The poor and the middle class pay the taxes that the wealthy should be paying instead. Wages are not keeping up because the federal minimum wage has not been raised. It acts as a floor for wages above it. So middle class wages don't rise enough. See Wikipedia: Fight for $15.
Massive concentration of wealth is not just happening in the US. 20% of adults in France and Germany own the vast majority of wealth in both countries. Note the Gini %. That means the labor of 80% of the countries is underpaid. Median wealth per adult is significant since there are an equal number of adults with wealth above and below that number. In 2017 France's adults were more than twice as prosperous as Germany's at the median wealth level. Still true in 2023: List of countries by wealth per adult. The US is between them.
US. Student debt timeline of bottom 25% in wealth. By percent of total debt. Student loans used to be dischargeable the same as any other loan. Republicans (mainly) have made this nearly impossible. Unlike many other countries. See US history.[4]
See Fight for $15. US map below is percent of workers earning less than $15 per hour. Concerning the gray n/a states CEPR wrote: "States that had minimum wages of at least $15 and those that were between $14 and $15 were not analyzed."
๐ Image Trump's aggregated presidential approval ratings.๐ Image Tove Johansson from Stockholm with broken cheekbone, fractured skull, damaged eye muscles. Nov 18, 2006 in Hebron. [1][2]. Israeli violence is not just against Palestinians. And it has a long history.
Return to top. Compare genocidally complicit American politicians' actions to Canada's politicians stopping military aid to genocidal Israel. If the US had a genuine democracy, then the government would be forced to follow the wishes of the majority of Americans. A national US referendum on Israel, for example, would stop its mass murder permanently.
Gaza. Stop Trump and Biden's genocidal war permanently by stopping the weapons. Note: Trump is responsible now. And Trump can force Israel to comply. By threatening (and doing so if necessary) to withdraw weapons, aid to Israel, and the missile and drone defense the US helps with. The war and famine would completely end in a day. Israel would be forced to allow in food, shelter, and medical supplies.
Mar 10, 2025: Americans' sympathy for Israelis falls to its lowest in 24 years, new Gallup poll says. And: "more Americans have supported the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip than have opposed it, and that continues today. Currently, 55 percent are in favour and 31 percent are opposed, while 14 percent do not have an opinion."
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Wikipedia, still censoring aliens and UFOs. Apparently a source becomes unreliable once it starts interviewing witnesses. Whole books of witnesses. Interesting circular logic. Anyway if you want the truth see the documentary The Age of Disclosure with 34 insiders telling what they know about government knowledge of UFOs/UAPs, crash retrievals, alien bodies, meetings with live aliens, over many decades. It came out Nov 21, 2025 on Amazon Prime. It only costs $5 more to buy it than to rent it, and you will want to see parts of it more than once. Also, see this long interview with the director Dan Farah[8][9] for much more info.
Oliver Stone (emphasis added):
"The Assassination Records Review Board (1994-1998) found that over 40 witnesses in two locations saw a large avulsive (i.e. penetrating outward) wound in the rear of JFK's skull. This includes highly qualified medical personnel at hospitals in Dallas and Bethesda, as well as FBI agents James Sibert and Frank O'Neill, who were at the autopsy in 1963 and restated it to the board. This wound again indicates an exit wound from a shot to the front. Conclusion: The president was shot from at least two sides, front and back โ not one location."
From The Age of Disclosure are 5 highly placed people in a position to know that confirm the Roswell crashes, and the alien bodies: From the segment (56 minutes 47 seconds in) confirming Roswell: Multiple AATIP and UAP Task Force participants and advisors: Hal Puthoff, PhD, quantum physicist (56:55 in). Eric Davis, PhD, astrophysicist (1:02:42 in). Luis Elizondo, Department of Defense official (3:35 in). And outside the AATIP and UAP Task Force organizations: Jay Stratton, Navy Intelligence, DIA, senior executive (4:19 in). Jim Semivan, senior CIA official from 1982-2007 (58:34 in). Times are for their captioned credentials.
What the Generals Said about Roswell: - "It was a cover story, the balloon part of it ... That was the story we were told to give to the public and the news people, and that was it." Brigadier General Thomas J. DuBose, USAF - "The [Roswell] craft was extraterrestrial, and at one time may have been at Wright-Patterson in an off-limits area." Brigadier General Harry N. Cordes, USAF - "I am almost completely convinced that the object that crashed near Roswell was composed of materials not common on earth." Major General Kenner F. Hertford, USA - "The stuff I saw, I've never seen anyplace else in my life โฆ It was the strangest thing I ever saw." General William H. Blanchard, USAF - "They [the Air Force] knew that they had something new in their hands โฆ The metal and material was unknown to anyone I talked to โฆ A couple of guys thought it might be Russian, but the final consensus was that the pieces were from space." [i.e., extraterrestrial] Brigadier General Arthur E. Exon, USAF - "Stealth technology comes from the Roswell crash โฆ I have been informed by higher officers at the Pentagon that there still exists a Top Secret UFO Project โฆ That's where your Roswell file is."
