Trump's Trials, Netanyahu, and Nepo Baby Billionaires | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich

Has Netanyahu finally crossed a line that will make the U.S. say no to arming Israel?
Heather Lofthouse of Inequality Media Civic Action and I wrestle with this in our Coffee Klatch. We also discuss nepo baby billionaires, Trump's first criminal trial, and the upcoming eclipse.
Join us.

[@elainegoad9777]

I was making $8.95 hour in 1988 and the minimum wage was $6.25 an hour. I was single, i br apt., new small car, health insurance and vacation from work and enough for groceries, gas, entertainment prescriptions, etc... in 1988. 35 years later minumum wage is $7.50 hour. It only went up 75cents in 35 years !!!!!!!!!!!

[@contrail33]

And compare the 1988 rent to the 2024 rent. Where I live, probably 5X what it used to be. It's ridiculous.

[@user-hx2wx7mk8n]

Why did prices go up so much since then? (If you want a clue, look up something called 'The Mandrake Mechanism').

[@patriciagriffin1505]

Yes bc prices were much lower

[@Big_Island_Boi]

Your comment implies that the only way for a worker to make more money is to raise the minimum wage... and clearly that is not true. In your own example you were making 43% more than minimum wage at that time... and I'm sure much more than that over time. The problem is clearly an over-supply of workers or wages would be higher naturally / own their own. And the main reason for that is unchecked illegal immigration. Reduce the worker supply and wages have to rise.

[@bobhearn7402]

Unfortunately the costs are living went up by a hundred percent in that thirty five years

[@chuckharris4504]

tax the rich...it really is that simple...!!

[@mildredmartinez8843]

Bur none of the recent administrations with an 11 foot pole. Why? You don't bite the hand that feeds you.

[@josephturner4348]

@@mildredmartinez8843😂😂 your a idiot!

[@Big_Island_Boi]

Really? Is it? You don't think the problem in America is clearly a SPENDING problem??? Not a REVENUE problem? And why the "rich"? Why should, say 1% of the population (using simple terms) pay for the other 99%? I'd rather see Corporations more heavily taxed--and more heavily regulated--than humans.

[@josephturner4348]

@@Big_Island_Boi I agree tax

[@MakeSomeNoiseAgencyPlaylists]

​@@Big_Island_Boi For sure its not a spending problem since Nixon. Google "scriptural money" as you call it and learn about money only exisitng in the books and nowhere else. Spending is the only power America has.

[@glenjo0]

Maybe sometime you can do a show on homeless people, people living in cars, RVs, and why housing is unaffordable for the average American.

[@tracesprite6078]

25 Best Places to Sleep When Living in Your Car! kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZyQkIJ3l9B7Zsk This is one of the saddest videos I have ever seen!

[@jonjenkins5621]

If the CEOs and other executives took pay cuts to offset the increase in minimum wage they wouldn’t even notice it. No one needs to make those kind of salaries.

[@Nemesisnxt]

Do the math in reverse. If you cut the entire CEO pay, it wouldn’t even come close to offsetting the gov mandated wage increase.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

😂 that would never cover the wage hike

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

@@mbjasniewski so when you say MAGA-matics you mean the actual facts of mathematics?

[@thomasword5762]

Well they always tell us we have to tighten our belts. Why can't they?

[@thomasword5762]

​@@NemesisnxtWhere did you go to school, any school?

[@marcp.3690]

If I did 1/100 of the B.S. trump has I'd be in prison already.

[@MausMasher54]

Ditto....

[@OneWithTheUniverse55]

You also would not be turned into an election tool to bludgeon both the GOP and Democrats with. Its the Pelosi plan to ensure even Republicans will vote for DNC candidates.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

Yeah if I pissed off the uniparty I'd be in jail too.

[@Maya_Pinion]

Truth.

[@Baysunrise]

Because prison is for the peasants.

