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Social Class & Poverty

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Bourdieu's Food Chart [click on this image to find a short clip and analysis of Bourdieu's concept of cultural capital]
[click on this image to find a short clip and analysis of Bourdieu's theory of taste, in which he argues that "good taste" is simply a reflection of the taste of the ruling class, demarcated by ruling class signifiers]

Social Class: Cultural Capital

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Billionaire wealth reaching 20% of GDP: risk of overheating? ~ @gabriel_zucman Source: Saez, Emmanuel and Gabriel Zucman. 2020. "The Rise of Income and Wealth Inequality in America: Evidence from Distributional Macroeconomic Accounts." Journal of Economic Perspectives. 34(4).
The divide widens with each generation, data show, the byproduct of wage stagnation and income inequality Source: Federal Reserve Distributional Accounts
Sources: 2000. European Review of Economic History, 4, 59-83 / Federal Reserve Board. 2017. "Survey of Consumer Finances."

Social Class: Wealth

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Again--Billionaire philanthropy is PR. Stop falling for it. Yes, $50M is a lot of money, but had Musk simply paid his taxes at the actual 37% rate, he would've paid $5.18B in taxes which is 104X his donation. ~ Qasim Rashid, Esq.
Jeff Bezos' salary is $81,840. But his wealth is $201,000,000,000 Failing to tax wealth is precisely what the billionaires want. ~ @RBReich
Strange how a trillion-dollar company can put its income overseas and pay no taxes but their minimum-wage employees gets their taxes taken directly out of their paycheck. ~ @DanPriceSeattle

Social Class: Taxation & Trickle-Down Economics

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Poverty Rates by Age: 1959 to 2013  The official poverty rate declined from 15% to 14.5%, but this decline was driven entirely by a drop in the number of children living in poverty. The rate looks much worse for working-age adults (i.e., 18-64 year-olds) While working-age poverty was about 9% in 1968 and 10-11% in the 1980s, since the Great Recession, it has hovered around 13.6%.  Source: U.S. Census Bureau
( 3 of 8 ) How Census Measures Poverty: 2012 Poverty Rates by Age Group  For both measures (i.e., official and supplemental), individuals are considered poor if the resources they share with others in the household are not enough to meet basic needs.  [click on this image to find a short video and analysis of how policymakers have promoted austerity, which only works to take ever more resources away from the working poor]
Poverty Rates by Age and Sex: 2015  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Social Class: Poverty by Age

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Laura Petty, a 6 year old berry picker on Jenkins Farm. "I'm just beginnin'. Licked two boxes yesterday," June 1909  Photo credit: Lewis Hine
Young men and boys sleeping on a ramshackle porch, c. 1890.  Photo credit: Jacob A. Riis — in New York, New York.
London street kids, August, 1954.  Photo credit: Picture Post

