It should come as a surprise to no one that the future POTUS and his self-interested billionaire supporters will do what they can to minimize expenses and maximize their own profit.
The biggest expense in most businesses is labor and benefits. They’re not going to maintain those things out of the goodness of their hearts.
It was the economy, though. Sure.
How Trump's win could end the new era of labor power:
https://www.axios.com/2024/11/07/trump-labor-unions-nlrb
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It is particularly revealing what their state Rep. Eric Davanzo said. He didn’t say this is not representative of his district— or that he represents both Democrats and Republicans. He engaged in “us versus them” style comments that fail to take into account all in his district — and just general decency. This is just the kind of divisive thinking that I really hate to read about for the Mon Valley.
Mount Pleasant parade display depicts VP Kamala Harris in chain |
https://www.wesa.fm/politics-government/2024-10-31/mount-pleasant-parade-kamala-harris-pennsylvania
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Trump and Vance are threatening a large government contractor because one employee did something they didn't like. We've got to get out there and make sure that everyone shows up to vote! This chilling authoritarian atmosphere is so outside of the American norm that people who are not reading the news don't realize it is happening.
Deloitte feels the wrath of Trump world over leaked JD Vance messages | CNN Business:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/08/business/deloitte-trump-leaked-jd-vance-messages/index.html
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This is a positive step towards ensuring transparency and accountability.
FTC announces crackdown on deceptive AI claims, schemes | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/ftc-announces-crackdown-deceptive-ai-claims-schemes-2024-09-25/
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This is real action that saves people money and time. It’s a great program made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act.
“Direct File was made possible by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, which provided new resources for the IRS to improve customer service and ensure taxpayers claim the benefits and deductions for which they are eligible.”
Which States Have Joined IRS Direct File? – ITEP
https://itep.org/irs-direct-file-free-tax-filing-by-state/
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Of course.
A Republican-controlled county in Pennsylvania violated state law when election workers refused to tell voters that their mail-in ballot had been rejected and wouldn't be counted in last April's primary election, a judge ruled.
https://www.wesa.fm/politics-government/2024-08-26/washington-county-voter-ballot-rejection-law
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Thank you, President Biden, for recognizing this injustice. The pardons should have occurred when the ban on homosexuality in the military was lifted. This is long overdue.
Nevertheless, this is a great action.
Biden Pardons LGBTQ+ Veterans Convicted of Being Gay:
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/biden-pardons-lgbtq-veterans-convicted-1235046865/
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Thank you, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden. 🏳️🌈
First Lady Jill Biden appears at Pittsburgh Pride event, tells crowd 'Your president loves you' | 90.5 WESA
https://www.wesa.fm/politics-government/2024-06-01/first-lady-jill-biden-pittsburgh-pride-president
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I’m not the least bit interested in eating the rich. Gross. I am interested in taxing them, though. This is a good use of funds as the investment will provide more return than the cost resulting in more to invest back in.
“The Internal Revenue Service detailed its plans Thursday to significantly ramp up audit rates of wealthy taxpayers and large corporations, using funds provided by the Democrat-backed Inflation Reduction Act that passed in 2022.”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/02/politics/irs-audit-tax-rates-wealthy/index.html
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Great use of funds by the city of Pittsburgh. I hope this is something that catches on everywhere. We have a shortage of housing and a shortage of affordable housing. This is needed.
Pittsburgh URA approves loans for two downtown office-to-affordable housing conversions:
https://www.wesa.fm/development-transportation/2024-04-11/pittsburgh-ura-loans-downtown-office-apartment-conversions
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Running companies into the ground is kind of his thing. Let's not give him a country to do it with.
Trump Media plunges more than 25% after company reports net loss of $58 million in 2023:
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/01/trump-media-lost-58-million-last-year-sec-filing-shows.html
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What this means is the Fed under Biden and Biden himself have done exactly the right thing. On election day in 2020 Trump said that if Biden was elected there would be a huge stock crash. The Dow was at 26,800 and right now it is pushing 40,000 with low unemployment and high job creation. Democrats run economies well.
https://www.npr.org/2024/03/20/1239535703/federal-reserve-interest-interest-rates-inflation-powell-fed
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I never really thought being worse than Andrew Carnegie would be the standard but clearly Elon Musk is worse than Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie didn't want to pay taxes either. We don't even get libraries. #TaxTheRich
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musks-195-1-billion-150429168.html
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It is corporate greedflation. Inflation rates have been consistently falling and the cost to manufacture and deliver goods has been falling right along with it.
The main source of rising prices now is corporate price gouging.
US consumers fight back by shifting from name brands to store-brand items | AP News:
https://apnews.com/article/inflation-consumers-price-gouging-spending-economy-999e81e2f869a0151e2ee6bbb63370af
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So the "you" in this statement is the American consumer, in case anyone forgot how tariffs work. #Econ101
Trump pledges second-term tit-for-tat tariffs: ‘It’s called you screw us, and we screw you’:
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4486048-trump-pledges-second-term-tit-for-tat-tariffs-its-called-you-screw-us-and-we-screw-you/
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This is a really interesting read about the IRS and tax revenue from audits. The short story is that during the Biden administration, additional resources were devoted to audits, and really rich people ended up paying more taxes.
Trump and Republicans want to defund the IRS.
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-106112
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Cutting IRS funding actually costs the government money, because, when it is working, the IRS always finds and collects much more money than it spends on its own operating costs, primarily from the wealthy trying to cheat the system.
Bad idea.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-gops-israel-aid-bill-adds-268-billion-deficit-budget-office-says-rcna123160
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Pushing for this in my city. :trans_flag:
Pittsburgh could become sanctuary city for transgender health care |
https://www.wesa.fm/politics-government/2023-08-29/pittsburgh-protect-gender-affirming-care
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