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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.
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- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
- Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
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- Higher wages for underpaid workers.
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Nuh-uh. I have an uncle who lives two doors down from a lady whose nail stylist's daughter's teacher just won 10 million dollars from a scratch off lottery ticket.
Congrats to that teacher, but random events with astronomically low odds don't refute everyday reality. The vast majority of people are a lot closer to poverty than they'll ever be to financial independence.
See how many draws it would take for you to win!
https://perthirtysix.com/tool/lottery-simulator
You can't count on luck, and I expect that $10 million to evaporate in less than a year. It usually does.
All but $4 million of it evaporated before it actually hit her account. But also, this was hyperbole.