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How you can try to fix this world, realistically.
Maybe you can start it first per tribe, then expand globally.
Goal: humans should not have to trade in order to survive in this society. Since this creates a tsunami of problems for people and the rest of this planet. (source)
Plan:
Basic needs trade-free.
Make the most basic needs services trade-free. Healthcare, transportation, shelter, basic food, access to Internet (information and communication). You can do that through taxes, through volunteers, through all sort of means. Many tribes already provide some of these as trade-free, like in Europe a lot of the healthcare systems are like that. Not difficult!
Basic Income.
Since this world still relies on trades (money), and people may have different sort of needs and definitely wants, give everyone a basic income (say 1.000 dollars a month) with no strings attached. You can do it again through taxes, via the removal of so many institutions and resources dedicated to track people and check if they are eligible for benefits, and all of the paperwork nonsense that has been created around this. No more "benefits", no more "pensions". Forget about labeling people as employed or unemployed in regards to who should be helped.
That is it!
Now you will have a bunch of humans who KNOW they are taken care of. They KNOW that if they get sick they should only worry about that health problem and not a financial problem. They KNOW that they wont starve or end up on the street. They know they are SAFE.
On top of this, with the money you give them monthly, they can have some power and focus on doing some useful things in this society. At least some will, if not many.
This can grow up over time into a saner society of humans who can refuse to work for bullshit companies, or do any bullshit jobs. A world in which humans have the time to decide what to focus on, who to "vote" for, stay informed and properly inform others.
A world where scientists or journalists should not worry about their livelihood. So they can do their "jobs" properly.
We deserve and need this world. Else there is no intelligent species on this planet.
If you’re an investor you might want to put on a helmet for tomorrow morning’s stock market opening.
DOW futures are already down 1000 points all thanks to Trump tariffs.
I was told the stock market would crash, unemployment and inflation would rise, our allies wouldn’t be taking us seriously anymore, the war in Ukraine would still be going, and the ceasefire in Israel would collapse if Kamala Harris became president. Good thing we avoided that.
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This link was on his site and THIS makes me ragey:
“Unemployment rates for unmarried women are almost twice as high for unmarried women (11.6 percent) versus married women (6.1 percent)”
THIS IS BECAUSE OF RIGHT WING MISOGYNY.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/recognizing-unmarried-ame_b_971544
In 2010 I was laid off from the law office I had been out for a few years, and I was specifically told that they were letting me go before the other paralegal because she had a family to feed. She had a bunch of adult children living at home, and a husband, and they all got paychecks as far as I know. I lived alone so there were no other paychecks available in my household to buy food if I stopped being able to buy food.
But I was so relieved to be laid off. They were terrible people. They were really punishing me because I refused to plan the Christmas party because I’m not a party planner I’m a paralegal, and I don’t celebrate Christmas, and I had never planned a party in my life. So I wasn’t going to be set up for humiliation and failure and free labor when I already had to have a second job to afford rent alone in Southern California.
My PCP hooked me up with an employment attorney who pretty much told me he would love to help me get my job back, but I didn’t want my job back. I took the $400+ a week unemployment, I came back east, and I took my sweet time looking for work.
(FYI, RE: taking a job on #unemployment- I actually accepted a law office position right after I got home, I quit on the 2nd day because it was AWFUL, and even though I quit I was able to get unemployment reinstated because it was not considered a comparable job once the wages were calculated based on the actual hours I would be required to work. They fought me but I won because I was right.)
HuffPost · Recognizing "Unmarried America" -- Celebrating "National Unmarried and Single Americans Week"Instead of ignoring, trying to contain or discourage the emerging era of unmarried America, our nation's political and economic leaders need to recognize it is in their own vested interest to respond to the needs and concerns of unmarried and single Americans
#iowa #whirlpool #unemployment #trump #tariffs #gop Just for context, this is a town where fewer than 400 people live and the unemployment benefits were reduced by republicans from 26 to 16 weeks, so keep voting against your own interests, keep voting republican.
https://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/in-tiny-amana-651-layoffs-test-iowas-unemployment-law
“At least 121,361 workers have been fired from federal agencies so far, as of CNN’s latest tally on March 28.”
