A Tale of Two Cities...
The average income of a Oakland resident is $32,566 a year. The Median household income is $52,962 a year. This is with an unemployment rate of 3.40%.
The average cost for a one bedroom apartment in the Bay Area is $2197 ($26,364). The average cost of a home is $743,800.
www.bestplaces.net/…
I’m supporting Sen. Warren in the primaries. I think that overall she is the best of the candidates running and I think she has the best chance of beating Donald Trump (but this diary isn’t about the presidential race).
But I am so very glad that Sen. Sanders is running. No other candidate is out there, day in and day out, talking about the terrible economic inequity in America and how it is ruining any chance for this country to become better for it’s citizens and the world. There are other issues besides economics and I’m not going to argue with anyone over what their priorty is (Climate crisis would be mine) but I’m hard pressed to think of any issue that doesn’t involve economics, capitalism, and the disparity in wealth to some degree or another. Some say that he’s old and tired and one-note but until there’s a fundemental change or until there’s an overwhelming chorus of protest and the need for change within our party, we need this man’s aria.
At our current rate we have bloody revolution or bloody facism on our horizon.
Friday, Jul 12, 2019 · 10:44:05 PM +00:00
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Arilca Mockingbird
Color me surprised that this made the wreck list. Don’t worry though, this won’t encourage me to do more diaries.
I am encourage though by the low level of drama in the comments. I have to go away for a couple of hours now but keep up with the lowered level of hostility. As Harry Tuttle says, We’re all in it together.