I think Michigan should levy tariffs on all products from Alabama and Tennessee for stealing auto jobs with cheap labor. It wouldn't be legal, but it would make a point.
TIME TO START USING ALT TEXT ON PUBLIC IMAGE POSTS. LIKE DISABLED PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO KNOW WTF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. LIKE PEOPLE INJURED ON THE JOB OR BY POLICE ARE STILL HUMAN TO YOU.
Bottom Line: IMPEACHMENT. That is the only “MEDICINE” We The People have to focus on.
C’mon people, let’s be Real!
The SCOTUS which is the ONLY remedy to the stop against this nightmare it’s all IN to control & Destroy the Checks & Balances of this corrupt administration. We NEED TO IMPEACH!
What do we have here, anti-union? Where are the congress persons who are supposed to be representing We the People? Are our businesses less humane and wore greedy than other countries?
Well, have you ever actually been to Alabama? Go to the local Waffle House at 11:30 pm. Talk to the local people, and there's your fight! In the south the union are the bad guys to these people, not all, but most. They vote against their own interests every time. Bible belt.
American oligarchs and millionaires are ripping off American workers.
Not being able to unionise means submitting to working for just a living wage.
It’s a just a modern form of slavery.
No, first you get rid of the billionaires raping your treasury … coz if you think you can have unions, you’re mistaken coz you need union friendly laws 1st & they won’t be making those this side of hell freezing over!
I'm an American living in Germany, and my wife is German,married 36 years, and the best decision we made in our marriage was moving back to Germany. Pay vacation,Universal healthcare. I think that is why I'm still alive today because of the healthcare in Germany and not in debt because of it.
I wish my husband had the courage to move to Germany with me ! Even though he hates Trump , he still wouldn’t move to Germany . He loves drag racing with his friends every weekend , that’s his thing .
How does average salary in Denmark compare to average salary in Alabama? Maybe Denmark is just more expansive country where everyone also earns more. I mean McDonalds workers in Switzerland probably make more than CEOs in Zimbabwe, just this data point alone is not saying much.
Wages reflect the higher standard of living and higher taxes that support it. Denmark's personal income tax rate is currently 55.90%, which includes various components such as state and municipal taxes. Taxes pay for health care and social services, the very things that the Republicans abhor.
Republicans: * Bust unions that helped blue collar workers to transition into the middle-class.*
Blue collar workers: *vote Republican because they are the party of REAL MEN & FAMILY VALUES.*
And 6 weeks paid vacation. And paid sick days for children. And replacement vacation days if you fall ill during vacation. And zero own payment for treatment. And free education. And grant during free education.
Oh, I can see people taking advantage of the replacement vac.
They'll take a week and claim they were sick some of those days. Used to work at a job where you got 3 days off if a close relative died, had a coworker who lost 3 grandma's in 18 months.
It turns out that employees are generally honest when they are treated fair. Never heard about abuse once, so I'm assuming it's very limited (but obviously exist).
Do remember that Denmark's personal income tax rate is currently 55.90%, which includes various components such as state and municipal taxes. This supports health care, education and social programs.
If you take the several hundred dollars per month I pay for health insurance on top of all the other taxes, it's pretty close to 50%. My net take home before retiring last year was just over half my gross but my 401K contribution automatically came out. And we don't have free college or. . .
My point is many Americans blanch at the idea of paying higher taxes in order that everyone benefits. More voters were more concerned about keeping their own personal taxes down and profits up. The happiness quotient is higher in countries like Denmark with social supports. Is greed really good?
If a political party in the USA offered free higher education, free healthcare, a living wage requirement, paid holidays, parenthood leave and low cost childcare and social supports for an increase to 60-70% income taxes, do you think that they would be elected?
The taxes are higher, but I am sure it's nice not to have to think of the thousands of dollars in medical debt you are being charged to take out that burst appendix.
Or just regular checkups with a family doctor, dentist, or optometrist.