And more will soon be fired. Private sector workers are beginning too in response to work related to Federal programs and the #TrumpTariffs. 1/2
#Nobel #Laureate touts #ThreeZero #theory
"framework called “Three Zero”, referring to zero #carbon #emissions, zero #wealthconcentration & zero #unemployment. Prof #Yunus argued tt #business in tis new civilisation mustn't be driven by #greed, which he warned inevitably leads to #wealth accumul'g among a select few.. He criticised modern #society’s deep-rooted #consumerism, stating tt e pursuit of tis at all costs has led to #unsustainable waste & environ'al degradation"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2995986/nobel-laureate-touts-three-zero-theory
Bangkok Post · Nobel Laureate touts ‘Three Zero’ theory
On this Day in Social Security History:
#SocialSecurityat90
#StrongerTogether
4/5/1935 The US House of Representatives began debate on The Social Security Act of 1935.
More: https://www.ssa.gov/history/senate35.html
4/5/1944 The United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, held that money paid to a widow, after the death of her wage-earner husband pursuant to a back-pay award by the National Labor Relations Board entered after the wage earner's death, did not constitute wages as defined in the original Social Security Act because it was not remuneration for employment.
More on, Social Security and Vulnerable Groups—Policy Options to Aid Widows: https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R46182
4/5/1948, President Truman vetoed H.R. 5052, a bill to exclude vendors of newspapers and magazines from social security coverage.
More: https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v11n7/v11n7p3.pdf
More Social Security history: https://www.ssa.gov/history & #SSAHistGWC
#SocialSecurity #socialinsurance #History #Disability #Retirement #Medicare #Unemployment #insurance #healthcare #NewDeal #OTD #SSDI #OASDI #equity #justice Social Security Administration
Let's talk about why Elon Musk wants high unemployment, despite conventional economic theory.
The theory says that businesses succeed when customers have the money to buy their products. Therefore, the theory says, it's good for unemployment to remain low, because when it is high there are too many people who can't afford to buy stuff, and businesses fail.
Makes sense, right?
No, not for Elon Musk, it doesn't.
Let's dive in. First, Tesla.
#economics #unemployment #politics #USPol
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“It appears there are more than a ¼ million lost jobs that have yet to be counted. Buckle up. It’s going to be a rough ride.”
"For many of the Gen X-ers who embarked on creative careers in the years after the novel was published, lessness has come to define their professional lives.
If you entered media or image-making in the ’90s — magazine publishing, newspaper journalism, photography, graphic design, advertising, music, film, TV — there’s a good chance that you are now doing something else for work. That’s because those industries have shrunk or transformed themselves radically, shutting out those whose skills were once in high demand.
“I am having conversations every day with people whose careers are sort of over,” said Chris Wilcha, a 53-year-old film and TV director in Los Angeles.
Talk with people in their late 40s and 50s who once imagined they would be able to achieve great heights — or at least a solid career while flexing their creative muscles — and you are likely to hear about the photographer whose work dried up, the designer who can’t get hired or the magazine journalist who isn’t doing much of anything.
Gen X-ers grew up as the younger siblings of the baby boomers, but the media landscape of their early adult years closely resembled that of the 1950s: a tactile analog environment of landline telephones, tube TV sets, vinyl records, glossy magazines and newspapers that left ink on your hands.
When digital technology began seeping into their lives, with its AOL email accounts, Myspace pages and Napster downloads, it didn’t seem like a threat. But by the time they entered the primes of their careers, much of their expertise had become all but obsolete.
More than a dozen members of Generation X interviewed for this article said they now find themselves shut out, economically and culturally, from their chosen fields."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/28/style/gen-x-creative-work.html
The New York Times · The Gen X Career Meltdown
Wait, wait...
BLS unemployment was blockbuster +228K added jobs, even with the unemployment rate going up to 4.2 from 4.1% -- although Jan, Feb were adjusted downward 48K jobs -- and *still* the markets plunged. Albeit, the federal job firings/unfirings hasn't been resolved, as the number of federal employees is now exactly the same as it was in December 2024.
