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30 votes
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California junk fee ban could upend restaurant industry
15 votes -
US senior homes refuse to pick up fallen residents, dial 911. ‘Why are they calling us?’
23 votes -
AT&T announces $7 monthly add-on fee for “Turbo” 5G speeds
23 votes -
The surprising reason few Americans are getting chips jobs now
2 votes -
US to require automatic emergency braking on new vehicles in five years
40 votes -
7,000 Maui short-term rentals could be eliminated under new county bill
10 votes -
Funding shortfall for new tech endangers rural cell service, US FCC says
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Kendrick Lamar - Meet the Grahams (2024)
14 votes -
Jack Conroy, proletarian author and editor, supported important 20th century US poets
4 votes -
Protesters unaffiliated with CCNY, Columbia made up nearly half of arrests: police
18 votes -
Florida is the first state to ban lab grown meat - Ron DeSantis
34 votes -
Arizona governor Katie Hobbs signs abortion ban repeal bill
45 votes -
The methodical plan to erase Chicago
4 votes -
‘He craved an Oscar’: James Baldwin’s long campaign to crack Hollywood
7 votes -
More than 2,000 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested across US campuses
47 votes -
When the US Army uses "enhanced interrogation" on an American soldier
28 votes -
Students at Brown just secured a vote on divestment. What happens next?
22 votes -
US carriers illegally hiring Mexican drivers to haul loads, sources say
19 votes -
What your next water heater will look like
27 votes -
Former US President Donald Trump will speak at the Libertarian National Convention
27 votes -
Google lays off hundreds of ‘Core’ employees, moves some positions to India and Mexico
46 votes -
New EPA regulation requires coal plants in the United States to reduce 90 percent of their greenhouse pollution by 2039 (gifted link)
32 votes -
At least thirty protesters arrested during pro-Palestinian protest at UT Austin
52 votes -
America’s wind power production drops for the first time in twenty-five years
12 votes -
Whistleblower who accused Boeing supplier of ignoring defects dies
45 votes -
San Francisco office sells for a stunning 90% discount from 2016 price
34 votes -
The California man who hid for six months in a secret room inside Circuit City
52 votes -
US v. Google: As landmark 'monopoly power' trial closes, here's what to look for
20 votes -
Early tests of H5N1 prevalence in milk suggest US bird flu outbreak in cows is widespread
62 votes -
David Byrne - Hard Times (Paramore cover, 2024)
9 votes -
Colorado lawmakers approve broad, nation-leading Right to Repair law
19 votes -
The state as blunt force - impressions of the Columbia campus clearance
8 votes -
A lawsuit argues Meta is required by law to let you control your own feed
30 votes -
The youth need your help
19 votes -
US Supreme Court leaves in place a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify users' ages
32 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of April 29
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
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Opinion: The many US campaign finance violations divulged in Donald Trump’s hush-money criminal trial
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Meet Chicago's Rat Queen (w/ Rob Scallon) | Rats pt. 1
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Paul Auster, the patron saint of literary Brooklyn, dies at 77 (gifted link)
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‘Red One’ down: How Dwayne Johnson’s tardiness led to a $250 million runaway production
22 votes -
GDP per capita vs. the federal poverty rate over the years (observation and discussion)
Fair warning, I'm a dummy trying to talk about stuff I don't fully understand, but I wanted to see others' thoughts on this. In the 1960s, America's GDP (per capita) was $3,000. Also, in 1960, the...
Fair warning, I'm a dummy trying to talk about stuff I don't fully understand, but I wanted to see others' thoughts on this.
In the 1960s, America's GDP (per capita) was $3,000.
Also, in 1960, the federal poverty limit was $3,000 for a family of four.In 2023, the GDP (per capita) was $82,034.
The federal poverty limit for a family of four in 2023 was $30,000.This can't be good for the American people. Unless I'm drawing comparisons between two completely unrelated things?
People who are barely in poverty today would have to earn ~2.7x the amount they earn to stay consistent with those who were barely in poverty in the 1960s if GDP and FPL were still equal to each other. So what about the families caught in the middle? Too high earnings to get help and too low to thrive? They just suffer, I guess.
Out of curiosity, I calculated what the thresholds would be if the percentages of GDP to FPL were swapped between 2023 and 1960.
1960s numbers adjusted if FPL matched 2023's percentage:
GDP=$3,000
FPL=$1,1111960s numbers adjusted if GDP matched the percentage comparison of 2023:
GDP=$8,100
FPL=$3,000Please let me know if it actually matters that the GDP per capita is 2.7x the federal poverty limit for a family of four. Also, let me know your thoughts.
8 votes -
How (and why) the right stole Christianity
21 votes -
US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift, AP sources say
74 votes -
Philips agrees to pay $1 billion to patients who say they were injured by breathing machines
31 votes -
‘Ideal’ movie running time is ninety-two minutes, poll claims
18 votes -
Telegram creator on Elon Musk, resisting FBI attacks, and getting mugged in California
7 votes -
Utah cat found safe in California after sneaking into Amazon return box
36 votes -
US House Democratic leaders say they would help save Speaker Mike Johnson's job
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Car tracking can enable domestic abuse. Turning it off is easier said than done.
15 votes