Today, the wealthy and their dupes are cheering the ongoing fall in the unemployment rate to 3.8%. Employers are finally spending the unprecedented savings they accumulated under Obama to in turn use more of us. And the stock market loves it. But what about wages? You know, the whole purpose of jobs for you know, actual people? It’s dismal. Wage growth has actually gone down compared to what it was in January and it’s down compared to what it was in 2009.
But I thought the economy was doing so well?
For the companies on the dow, sure. For your boss’s boss? Sure.
But not for you.
These numbers tell us one thing. America’s wealthy are exploiting more of us. Is that cause for celebration? Of course not.
In fact, US inequality is reaching a new and historically “dangerous” level due to Trump’s cruelty towards the poor and working class. As Republicans strip the poor, working, and middle class of services they pay for in taxes, 40% of us have less than $400 in the bank to pay for an emergency. That’s basically half the people you see walking down the street. This is not sustainable. It’s criminal.
The policies pursued over the past year seem deliberately designed to remove basic protections from the poorest
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So congratulations, America. You’ve officially lost what used to make America great. But hey, you know who’s wages are now going up a whole lot faster than yours? Workers in Russia and China.
Honestly, I never thought I’d see American workers accept being exploited worse than Chinese and Russian workers, but I gotta give Trump credit for that I guess. Under his watch, we really have sunk that low.
Dignity? That’s a luxury item in Trump’s America.
It’s time to fight back. It’s time to stop letting Republicans exploit us and use us like trash. Workers in America must stand up TOGETHER and DEMAND dignity and respect, or we’re just going to keep losing more and more of our quality of life and more and more of our standing compared to other countries.
Prices keep going up (thanks to Trump’s moronic tariffs). Rent keeps going up. Wages, not so much. So we’re working harder for less. And that sums up the GOP plan for us pretty succinctly.
Republicans want slaves, not workers. But will Americans wake up in time to reclaim what actually once made us great?
Will American workers ever reclaim their dignity?