Pic Of The Moment: Food For Thought This Tax Day

[EarlG]

Americans are spending $153 billion a year to subsidize McDonald's and Walmart's low wage workers

Follow @demunderground

[Dawgs]

1. IOW, being against the minimum wage and blaming working poor for getting "handouts" is stupid. n/t

[turbinetree]

2. U.S. Supreme Court

I am presently reading a book by Ian Millhiser "Injustices---The Supreme Courts History of Comforting the Comfortable and the Afflicting the Afflicted and I do recommend this book.
And just from the three chapters I have read and from history classes that I had and my participation in organizing unions, this next election is crucial to the workers in this country and if a republican "has been" gets in office ----we might as well start selling apples on the street corners ----literally.
This court has attacked the worker on organizing, wages, benefits health care, majority rule 50+1, pensions ---you name it , while at the same time giver companies like WalMart and Mc Donald's a pass

[mountain grammy]

10. I have that book on my list and have listened to the author on occasion.

It's way past time to amend the constitution to end the lifelong appointments to the SCOTUS.

[turbinetree]

23. Better means of vetting

would also be a better way,
and as a side note------I love CO---- a lot
.

[mountain grammy]

24. Me too. So lucky to have landed here.

[Enthusiast]

3. Kicked and recommended a whole bunch!

Some of these most profitable companies also get away with paying a pittance in taxes. I would like to hear some of our prospective 2016 candidates address that.

[kairos12]

4. Corporations are takers my friends.

[handmade34]

5. we are also paying

external costs for all the harm to the environment and our health

[niyad]

6. k and r

[Dont call me Shirley]

7. creepy picture

[valerief]

8. What can we do? Stop the oligarchs from getting new jets for each

of their useless spawn? That's unAmerican. After all, they've earned, er, deserve, yes, they Jesus-deserve all they can take from us.

[marym625]

9. K&R

Don't forget not to patronize a fast food restaurant today. Major protest across the entire world.

#Fight4$15

[mountain grammy]

11. Boycotting fast food has become a regular thing for us.

[marym625]

12. Me too

Can't remember the last time I went to BK or Wendy's. I never went to Mcdonald

[George II]

13. Wal-Mart actually conducts training sessions on how to take advantage of state and federal programs!

[pansypoo53219]

14. welfare KINGS. reagan ignored them.

[polynomial]

15. Combine Medicare plans A B C D

Everyday more often, find myself keying up to DU to see how the state of the art in political science is evolving.

However this time to take a moment to tell EarlG how much his pick of the moment usually always is on a cutting edge topic that far exceeds the local main stream media.

This tax issue of subsidizing corporations is a hot button for all citizens. Also tax issues coupled or to be extended to eminent domain issues.

Plus, combining the Medicare plans A B C D so as it’s not necessary to purchase extra Health Care through AARP or the United Health Care Company which from my view is not only out dated antiquated but loaded with a health data base system that leads to poor recovery and in some areas outright fraud.

All could be paid for by that missing one hundred and fifty two billion dollars swindled by politicians and business.

These are companies that are connected to very serious health care data base systems used for determinations that can advance the science of medicine.

However in my personal experience especially with one of the largest transportation companies like the Union Pacific Railroad implements loyalty programs to avoid proper integrity and responsibility in reporting injuries and recovery. I intend to encourage those in political positions to expose this irregularity.

[zickie]

16. THANK THAT FEEEBLE WART REAGAN

You could thank that DECRAPITATED Reagan for sending all of the manufacturing down south and to Mexico for cheap labor and breaking up the Unions. Now you have NO representation. You can thank that Donald Regan as well, the Treasury Secretary who worked for Merrill-Lynch. Gee no conflict of interest there. My wife and I were making $4.00/hour in 1978 scrubbing floors at a restaurant. McDonald's should be paying $11-12.00 if that's the case. And they want these entitlements to be cut back. HA HA HA!! A minimum wage couple, working full-time could support a family when I was kid. Now they are basically on Public Assistance.

[colsohlibgal]

17. Costs Come In Many Ways

People and corporation being undertaxed is one of them. Cutting Inheritance Tax is another.

Lost revenue makes the deficit bigger. The Oligarchs know this but never speak of it, and their suckers...err supporters can't or won't reach this true conclusion.

Plus...fewer people would need help from the government if CEO to average worker pay would be in the same galaxy like it was just a few decades ago.

We must try mightily to change the dialogue.

I'm hoping against hope that Hillary isn't just going all populist to get progressives to put her over the top just to head straight right once in - ala Obama.

[Alkene]

18. Don't forget to include Target stores as subsidized hell holes.

Motto AND labor relations philosophy: "Expect more, pay less."

But at least there's a grocery section where you can use your EBT card during your break.

[Octafish]

19. This is an excellent example of Reaganomics ad Infinitum.

Also an excellent example of what some deride as "Conspiracy Theory" in order to disguise the reality and censor its discussion.

[lonestarnot]

20. Raygunomics.

[whereisjustice]

21. It's good to see something of substance in the pic of the day instead of the

usual uninspired and childish cartoons of Ted Cruz et al.

It doesn't take a good Democrat to make fun of Republicans.

It takes a good Democrat to stand up and call out what's broken and needs to be fixed in their own party.

There are BIG BIG problems reducing the quality of life in America. Both political parties are complicit.

We expect bad behavior from Republicans.

But now even Democrats have largely walked away from principals and progress, favoring instead the surety and comfort of the status quo.

[Beartracks]

22. I've started seeing FB threads complaining about the cost of McD's...

... in Seattle. The gist of it being, "See how bad this is for the local economy? I have to pay more for a Happy Meal!"

Are there any stats showing whether the economy has taken a hit as consumers theoretically are spending less on eating out, forcing McRestaurants to lay off, cut hours, or close, thereby undoing any good the wage increase was supposed to bring?

'Cuz unless that's actually happening (i.e. in the real world, not the conserva-bubble), then I don't see where the negative of SOME consumers taking an occasional small hit to their disposable income in any way outweighs the big positive of ALL minimum wage workers getting a huge boost to theirs.

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