Social Class: Child Poverty

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Aliens: "Explain to us: How do you decide how to allocate resources and who does what work on Earth?" Capitalist: [showing charts] "So you see, on Earth we have a free market, so resources are efficiently allocated to meet the needs of the people based on market principles like supply and demand. Entrepreneurs own the factories and workers sell their labor to them." Aliens: "How can you 'own' a factory?"... Global Happiness Index, Encouraging Thoughts, Fight Poverty, Social Class, Capitalist, Lost Money, Economic Development, Webcomic, Podcasts
Aliens: "Explain to us: How do you decide how to allocate resources and who does what work on Earth?" Capitalist: [showing charts] "So you see, on Earth we have a free market, so resources are efficiently allocated to meet the needs of the people based on market principles like supply and demand. Entrepreneurs own the factories and workers sell their labor to them." Aliens: "How can you 'own' a factory?"...
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Again--Billionaire philanthropy is PR. Stop falling for it. Yes, $50M is a lot of money, but had Musk simply paid his taxes at the actual 37% rate, he would've paid $5.18B in taxes which is 104X his donation. ~ Qasim Rashid, Esq. Elon Musk Wealth, 50 Million, Lots Of Money, Philanthropy, Esquire, Pledge, Billionaire, Poverty
Again--Billionaire philanthropy is PR. Stop falling for it. Yes, $50M is a lot of money, but had Musk simply paid his taxes at the actual 37% rate, he would've paid $5.18B in taxes which is 104X his donation. ~ Qasim Rashid, Esq.
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Jeff Bezos' salary is $81,840. But his wealth is $201,000,000,000 Failing to tax wealth is precisely what the billionaires want. ~ @RBReich Robert Reich, Jeff Bezos, Text Posts, Democrats, Income, Wealth
Jeff Bezos' salary is $81,840. But his wealth is $201,000,000,000 Failing to tax wealth is precisely what the billionaires want. ~ @RBReich
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Strange how a trillion-dollar company can put its income overseas and pay no taxes but their minimum-wage employees gets their taxes taken directly out of their paycheck. ~ @DanPriceSeattle Twitter Quotes Funny, Funny Quotes, Trigger Warning, Social Issues, Funny Pictures
Strange how a trillion-dollar company can put its income overseas and pay no taxes but their minimum-wage employees gets their taxes taken directly out of their paycheck. ~ @DanPriceSeattle
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Top individual tax rate and top 0.1% share of U.S. income, 1925-2018 Source: Emmanuel Saez (2020) and Institute for Policy Studies Income Tax Brackets, Tax Rate, Action News, Drop Top, Climate Action, Gilded Age, Inequality, Global Warming
Top individual tax rate and top 0.1% share of U.S. income, 1925-2018 Source: Emmanuel Saez (2020) and Institute for Policy Studies
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Billionaire wealth reaching 20% of GDP: risk of overheating? ~ @gabriel_zucman Source: Saez, Emmanuel and Gabriel Zucman. 2020. "The Rise of Income and Wealth Inequality in America: Evidence from Distributional Macroeconomic Accounts." Journal of Economic Perspectives. 34(4). Fractions, Wealthy, Politics, Feelings, Evidence
Billionaire wealth reaching 20% of GDP: risk of overheating? ~ @gabriel_zucman Source: Saez, Emmanuel and Gabriel Zucman. 2020. "The Rise of Income and Wealth Inequality in America: Evidence from Distributional Macroeconomic Accounts." Journal of Economic Perspectives. 34(4).
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Artificial scarcity is a feature of capitalism. Empty houses surround homeless people, tones of food waste encircle hungry people & unused medical resources sit idle near dying people. A commodified world that "takes necessities from the masses to giver luxuries to the classes" ~ MLK In Distress, Corporate America, Scarcity, Homeless People, Mental Breakdown, Marxist
Artificial scarcity is a feature of capitalism. Empty houses surround homeless people, tones of food waste encircle hungry people & unused medical resources sit idle near dying people. A commodified world that "takes necessities from the masses to giver luxuries to the classes" ~ MLK
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The one statistic I can't wrap my head around is that Jeff Bezos got over $8.4 billion dollars richer today. Just today. One day. The budget for the whole city of Philadelphia, for an entire year, is $5.3 billion. ~ @JoshuaPotash Get Over It, Wholeness, Budgeting
The one statistic I can't wrap my head around is that Jeff Bezos got over $8.4 billion dollars richer today. Just today. One day. The budget for the whole city of Philadelphia, for an entire year, is $5.3 billion. ~ @JoshuaPotash