Too bad the UAW chief is a moron who thinks only rich people have 401k or pensions so the market crash is no big deal, Meanwhile those he represents see the stocks and bonds underlying their retirement funds getting eviscerated.
Unions are great if you have leaders that aren't morons.
The reason the 'good old days' were considered good was due to union wages. Once the unions were gutted, and actively prevented from forming, wages tanked, and the middle class shrank.
This higher wage is due to Denmark's
"flexicurity" model, which doesn't have a set minimum wage but instead relies on collective bargaining and individual negotiations between employers and employees.
So the McDonald's worker in Denmark get payed more have free medical and free college and the McDonald's worker in the United States gets none of that but the owner doesn't have to pay for taxes.
McDonald's worker's Starbucks worker's over 21years. Earn €13:50/hour 39 hour week. 3 weeks paid Annual leave. If your shifts is on a public/Bank Holiday double pay.
6 weeks Certified Sick leave.
Republic of Ireland.
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In America all politicians have to do is convince poor white workers that something will benefit minorities and they reject it - despite the fact that it will also benefit them.
And they have almost zero health care and drug costs, child care, tuition free higher education, a public transit system that works, no they do not have outrageous high taxes. They get value for their taxes.
Meanwhile, the rich have these poor auto workers believing that it’s because of immigrants and trans people that they can’t afford their Friday night Applebees any more.
I confirm. No underpaid jobs in Denmark.
You can live on minimum wages in the Danish labour market and also get paid vacation of 5+ weeks. We also have a free health care system for all.
They also make more than the people in the US that work in nursing homes, hospitals and child care agencies and people who work for agencies that care for the disabled. But then again, in Denmark they also pay those people more than we do in the US. It is not only Unions, it's cultural mentality.
Nope, pretty much everything is more expensive compared to rural America. The higher taxes, which in part pay for healthcare do not account for the whole difference.
Healthcare is free at point of use but residents pay indirectly via tax. https://relocate.me/cost-of-living/denmark
Capitalism, this is what's wrong with America. No matter how hard one works unless you are at the top you will forever fall short, life will be hard and you will always be exploited.
For capitalism to operate well, negotiating power should be as much equal as possible between the parties in any given contract. For “unskilled” labor a great way to gain leverage is a union, even without any additional law-enforced protection.
McDonald's food. Is produced differently than its American counterparts.
All natural ingredients. No hormone raised beef or Chlorine washed chicken.
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Also, the McDonald's beef in EU is primary sourced in Ireland, so grass fed, hormone, and artificial chemicals free! The ingredients in McDonald's food are different in EU, too!
After WWII unions gave us the greatest economic growth and stability we have ever known. CEO made very good livings but we did not have the obscene income disparity we have today. The Trump Misadministration is working to widen that gap.
It just seems that in the US they worship the wealthy and have no empathy for those less well off or in bad situations, even if they are in a lower socioeconomic group.
Working a global role in corp America really opened my eyes to how awful working conditions are in the U.S. and how *everything* is stacked in the favor of big business profits, not the American people.
My EU coworkers were shocked at how bad things are.
46 weeks of maternity leave as a single parent. As a family - mother has 14 weeks paid leave after the birth, father has 2, and afterwards 24 weeks for her and 24 weeks for the father. Also 4 weeks before baby arrives, both parents have a right to paid leave.
Instead in the U.S. Moms work until their due date, are forced back to work far too soon (& have to use all their sick time & vacation time in order to use maternity leave), most Dads get 0 paternity leave, & the family is saddled with medical bills.
Thought I had it "good"... but I realized that no white collar employee outside the Exec Suite has it "good" as compared to the rest of the Western world.
They couldn't BELIEVE what we spend on our healthcare or that I had to be available 24/7/365, even on vacation.
Why else do you think the GOP hate unions? Because they are pro big business&complete corporate control over all employees-Businesses with over 250 workers👍🏻
GOP rarely vote for a federal minimum wage increase if ever-Only when Dems control government & have complete control does it get increased-
An individual who is fully tax resident in Denmark will, as a main rule, be taxed according to the ordinary tax scheme by up to 52.07% (55.90% including AM tax, which is also income tax for DTT purposes) in 2025.