Wikipedians who believe the Sun revolves around the Earth
It's Copernicus and Galileo against the Catholic Church all over again. Except this time it is some clueless desktop warriors, and probably some paid debunkers from various special access programs keeping their secrets.
They are the clique of editors who zealously guard the UFO/UAP, etc. pages from what witnesses and insiders say. These ignorant earth-bound narcissists use tropes like aliens can't travel between stars, because it is too far. Some of these dumbasses can't do math. Earth explorers went on multi-year voyages around the world. The nearest star is only 4 light years away. Eventually, in the not too distant future, our earth technologies will become capable of reaching 50% of light speed or more. The Earth's flying and space technology is only a century out from the earliest planes. What clueless narcissism to believe that we are the first to be doing so in our galaxy. Anyone who has seriously studied the issue knows there have been many species of aliens who have visited the Earth. Aliens have been bouncing along from star to star in our Milky Way galaxy over many, many years. And if your starship is approaching the speed of light while you are moving towards that star 4 light-years away: Google AI says: At 99% of the speed of light, the astronauts would experience a trip of a little over four months.
At 99.9% of the speed of light, the trip would take only about two months.
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Edit menu > Show Paint dialog > click on the eyedropper > click somewhere in the image > click on the color at the bottom of the Paint dialog > Write down the Red, Green, and Blue color numbers (RGB).
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On average, taxpayers in the income groups highlighted in yellow will incur a net cost (shown as a positive figure as this reduces the budget deficit), due in part to reduced healthcare subsidies. Higher income taxpayers receive a benefit via tax cuts (shown as a negative number as this increases the budget deficit). The percent of taxpayers in each income group is also shown for the 2023 period. "Taxpayer" in the chart refers to a tax return, meaning it could represent one person or a married couple filing jointly, among other options. [25][26]. Commons source.
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You have GOT to be the coolest Wikisloth with super-powers that I ever met!! For a Sloth, you sure move at a quick pace!! :) Do you wear a "super cape", I wonder? That would really complete the whole outfit and mystique.. I keep trying to think of things I could maybe do for you since you are such a blessing and a help... Hmmm. Did you ever contact Roger Ebert before his untimely demise? Is there perhaps a photo of someone that I can search for on your behalf? Just say the words. I feel a great debt to you for your help over these years. --Leahtwosaints (talk) 12:00, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
For the concept of a noticeboard that would have allowed editors to air out complaints against abusive admins. Pity WP is not truly about improvement. โDjathinkimacowboy 01:18, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
You know, aside from wanting you to know I strongly supported your idea for an admin complaint board, I strongly support your whole philosophy. A huge problem here is the ignoring of content dispute plus admins who will not get involved in anything. Much of the opposition to your board proposition are childish whiners, I noticed. They claim a new notice board will decrease editing time. Don't let them get you down with such fallacious 'reasoning'. Keep at it! Godspeed, and drop me a line anytime.--Djathinkimacowboy 14:43, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for saving File:Day 18 of War on Gaza.PNG from deletion by doing a little legwork and using your extensive knowledge of copyright and image description procedures. Its much appreciated. Tiamuttalk 15:11, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
For remaining cool and encouraging others to do so, while retaining editorial integrity and passionately advocating for the truth (all POVs) to be presented :) Tiamut 10:51, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
For diligence on the Iraq War subtitle debate and for helping solve a very tough issue. Also, nice work on keeping everyone (myself included) honest on the various casualties sections. Nicely done. Publicus 21:10, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
The painted francolin (Francolinus pictus), or painted partridge, is a species of francolin in the family Phasianidae. It is found in central and southern India and parts of Sri Lanka, residing in semi-dry undulating grasslands with scrub or cultivation. The painted francolin typically roosts in trees or on the ground and has a rufous face, white-spotted underparts, and orange-yellow to red legs. It feeds on seeds, grains and insects, and nests in a scrape on the ground, laying several eggs. The species is sometimes vocal, especially during the monsoon season, emitting a guttural broken "chee-kee-kerray" call. This painted francolin was photographed in Bhigwan in the Indian state of MaharashtraPhotograph credit: Tisha Mukherjee
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ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer and Wikipedia finances
See: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer: Wikimedia Foundation Org. It is interesting to look at the greatly increasing salaries of CEOs of nonprofits over the years. Far faster than other salaries. Salary transparency is a wonderful leveling tool. ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer shows how some CEOs tried to sneak in a $300,000 pay increase one year, but had to drop back the following year. Why would I donate to a "nonprofit" like that?
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