is driving the inequality) indirectly through market competition.

[–] clover@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

Can get pregnant at 16, math checks out.

[–] clover@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

Do it again!

[–] clover@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 month ago

I used to use nova and switched to Niagara a couple of months ago. It very different but super sleek

[–] clover@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

I have had great luck with Zotac. But I usually go for short cards for small form factor PCs. Currently rocking a 4080.

[–] clover@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

Not every job is a climate/sustainability job, but any employee can be a sustainability advocate. Leverage your power

[–] clover@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 month ago

Most depressing thing I've read all day. A wake up call few will hear.

[–] clover@slrpnk.net 28 points 2 months ago (2 children)

His whole speech was a call for bipartisanship and for all workers to unite along class lines. Aside from a tiny bit of pandering to the venue/audience which makes the rightwing audience more receptive to the message, he didn't endorse or praise the Republican party. If you want Republican voters to wake up and vote in their own interest, this is how the message has to go. It's also a great way to sow division within the Republican party.

[–] clover@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago

A delightful abomination

[–] clover@slrpnk.net 17 points 2 months ago (7 children)

I really have to wonder who is down voting this comment.

[–] clover@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 months ago

It's worse. It's an unplanned doublespeak that does both.

[–] clover@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 months ago

Well that's all the evidence I need!

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