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Sorry, why did nobody teach me that credit score weren't officially introduced in the U.S. until NINETEEN NINETY NINE???! The "boomers don't understand what Millinnials have gone through financially" thing is tired YALL REALLY were out here chastising younger generations for being financially irresponsible after you bought your houses and cars without credit scores?! And creditworthiness was previously determined based on character judgement, which is obviously going to skew toward white men?? Political Spectrum, Religion And Politics, Smash The Patriarchy, World Problems, Hard Truth, Has Gone, Dont Understand, Credit Score
Sorry, why did nobody teach me that credit score weren't officially introduced in the U.S. until NINETEEN NINETY NINE???! The "boomers don't understand what Millinnials have gone through financially" thing is tired YALL REALLY were out here chastising younger generations for being financially irresponsible after you bought your houses and cars without credit scores?! And creditworthiness was previously determined based on character judgement, which is obviously going to skew toward white men??
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One of the biggest myths is that billionaires are job creators. 1999: 50 billionaires, 4.3% unemployment rate 2019: 607 billionaires, 3.7% unemployment Now: 719 billionaires, 6.1% unemployment In the pandemic, billionaire wealth grew 55% while the number of jobs dropped 5% ~ @DanPriceSeattle Socialism, Capitalism, Oppression, Government Type, Unemployment Rate, Worlds Of Fun, Gop
One of the biggest myths is that billionaires are job creators. 1999: 50 billionaires, 4.3% unemployment rate 2019: 607 billionaires, 3.7% unemployment Now: 719 billionaires, 6.1% unemployment In the pandemic, billionaire wealth grew 55% while the number of jobs dropped 5% ~ @DanPriceSeattle
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60 mil claimed unemployment, used up savings, & asked for help. 10 mil face eviction; 8 mil fell into poverty. But 600+ US billionaires got richer by $1 trillion. Capitalists buy governments to keep this system, pandemic or not. ~ @profwolff Social Justice Topics, Equality Now, Anti Religion, Something To Remember
60 mil claimed unemployment, used up savings, & asked for help. 10 mil face eviction; 8 mil fell into poverty. But 600+ US billionaires got richer by $1 trillion. Capitalists buy governments to keep this system, pandemic or not. ~ @profwolff
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Photo credit: Nationaal Archief/Collectie Spaarnestad/Fotograaf onbekend Rare Historical Photos, Rare Photos, Old Photos, Vintage Photos, Rare Pictures, Vintage Postcards, Rei George V, King George, Claude Monet
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Mr. and Mrs. Chalifoux faced eviction from their apartment, and with no place to turn, the jobless coal truck driver and his wife decided to sell their four children. Mrs. Lucille Chalifoux turns her head from camera above while her children sit below her. On the top step are Lana, 6, and Rae, 5. Below are Milton, 4, and Sue Ellen, 2, Chicago, Illinois, 1948 Source: Vidette-Messenger / Bettmann / CORBIS Wonder Years, Alternate History, Child Actors, Children Images, For Sale Sign, Another Man, Historical Pictures, White Aesthetic
Mr. and Mrs. Chalifoux faced eviction from their apartment, and with no place to turn, the jobless coal truck driver and his wife decided to sell their four children. Mrs. Lucille Chalifoux turns her head from camera above while her children sit below her. On the top step are Lana, 6, and Rae, 5. Below are Milton, 4, and Sue Ellen, 2, Chicago, Illinois, 1948 Source: Vidette-Messenger / Bettmann / CORBIS
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Imagine being in your 70's or 80's, worth billions, and spending any of your remaining time on earth working to make sure your tax rate doesn't go up, even if it means millions of other people your age will suffer. How is that not sociopathic behavior? ~ @Rschooley Real Politics, Sociopathic Behavior, New Memes, Funny Memes, Political Articles, Set You Free
Imagine being in your 70's or 80's, worth billions, and spending any of your remaining time on earth working to make sure your tax rate doesn't go up, even if it means millions of other people your age will suffer. How is that not sociopathic behavior? ~ @Rschooley
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The divide widens with each generation, data show, the byproduct of wage stagnation and income inequality Source: Federal Reserve Distributional Accounts Data Show, Millenials, Line Chart, Divider
The divide widens with each generation, data show, the byproduct of wage stagnation and income inequality Source: Federal Reserve Distributional Accounts
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