uphillbothways

uphillbothways , 8 months ago to Politics in 'There are no victims, except me': Trump flips out on Letitia James in midnight rant

"We WON on Statute of Limitations...."

Tell me you're guilty while also being morally bankrupt and utterly contemptible.

uphillbothways , 8 months ago to Politics in Jim Jordan loses first vote for House speaker amid GOP defections | CNN Politics

Exactly. And, this needs to happen if they can't even caucus together to do something as simple as select a speaker. Their internal division is paralyzing Congress because they are two parties acting like one, but not really.

uphillbothways , 8 months ago to Politics in Jim Jordan loses first vote for House speaker amid GOP defections | CNN Politics

They fail to realize their revolution is just a schism within the GOP. They want it so badly, they're falling apart. Make it official. Split the party.

uphillbothways , 9 months ago to Work Reform in UAW strike would show Biden, other leaders that it's time to 'pick a side,' union boss says

“We’re thankful that the Biden administration played the long game on sick days and stuck with us for months after Congress imposed our updated national agreement,” Russo said. “Without making a big show of it, Joe Biden and members of his administration in the Transportation and Labor departments have been working continuously to get guaranteed paid sick days for all railroad workers.

uphillbothways , 9 months ago to Politics in Trump’s 2020 crusade has led to 700 years in prison sentences

But somehow people still argue that since he hasn't been convicted and sentenced yet himself they can't imagine him being disqualified from holding office under the 14th amendment, which states he's ineligible if he's "engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the (United States), or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof."

And, that's even after he's said multiple times that he would pardon those involved... See:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-says-pardon-large-portion-jan-6-rioters-rcna83873
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/09/01/trump-jan-6-rioters-pardon/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-supports-jan-6-rioters-as-his-own-legal-troubles-mount

Not sure if they're willfully ignorant, straight up seditious or just unable to read their own 18 page constitution.

uphillbothways , 10 months ago to Work Reform in CEOs of top 100 ‘low-wage’ US firms earn $601 for every $1 by worker, report finds

They are not only fucking over their employees. They're fucking over all tax payers and straining the countries they are allowed to operate in, while funneling those dollars to top executives and shareholders.

These companies rely on social programs like welfare and food stamps to support their front line staff. They drain those programs for their own profits, and leave the governments less able to help their people. This is vampire capitalism.

uphillbothways , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to Personal Finance in Landlords should have to pay income tax on their rental properties regardless of whether they're rented out or not.

Though I don't think this is necessarily a bad idea, why not require rent payments be rewarded with a proportion of equity shares equal to rent (less a small prercatage for upkeep)? That's entirely within the capitalist model but drives value into the hands of the people/occupants where it belongs. Aggregating land holding to a small class of the population is clearly untenable. Give people their equity back. Seems more direct.

uphillbothways , 10 months ago to Work Reform in There's a steep decline in pay compared to the value workers add to the economy, closely tracking the fall in union membership.

Remember: Workers make the machinery. Then, workers use the machinery to make more things. It may be different workers at different stages, but workers are the only means of production. Everything is produced by someone working to do so.

Join a union.

uphillbothways , 10 months ago to Work Reform in Fast food spent millions fighting California bill holding them accountable for employee abuse

archive link: https://archive.is/4TW27

uphillbothways , 10 months ago to Home Improvement in How urgently should I be addressing this corrosion on my water heater?

Looks like you're a few months away from this persons situation: https://www.doityourself.com/forum/water-heaters/582934-water-heater-leaking-both-element-panels.html

relevant quote: "In your case the leak is probably in the metal side of the tank somewhere covered by the layer of insulation."

uphillbothways , 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to U.S. News in Uber Delivers First-Ever Operating Profit in Drive to Curb Losses

oops. my mistake. it's become a bit of a workflow to click>hit paywall>copy/paste into archive>paste back link for others. i just didn't see it. will delete. (edit: ... or not based upon author's request.)

uphillbothways , 11 months ago to U.S. News in Uber Delivers First-Ever Operating Profit in Drive to Curb Losses

archive link (no paywall/nagware): https://archive.is/9D6yR