Makes sense. My perception is definitely skewed by living in Denver. No way $500k here is top 1%, lol.
US continues to go forward
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mugatu
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I get it. I'm in MD, but was surprised it wasn't higher. I think we are really high by median income vs 1% though.
The pipeline of deadly fentanyl into the U.S. may be drying up, experts say
Updated October 1, 2024 6:03 PM ET
This summer, Dan Ciccarone, a physician and street drug researcher at the University of California, San Francisco, sent a team to gather data on the city's streets in areas where illicit fentanyl has been a killer for years. They found something unexpected.
"The fentanyl supply is drying up for some reason," Ciccarone said. "Hang out on the streets, talk to people — the drugs are hard to find and more expensive."
mugatu
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Hopefully they work something out long term. At least it won't crush shipping and supplies just before the election. Was concerned it would leave a bad taste in people's minds and they'd blame Harris.
Wow. I think I am gonna go on strike for a 62% wage hike over 6 years.
mugatu
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Yeah. They are also fighting to prevent automation so they won't get replaced. So employ more people than necessary
If i was getting a 62% wage increase over the next 5 years the last thing I'd want is to get replaced by a machine.
mugatu
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I get it, i wouldnt either. But maybe that's a hint to find a different career path. If your job can easily be automated, maybe find one that isn't.
I'm guessing a machine doing it would be faster and cheaper in the long run, otherwise they wouldn't be considering a replacement. Drops costs and speeds the supply chain up for everyone.
I don't support keeping things manual just to protect someone's job... especially if they are demanding huge pay raise. Why not go back to pick and shovel for digging, or get rid of automation in the car industry, or any number of other places where machines replaced a subset of people and made things better.
mugatu
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The August job report is revised up and unemployment is down in September.
mugatu
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US inflation reaches lowest point in 3 years, though some price pressures remain
Inflation in the United States dropped last month to its lowest point since it first began surging more than three years ago, adding to a spate of encouraging economic news in the closing weeks of the presidential race.
apnews.com
Inflation back down under 2.5%
mugatu
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Drug overdose deaths fall for 6 months straight as officials wonder what's working
Coast to coast, major U.S. cities are seeing measurable drops in drug overdose deaths. Public health officials welcome the news despite an inability to fully explain the decrease.
www.nbcnews.com
BART workers fired due to COVID vaccine mandate to get over $1M each, federal jury decides
A federal jury has sided with six fired BART workers who sued the agency claiming religious exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate were not accommodated, and each will receive more than $1 million.
Breaking News: A House panel on Covid plans to refer former Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York to the Justice Department for potential prosecution for “false statements.”
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Breaking News: A House panel on Covid plans to refer former Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York to the Justice Department for potential prosecution for “false statements.”
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Breaking News: A House panel on Covid plans to refer former Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York to the Justice Department for potential prosecution for “false statements.”
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Breaking News: A House panel on Covid plans to refer former Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York to the Justice Department for potential prosecution for “false statements.”
Wonder if they will do the same for the President at the time...
mugatu
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The referral looks like it's for lying to congress during testimony, not for anything like lying to the public or his handling of the situation.
Since Trump never testified to Congress about anything I think they will let him slide on the thousands that died because of his actions And words.
Oh ok.
On a side note, I'd love to see Trump testify before congress. No specific reason just those things are always "gotcha" contests and that interaction would just be golden.