[@lindac1578]

Billionaires- ugh! I was on a road trip across the US and went to 3 airports and watched the lineup of private jets, Jackson Hole, Telluride and Aspen, oh my god, I felt sick. I feel guilty driving a car with climate change and then I see this and feel hopeless. I talked with a lady who grew up in Aspen and she said it has changed, now the wealthy own many homes around the world and jet in for a long weekend to Aspen, bring their private chefs, staff and food and are not connected to the community. She said I don't even know these people, they add nothing to the community and their house sits empty most of the year. They have the money to buy politicians and lobbyists to make sure their is no wealth tax. I have met a few people who know wealthy people and they say they vote republican just for no taxes on them. This would be a good issue for you to walk through all the negatives of having such wealthy people, and how it hurts all of us. I'll start- they have a huge carbon footprint, private jets, multiple houses around the world, consume lots of resources, detached to a normal middle class society and its issues, have money to sway elections and issues, their children don't need to work and be part of society....

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

That's how you know climate change is a scam.

[@willsrlutz6842]

A lot of them are disgusting people.

[@texasbluebonnet4303]

Good morning you two nice, devoted American citizens. Unfortunately we are enjoying coffee while still having to discuss Trump.. Netanyahu and Trump Both need to retire from the political arena .

[@lokken1961]

Both trump and netanyahu should be in prison!

[@andreah6379]

Retirement is MUCH too kind, much too polite. Pleeze!😤

[@dankelly2147]

Both belong in prison

[@jonathanfriedel]

and Biden needs to retire as well. Neither Biden or Trump are good presidents.

[@brokenrecord3095]

and also Biden. "new ideas"? yeah right. zionism isn't new. Bastard is enabling war crimes. He's got to go.

[@newbloomwon]

If it were a poor black guy threatening a judge’s family, he’d already be in prison.

[@katherinecrossman8521]

Or just any ordinary citizen .

[@tammystockley-loughlin7680]

White gal with no connections or money....I would be in contempt of court, fined and probably jailed. Positive vibes from New Hampshire, remember to be kind to each other and yourself during these trying times.

[@rosieE121]

​@@tammystockley-loughlin7680Most true sadly.

[@alonawhalen]

Poor anyone. There are terms and conditions a defendant has to sign for a conditional release. (Release on bail) Part of those is a no contact order. Nobody would be eligible for bail with multiple felonies in multiple jurisdictions.

[@lesliemcgovern4724]

Thank goodness for your being there each Saturday. A little sanity makes an enormous difference.

[@normanbott]

I'm from the UK and I always watch this for some sensible comment on what's happening in the US. I wish we had someone of Mr Reich's capabilities ove rhere.

[@colinwhite5355]

Aid workers murdered and suddenly its a game changer. Tragic, of course, but no less than the lives of the 35000 Palestinian stolen lives and the poor Israeli souls butchered in October.

[@timothyrussell4445]

It's just another new low...

[@colinwhite5355]

@@timothyrussell4445 Yes, my friend, sadly you’re right. Best wishes from Hartlepool.

[@brokenrecord3095]

yeah? what game is getting changed? Is Biden going to actually suspend military aid for Israel? If not what is the change? "tut tut! you shouldn't murder so many people it looks bad and the polls are bad" . The USA ought to live up to its professed standards that war crimes are bad.

[@timothyrussell4445]

@@colinwhite5355 👍

[@rdbeckett590]

20 bucks is nothing in California- can’t even rent a place for that!! We are so far behind on the enviro- wages and healthcare!

[@Nemesisnxt]

Leave California.

[@rdbeckett590]

@@Nemesisnxt I don’t live there but that isn’t even that good for Texas in other words BFD 🙄

[@christopherjones9536]

​@@Nemesisnxt Maybe we just use the federal government to raise the wage to 25 nationwide. Where will conservatives fIee too? 😂😂😂 That should be our focus. With federaI power, we can dictate policy for the whole country

[@Nemesisnxt]

@@mbjasniewski Russia. Ruble. Edit: Not Russia, not ruble, sorry Lord Putin.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

​@@christopherjones9536you only say that because you want America to fail

[@annikki73]

It's not voting for the "lesser evil". It's STANDING AGAINST the greater evil.

