Mike

@mikeseverything.bsky.social

Bass player trapped in IT. Gently re-learning how to human. GenX Bi California Central Coast.🌳📷🎸🚴⚔️ 📖medieval history, art created by humans. All photos mine unless obviously not. 🏳️‍🌈🤘🌈

The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.

Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.

Inflation is eating up worker pay. Household debt is at a record high — student loan defaults are too. 8 million people have lost healthcare the past year. Thousands of people are sickened by disease outbreaks and contaminated food. And Trump is focused on renaming Lake Ontario. Priorities.

Hanging? We need to call this what it is: LYNCHING. Ten Black Americans in less than two years. Every one of these deaths deserves answers, transparency, and scrutiny. No one should look at these images and expect Black Americans to shrug this off, especially in light of our history.

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