I understand more about taxes than you probably ever will. That amount of tax on ANY amount of money is too much for shity healthcare and college that not everyone attends or needs.
Now add up what Americans pay for health insurance — premiums, copays coinsurance. Throw in free college tuition plus grants for room and board, and we pay at least as much as Danes are taxed.
Not even close & college isn't a life necessity last I heard. Look at all of the recent college grads w/ literally useless degrees like gender studies, etc. that can't/won't get a job. Those grants were a waste of $$$. The USA is the greatest nation on this planet & if you don't like it, move.
Denmark thinks universities ARE important because they want to ensure there are enough doctors, teachers and engineers, unlike the U.S., where we have critical shortages.
Can you read? I didn't say anything about useful degrees? And FYI - Denmark is currently experiencing a shortage of medical professionals, particularly among general practitioners (GPs) and specialists. So try again.
What great country would cut funding support for the most vulnerable citizens to give tax breaks to corporations and the rich when they became even richer after COVID? There is absolutely nothing great about that.
And cutting funding for drag shows and queer studies has nothing to do with vulnerable citizen. Go sit in front of CNN and stuff your face some more. By the looks of your photo you havent' had any lack of funding for food.
So what makes it the greatest Country? go on tell us, Is it the huge gap between wealth and poverty? Is it it's lack of freedom? Is it because it has the highest Gun death statistics? Or because it is way down the ladder on Education? Or that it's national debt is huge?
America is, and always will be, the greatest country. What lack of freedom do we have? If we aren't the greatest country why did millions of illegals rush to the US? I can't imagine risking your life to come to a crappy country.
Freedom over your body, that's a pretty basic one, Freedom to call an ambulance without the fear of bankruptcy , Freedom to take sick leave from work, and not fear losing your job, You aren't the greatest country just better than some who are under bad regimes, they would travel anywhere .
That's the course they chose to do! The collage degrees mostly seems to be on more useful things, ie sciences, and Arts, teaching is under the Arts umbrella!
As a Canadian I must say our labour practises, our healthcare , being a multicultural country makes 🇨🇦 more European and less American. This is why we could never become a part of the US.
I would want to go back to the social democracy of our past (80s and 90s) where we had a better balance between public funded services (schools, transportation, energy) and free market services.
They have hollowed out some of the public services to get them privatised, and it is bad for lower class
I’ve been in a great union and I’ve been in a garbage union- there’s a big difference. Just because the job is Union doesn’t always mean protection. California unions for service workers/delivery drivers/dispensary workers are BS.
I worked at a red big box store-was shown a video telling why unions are bad, at a large blue cell phone provider corporate-I used the open door policy because a creepy old man coworker was stalking me and I was terminated (in violation of the law), was told I was creating a hostile work environment
Me & a fellow coworker complained because work was being damaged, nothing was done so we went over their head, came back from vac coworker had been let go. It was harder to get rid of me because I had over 10 yrs perfect attendance. It took them a couple yrs, but was told they were downsizing.
Never understood the reasoning behind Right To Work Law until I learned the Red states- dumb and dumber- which passed it. Owning the libs with masochism.
Brother travelled from Canada to USA to purchase used vehicles for the company. (1990’s). He suffered depression from that trip. He couldn’t stomach the ‘horrors’ of the working conditions. He was appalled. Couldn’t believe it. USA has NEVER had a right to complain about crimes against humanity.😡😡🤨
I’m 65 years old. I was born in California, because my mother escaped West Texas at age 18, and then escaped Dothan, Alabama at age 23. Thanks, mom, for choosing not to live in either hellhole! ❤️
I meet so many people who gripe about the cost of service while simultaneously griping about not being paid fairly. People either really hate/envy their fellow humans or can't connect the dots. Or both.
Average house in CA probably costs 3x as much as one in Ala; on the other hand a Google search says average house in Denmark is cheaper than in Ala. So cheaper house, free hc, and higher salary.