[@andreah6379]

They were giving us what OTHER Americans may be saying about our election choices this year. And they are correct. I have read this from one too many especially younger sounding, less politically knowledgable ppl..

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

Trump won't let this continue to happen. Biden has already let it happen.

[@RipWraith]

Let's never forget, the lesser of two evils, is still evil. Once the lesser of two evils has greater power, it becomes the greater evil...maybe it's time to define where the evil is getting its funding and remove it....(cough) corporate America....

[@AtomicBuffalo]

@@RipWraith Removing xenophobic religious fanatic authoritarians from power does not necessarily grow the political power of other evil. We can and do make gains against plutocracy at the same time. The fight never ends, friend, but that doesn’t make it fruitless.

[@roystonmason9125]

@@yourdaddy-mq4km tr45h is trash

[@tommyjay9799]

Everyone needs to vote blue 100 % let’s get citizens united overturned. So much needs to be fixed and republicans work for the billionaires.

[@OneWithTheUniverse55]

100%

[@andreah6379]

Ugly truth is Citizens United has affected one too many Democrats, too. Let's be honest! Yes, they aren't all and Democrats have a progressive, a For The People caucus but it's way too small in comparison to the remaining group of Dems to do much for us. We need more progressives to overcome nothing really being done to improve life for the majority of us; like Medicare For All, free higher education, better environmental standards, higher taxes for the greedy uber rich, etc..

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

The democrats won't do anything and you know it.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

😂 Yeah right.

[@katherinecrossman8521]

And they seem to get paid well for their work , for those billionaires.

[@Madrespect]

Robert, I'm especially enjoying this klatch series of videos. It's so nice to spend a few minutes of my morning with the both of you. You are an absolute treasure, Sir! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and insights on the issues. Keep these convos coming. Wishing you an absolutely wonderful weekend, from WA state. Xoxo

[@ChadN-xh9sz]

It's not 7 aid workers. That was the 189th to the 196th aid worker killed by Israel

[@Nemesisnxt]

Wait, I thought Israel was blocking all of the aid into Gaza. How did this many aid workers make it in there?

[@OneWithTheUniverse55]

It's over 200 now.

[@donnavorce8856]

Exactly

[@brokenrecord3095]

ok so we're suddenly concerned that a handful of aid workers have been killed? Isreal has killed 10's of thousands of innocent civilians. Yeah its not great that Isreal is murdering aid workers, but why exactly do you think the aid workers went there in the first place?

[@l.a.gothro3999]

I have yet to see anyone talk about how the Affordable Connectivity Program is going to end this month if it's not renewed. Twenty-three million people in this country will lose their internet and their phones. PLEASE - Call your congress person and tell them to keep the ACP!

[@K4R3N]

Thank you Robert

[@tlowe2502]

VOTE BLUE 💙SAVE OUR COUNTRY 👍🏻👍🏽👍🏾👍🏿👍🌊🇺🇸🌊🇺🇸🌎

[@OneWithTheUniverse55]

That only happens if we vote Biden and then work like he'll to get out the corp Dems as hard as the elected MAGA elected officials.

[@user-yp3qg3km7s]

Save our country with open boarders? What country?

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

Vote blue for the oligarchs agenda.

[@user-yp3qg3km7s]

Biden is a globalist like his pal Obama. Biden has done nothing to close the boarder. Thats becouse globalist don't like boarders.

[@tlowe2502]

@user-yp3qg3km7s They had a great bill for the border, their just to busy KISSING DUMPS 💋 A##.

[@moniquemonet3081]

It's so nice to get all your wisdom without a single ad, Patreon, join, or subscribe button.

[@Kan09138]

Keep up.the good work!

[@davidw6677]

Love you Robert. Thanks for continuing to beat the drum so we know that people are in the know and we can have hope for change.

[@rajanogray9088]

We need ranked choice voting. That would solve the problem of 3rd parties siphoning off votes.

[@lasal134]

I look forward to these shows. Great commentary on the news.

