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OAITW r.2.0

(31,961 posts)
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 11:23 PM 17 hrs ago

Unless we start voting smart, as a country, we are totally screwed economically.

for the foreseeable decades. What Trump is wrecking is not easily repaired,

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Unless we start voting smart, as a country, we are totally screwed economically. (Original Post) OAITW r.2.0 17 hrs ago OP
I'll take "Things which should be obvious, markodochartaigh 17 hrs ago #1
We are totally screwed economically. RockRaven 17 hrs ago #2
Been screwed for a while here OC375 16 hrs ago #3
However, half the voters have below average intelligence RainCaster 14 hrs ago #4
CEO's used to get paid 21 times the workers, now it's up to 290 times the workers kerry-is-my-prez 13 hrs ago #5

RockRaven

(19,080 posts)
2. We are totally screwed economically.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 11:36 PM
17 hrs ago

And it was our fellow Americans, in the tens and hundreds of millions, who made it so.

RainCaster

(13,598 posts)
4. However, half the voters have below average intelligence
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 02:15 AM
14 hrs ago

It's a mathematical problem. There is a percentage of the population that will vote for him even if they have irrefutable proof that he's a child molesting diaper shitting draft dodging sum bitch.

kerry-is-my-prez

(10,262 posts)
5. CEO's used to get paid 21 times the workers, now it's up to 290 times the workers
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 04:03 AM
13 hrs ago

They just keep on giving the top earners more and more money and the rest of us are staying pretty flat and salaries haven’t kept up with the cost of living. In 1965, CEOs were paid 21 times as much as a typical worker; by 2023, this ratio was 290-to-one.

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