Adam Smith is considered the father of modern economics & capitalism, he described what is good & efficient for a country or not. He noticed that really good wages make a nation strong. It’s the purchasing powers of many that drive the economy. Last 40 years have been national economic suicide
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So, those workers for Honda need to move and get a job with McDonald’s!☺️ After all, they get free healthcare and we’re a third-world country, compared to them!
Corporate America HATES unions! They want to rewind everything back to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory era when doors were locked and people burned alive. Corporate America wants SLAVES, not a middle class like in the 1950s-1970s era.
The conservative union members hate unions themselves. They are there to enjoy Union provided healthcare, retirement benefits, and high wages, just so they can vote for a republican every time.
Yes but the US children yearn to be little brave soldiers of the Lutnick “army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones”
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Not being able to unionise means submitting to working for just a living wage.
It’s a just a modern form of slavery.
Blue collar workers: *vote Republican because they are the party of REAL MEN & FAMILY VALUES.*
They'll take a week and claim they were sick some of those days. Used to work at a job where you got 3 days off if a close relative died, had a coworker who lost 3 grandma's in 18 months.
Just look at Dick’s Drive-In in the seatttle area.
https://www.ddir.com/employment/
Or just regular checkups with a family doctor, dentist, or optometrist.
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Unions are great if you have leaders that aren't morons.
It’s not all just “greedy unions”. Well paid workers do better work.
Less worry about nonsense and can focus on the job
This higher wage is due to Denmark's
"flexicurity" model, which doesn't have a set minimum wage but instead relies on collective bargaining and individual negotiations between employers and employees.
6 weeks Certified Sick leave.
Republic of Ireland.
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Abracadabra, you’re still broke, markets are down and 401ks are still being eviscerated.
#Winning 😐
Must be the influence of Nehalennia
You can live on minimum wages in the Danish labour market and also get paid vacation of 5+ weeks. We also have a free health care system for all.
When you convert the minimum wage in $ to the South African Rand value, it is just about HALF.
So THAT is the American dream?
Neither are due to unions. It was a choice the Danes made.
King Donald has plans to break them up too.
He is quite the shithead, huh...
Healthcare is free at point of use but residents pay indirectly via tax.
https://relocate.me/cost-of-living/denmark
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So… Our businesses are poorly run by greedy incompetents?
Having union friendly laws helps also.
https://nordics.info/show/artikel/preview-the-nordic-model-and-the-economy
I know the union didn't officially endorse but it sent out a poll and the dumbfuck membership voted for trump.
We can't fight that kind of stupidity.
All natural ingredients. No hormone raised beef or Chlorine washed chicken.
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Alabama is a wasteland.
Working a global role in corp America really opened my eyes to how awful working conditions are in the U.S. and how *everything* is stacked in the favor of big business profits, not the American people.
My EU coworkers were shocked at how bad things are.
Instead in the U.S. Moms work until their due date, are forced back to work far too soon (& have to use all their sick time & vacation time in order to use maternity leave), most Dads get 0 paternity leave, & the family is saddled with medical bills.
I’d guess the VAST majority are in highly paid white collar jobs.
This is in Denmark
They couldn't BELIEVE what we spend on our healthcare or that I had to be available 24/7/365, even on vacation.
We effectively make much less.
I feel for you.
GOP rarely vote for a federal minimum wage increase if ever-Only when Dems control government & have complete control does it get increased-
The 52.07% only applies to income over 611.800 DKK - around $91.000.
Maybe you should tell people that.
https://skat.dk/en-us/help/tax-rates
Urgent: same day.
Checkup: maybe a week or two.
How are those prices for seeing a doctor or going to the hospital over there?
You do understand tax brackets, right?
(But check the immigration rules, it is difficult moving to Denmark 🫤 )
Hang in there ✊
Just in case we get a chance to fix ours
They have hollowed out some of the public services to get them privatised, and it is bad for lower class
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