"There’s not one U.S. city or county where someone working a 40-hr wk on min wage of $7.25 can afford to rent a modest 2-bed apartment. Minimum wage workers need to work 3 full time jobs to make modest 2-bed rental home affordable."
- National Low Income Housing Coalition Report
About our "housing crisis:" the real crisis is that the average wage earner in America can't afford to live in a suitable home. THAT is the crisis: the unbelievable betrayal of the American worker by an economic system that doesn't care, & a govt. that's been willing to conspire.
There are two political universes: one where you’re talking with voters about things that really matter, and one where you’re listening to TV pundits talk about things that really do not matter. One is so… instagram.com/p/BzzY-hDBR9v/…
The 21st-Century mindset is different than 20th, as the 20th-Century was different than the 19th. 21st-C thinking is far more holistic, integrative and whole person, but our politics is stuck in a 20th-Century model… instagram.com/p/BzxWKdbBAs4/…
“We must do more than end war. We must end of the beginnings of all war.” - FDR. That is why I want a Dept. of Peace: to boost the societal immune system through peace building, decreasing the statistical probability of conflict. We don’t just need war games: we need peace games
Then there’s the ex chemical co. lobbyist who heads the EPA & an ex oil co. exec who headed it before him. The ex CEO of Exon who was Sect’y of State & the billionaire who sabotages public schools heading Dept. of Education. And of course, the puppet who’s the Attorney General.