Notices by Nicky🦨✌️ (skoombidoombis@masto.ai)

@freemo @aiono @freemo @aiono do you have the peer reviewed data for no minimum wage policies? What does the data show in an economy like for example the US without workers rights laws and minimum wage and such? And how education funding affects workers skill? Stop using numbers like a cudgel. It’s like arguing the US is a Christian nation b/c the money says so and ignoring the when/why of that fact.

@aiono

Here’s an example. It’s 1975 you’re ibm and want the best computer coder. That person works for nasa earning a government paycheck & benefits package. You will have to offer a better deal than nasa AND compensate for the extra private sector stress of making sure the work is profitable to ibm—also the private sector lowers job security. Get rid of the government’s minimum standards just ensures that people will get paid less in the private sector.

@aiono they’re also ignoring the real fact that salaries and such were based upon minimum wage. The government set the limit for unskilled labor so then they had to create skilled wage brackets. The private sector then has to compete with the public sector and they must offer more than what the government is offering right? I hate these let’s look at the data arguments that pretend policy doesn’t help create that data.

@aiono you’re arguing with someone who is presenting evidence from a vacuum—they’re pretending that taxes and other things like healthcare aren’t in budgets. Minimum wage is part of a bigger system that has been systematically destroyed so for many the next logical step is to remove minimum wage. They think they can hide puzzle pieces and still finish the puzzle without those pieces. IMO regression never solves anything.

The average USAian doesn’t care about what trump and his puppet masters are doing.
For years #msm has been feeding them a steady diet of stories about government corruption, political conspiracies, etc…priming them for some conservative reclamation of “values.”
Working a counter at a small business, I meet all kinds. Do you know how many people believe Clinton has offed her political enemies? That 1/6 was an fbi job? Too many across all “classesl & backgrounds.

There’s a film scene between two character played by D Hoffman and Gene Hackman where Hoffman is talking about people yearning for truth & justice. Hackman scoffs that the average American doesn’t give a damn about justice, they want to sit in their barka lounger and let the cable tv wash over them…yeah, I think a lot about that scene….how did they let it happen…apathy…kindness and empathy don’t matter if you don’t care.

Saw a video of a younger mom going through her mom’s house cleaning it of toxic things like tupperware and mayonnaise to make it safe for her and her daughter. The disrespect for engagement aside, i mean do people realy think this is the type of change that has meaning and impact? #cringe and this is where my inner child has another meltdown thinking about how they pushed recycling on me as a kid and then proceeded to disappear bottles & cans & boxes in favor of #plastic and #scotchguard

I mean are these #WhiteChristianNationalists and #ChristianNationalism in general— are they even aware that today is Independence Day granted to us by the almighty himself? I mean i know it’s not sunday but jeebus…hobby lobby and chick fil a are open today! sacrilege!

My plumerias have decided to thrive! Yay. I found a bunch of cuttings on the sidewalk/parkway and decided to bring them home….makes up for the one branch i found last year that took root that the landscapers decided was trash and threw out.

I heard an alarm going off & looked out the window to see what the ruckus was and i saw a neighbor with his dogs. So i let my dogs say hi and he just went off about how he couldn’t get his guns to investigate because they were taken away as part of his jan 6 plea deal. Proud AF, too. Pled guilty took probation because the alternative was 10 years in federal prison. Ugh…he explained that he was worried about the border b/c his sister’s car was stolen—yuck…I’m going running to wash the ick off.

@Radical_EgoCom @aeleoglyphic @Vincarsi yeah, i stopped with the claim that uneven wealth distribution doesn’t mean a lower quality of life—utopian corporatist views have no place in our modern world. People who make arguments like theirs believe the world is a beautiful place and poverty is self-inflicted.

@privateger @thomasfuchs you think it wouldn’t be but it will be. And repeated use of leather requires more care like washing and conditioning, it’s a porous material that absorbs oil and will eventually begin to smell.

@thomasfuchs 🤣

all I think about is the sweat and how gross the unit gets.

@BlackAzizAnansi I’m still a registered Republican because i fear being purged from the rolls and because i like voting for long shots in the primaries. I also like fitting a certain demographic and taking right-wing polls/surveys to skew their numbers 🥸