Just for context; the evidence on trickle down economics after a three decades real world experiment is that lowering taxes for high earners doesn’t work, but giving more money to low income families does work: largely because poorer people spend money on local services and products: food, housing, etc

This summed up my thoughts in a pithy format.

It seems wrong to reference that people were making $30k a year and supporting a family of four in 1980 without mentioning the pensions. Not 401ks. Not IRAs. Pensions. Real money the company would put into an account for you that would be tied to and grow with the company’s profits, not with the mood of the economy. Almost like they don’t want us to remember watching our family play the lottery of “are they going to fire me before I retire so they can keep the pension.”

Remember: The real freeloaders in this country are the rich, not the poor.

The richest 1% evade $163 billion in taxes every year.

The United States literally has a yacht tax deduction.

Hello?

Back in 1985, Carl Sagan told Congress that continuing to burn fossil fuels will increase global temperature, cause climate change, melt glaciers and ice sheets, and cause sea level rise.

His solution: Fewer government subsidies for fossil fuels and use of renewable energy.

@Incognitim

Thanks for sharing this. I wasn’t aware of Abbott. You are right about racing to the bottom. I wish there was a way to help conservatives see that their politicians are playing on their fears only to ride the high of power and to take every freedom they can grab.

@Incognitim

I haven’t heard the news about changes in Houston. Please tell me they aren’t following Florida.

@MelsGarden

if it is new to you, it’s worth getting excited about! I saw a new to me dragonfly this year and found out it eats mosquitoes. That made me darn happy! Especially when I saw another of the same kind. I told him to keep coming back

@thepoliticalcat @chu

Resources do not translate to time and energy to convert a yard to native plants.

@thepoliticalcat @chu

I would love to do this, but don’t have enough info to do it, or the money/energy. I wish someone would start a business of doing this in my area, but probably city ordinances would keep them out of business.

@Katharina

Have you played Parks? I am wondering how Trails is different.

I was in Minnesota last week and enjoyed wandering the trails around Minnehaha Falls. I highly recommend a visit. Just make sure you have a map app on your phone. Their trails have no signs and it’s easy to get turned around. But the trails were on Apple’s map app, thankfully.

I’m just beginning to play with #watercolor. I’m so thrilled with the videos on YouTube that allow me to roll up my sleeves, okay with color, and come away with a fairly good result.

@golgaloth

Playing games is a great way to shift mindset. When playing a game, you don’t get anxious about being bad at the game. You just keep looking for patterns and ways to win.

Board games are boosting math ability in young children.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230707111629.htm #BoardGames #TabletopGaming #maths

@judisohn @knitting

That is very beautiful stitch work!

The Milky Way over Ellingson Island at Split Rock (vertical image, so if you haven't changed your default settings, click it to see the entire image).

Shot with a modified camera to capture more of the h-alpha spectrum.

#Photography #Nightscape #Night #LakeSuperior #Minnesota

@nicolaottomano @JRBuckley
The people are the source of power. We have to fight the conservative ideology in people that it is okay to "other" minorities to consolidate power. Blaming the reps who have made some progress is not helpful. We have to be a coalition that supports any minority against hate, because hate & indifference is the enemy we are all fighting even when it is not our turn to suffer.

Concepts like "the law applies to everyone equally" show that we are winning the long fight.

Look closely: the cabling, the stranded colourwork, and stitch patterns. Lovely.

#WomensArt
#knitting

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