I would be absolutely shocked if only 127,000 New Yorkers were the victims of wage theft. It’s not only drastically underreported, but a lot of people seem to take pride in giving their employers free labor.
Oh gee, you mean, Landlords are FIXING PRICES on rental properties? Next you'll be telling me Santa Claus is just some fat guy in a red suit.
In Utah (where I am) there are no "tenant's rights." Landlords are all legislators and have passed laws that prohibit tenets from ever taking them to court or having any legal recourse against them.
And now you're telling me they are complete bastards as well. Who would have guessed.
My friend in Los Angeles has a rent controlled apartment. He’s paying $1,100 per month for a 1 bedroom apartment in West Hollywood. Meanwhile my landlord has raised my rent 22% in the last two years.
Between rent increases and student loans kicking back in, my COL has increased $5000 a year, with zero commensurate increase in wages.
I’ve told my family not to get me anything for Christmas because I sure as hell can’t reciprocate it this year. I may not even be able to afford the gas to drive there and back. But the economy is doing great, so I hear.
I had a one bedroom in Salt Lake for years, very nice top floor apartment with a huge porch and view overlooking most of the valley. I was paying $1300 a month at the time, but the rent kept going up astronomically every year. Now it's over $3670 a month and without them making any improvements of any kind - I had to move out but I hated giving up my amazing view.
Most renters in Salt Lake are now homeless, the wages here are ridiculously low but housing prices are among the highest in the world here.
It might be the only way you CAN save any money these days. I was (kinda) lucky in that my only surviving parent is elderly, has a huge home so I was able to move in with her to be her caretaker - now I'm finally able to save money since I no longer have rent payments. It's a trade off but it has helped me get a little bit ahead.
I don’t think I’ve heard a single bit of positive news about the 5th circuit of appeals in at least a decade. This just drives home, in stunning detail, how utterly corrupt the justice system in the US has become.
This is so insanely corrupt. Really, Louisiana should be penalized by the feds for even allowing a sham court like this to exist, let alone go as far off the rails as fenton has. And the mayor - and anyone associated with them - really ought to be behind bars serving mandatory minimums.
Insurance isn’t in the business of paying…they collect, have broken websites and claim forms that I swear have a hard cap of like 5 submissions a day, infinite holds for repeat callers and customer service who’s job is to deny and annoy you to the point of just not bothering.
It’s unbelievably disappointing to see such an efficient and potentially clean source of transit absolutely ruined. Ruthless capitalism for the win - but only if you’re warren buffet or a dead guy named vanderbilt.
The court pays over twice median household income for Washington DC. So he should have no problem affording to live there. On the other hand their pay is a bit low for what the job is. Inflation adjusted pay for the court has kind trended between 2x and 4x of current median household income so at a little above 2x it is on the lower end of historical. Perhaps a pay increase to 3x median income is reasonable.
Couldn’t they just make it easier to become a documented immigrant instead of debating whether they should get driver licenses? I mean it’s probably a little bit harder to do but come on
Letting illegal immigrants become legal immigrants would force companies to pay them more and respect their rights slightly so capitalists won’t allow it
No they can't. They are state and local officials and, despite what some governments in red states are saying, foreign relations and immigration are domains exclusive to the federal government.
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