We truly live in interesting times.
https://www.europesays.com/1969607/ US added a strong 228,000 jobs last month as economy shows resilience in Trump trade wars #Economy #jobs #report #tariffs #unemployment #USJobs
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It's not the 1970s, #JeromePowell stresses [we’ll see]
We face risks for higher #unemployment, higher #inflation, that's difficult for a central bank
Powell also said:
Fed #independence on monetary policy is critical, to keep it should not get involved in other issues. [Trump also has expressed interest in making the Fed much less independent as he has done to other #FederalAgencies]
Earlier Friday, #Trump said it would be the "perfect" time for the Fed to lower interest rates.
#FederalReserve Chair #JeromePowell is speaking
Says #Trump #tariffs were far higher than expected & that larger than expected tariffs mean higher #inflation, slower growth.
"We face a highly uncertain outlook with elevated risks of both higher #unemployment & higher inflation," undermining both of the #Fed's mandates of 2% inflation & maximum employment, Powell said in prepared remarks for a business journalists' conference.
Canada lost 33,000 jobs in March as #unemployment rate rose slightly to 6.7%
> The Canadian #economy shed 33,000 jobs in March according to Statistics #Canada — the biggest loss since January 2022, while the unemployment rate ticked slightly higher, Statistics Canada said on Friday.
> The agency said the unemployment rate also ticked slightly higher, rising to 6.7 per cent in March from 6.6 per cent in February. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-unemployment-march-2025-1.7501875 #tariffs
#politics #trump #tariffs #reciprocaltariffs #manufacturing #unemployment
Heather Cox Richardson Economic Creationism 4/3/2025
![Heather Cox Richardson Economic Creationism 4/3/2025
Today, former treasury secretary Lawrence Summers posted: “It’s now clear that the [Trump] Administration computed reciprocal tariffs without using tariff data. This is to economics what creationism is to biology, astrology is to astronomy, or RFK thought is to vaccine science. The Trump tariff policy makes little sense EVEN if you believe in protectionist mercantilist economics.”
Editor of The American Prospect David Dayen notes that there is no apparent policy behind the tariffs, no thought, for example, as to whether itis even possible for the U.S. to ramp up the kind of domestic manufacturing Trump claims to want. While Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told CBS, “You’re going to see employment leaping starting today,” in fact, both automaker Stellantis and appliance manufacturer Whirlpool announced layoffs because of the tariffs.
Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo points out that building and establishing a new plant in the U.S. will take a minimum of three to five years even if investors are inclined to support one, but Victoria Guida reported in Politico that corporate executives are saying they cannot invest in manufacturing until they can project costs, and Trump is far too unpredictable to enable them to do that with any confidence.](https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/280/220/378/826/075/original/a4cdbe385ee9da88.jpeg "Heather Cox Richardson Economic Creationism 4/3/2025
Today, former treasury secretary Lawrence Summers posted: “It’s now clear that the [Trump] Administration computed reciprocal tariffs without using tariff data. This is to economics what creationism is to biology, astrology is to astronomy, or RFK thought is to vaccine science. The Trump tariff policy makes little sense EVEN if you believe in protectionist mercantilist economics.”
Editor of The American Prospect David Dayen notes that there is no apparent policy behind the tariffs, no thought, for example, as to whether itis even possible for the U.S. to ramp up the kind of domestic manufacturing Trump claims to want. While Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told CBS, “You’re going to see employment leaping starting today,” in fact, both automaker Stellantis and appliance manufacturer Whirlpool announced layoffs because of the tariffs.
Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo points out that building and establishing a new plant in the U.S. will take a minimum of three to five years even if investors are inclined to support one, but Victoria Guida reported in Politico that corporate executives are saying they cannot invest in manufacturing until they can project costs, and Trump is far too unpredictable to enable them to do that with any confidence.")
Canadian economy loses 33,000 jobs in March — the biggest monthly loss since 2022
Statistics Canada says the economy lost 33,000 jobs in March, the biggest monthly job loss since January 2022. The unemployment rate for March rose to 6.7 per cent, up from 6.6 per cent in February.
#economy #jobs #unemployment #News #Business
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-unemployment-march-2025-1.7501875?cmp=rss
U.S. economy likely created modest 130,000 jobs last month as Trump trade wars lift recession fears
The unemployment rate is forecast to tick up to 4.2% in March from 4.1% in February.
Sentinel Colorado · U.S. economy likely created modest 130,000 jobs last month as Trump trade wars lift recession fears