[@AtomicBuffalo]

Vote for Biden like the Republic depends on it.

[@jonathanfriedel]

Wont do it, and wont vote for Trump either. Neither meet my requirements to be president.

[@anneporter123]

Because it does depend on it. Blue tsunami 2024.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

​@@anneporter123The elites depend on it for sure.

[@AtomicBuffalo]

@@jonathanfriedel You don’t meet our criteria for being a good citizen of the Republic.

[@lespaul1755]

Because it does

[@user-bs8nn5ej2w]

Love your content, Robert, and I remember you were with Clinton who was also instrumental in some Union Busting tactics, but overall, I do like the guy. Thank you for your hard work Robert, and you have one of the sharpest minds out there.

[@connyleicht6567]

So true! We DO need more people like him!

[@user-bs8nn5ej2w]

@@connyleicht6567 I very much agree 💯!

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

Hes a propagandist.

[@user-bs8nn5ej2w]

@@yourdaddy-mq4km I know Fox is Fake News. They even tell you this during the credits. And, the chief propaganda mister, Rupert Murdoch had to pay 787.5 million and admitted he lied. Please... Not even close.

[@brucebasile5083]

@@yourdaddy-mq4km You're a coma inducing irrelevant troll. Zachoff. Go play in traffic.

[@corallopez1563]

Prof Robert Reich for President!

[@mrfuzztone]

The eclipse is interesting but gets hyped up. Better to see really good photos of it. Hopefully it is early and the Democrats and Lincoln Project will get their acts together with great ads that inform the American public. And Meidas Touch and many more ... Thanks to Robert and Heather for not giving up and working for a better outcome for all Americans.

[@keep-ukraine-free528]

I've got my coffee. Looking forward to more of Robert's & Heather's fact-based news.

[@Nemesisnxt]

I’m looking forward to that too… maybe some day.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

This isn't news. They are creating narratives for you to eat.

[@jackiebrown2398]

Trump is his own nightmare

[@Ullumma]

Tronald Dumpster fire

[@gerardflynn3899]

And his own worst enemy.

[@roberthevern6169]

tTump is OUR worst nightmare!

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

And yet he was still the best president of the last 30 years.

[@jackiebrown2398]

In what life not this one or the last one and not next life

[@jonc67uk]

You two would do a better job of running the country than either of the establishment options. It's depressing tbh.

[@andreah6379]

Here, there is no corporate influence, either. Corporate greed ruins everything!!!!!!

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

​@@andreah6379Reich has been bought by MSNBC and CNN.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

@@andreah6379 not even MSNBC and CNN.... Oh wait.

[@brucebasile5083]

@@yourdaddy-mq4km You're irrelevant here thanks to my exposing you Zachoff. Go play in trafic.

[@MWhaleK]

It's not a Red Line if there are no consequences for ignoring it.

[@Molly-jh4kz]

I want Heather to open every episode by saying "Let's go. Let's f****** go!" It would be so hype.

[@karaschildroth1943]

I really enjoy your show. I wish it was longer, just found it couple of days ago. Its nice to see the age differance between a man an a woman talking on such matters and not hurting my ears as so many show do again thx.

[@Nemesisnxt]

Why do you assume their genders? Did you ask them? That’s messed up.

[@markj.miller5346]

We need more legitimate strong parties, not less. Keep doing the same thing and expect our government to start to be responsive to people instead of the moneyed class?

[@andreah6379]

Wouldn't that be so damn nice?! Democratic party does have a progressive wing but it's not large enough in numbers to really make too much difference to the rest of the Dems in DC. It's up to us, the voter, to wake the f up and research before we vote, or run ourselves, if we can to correct this imbalance. So far, as long as Citizens United exists, or the majority of reichwing sociopaths on SCOTUS exist, NOTHING will improve in our lives, and can only get worse...BUT anything can happen. Life can be very surprising so for that reason, I stay hopeful. Please don't give up! The anti-democratic, the pro-corporate pro-fascists would LOVE that. Don't give them the satisfaction. For now, keep voting blue.

[@dylanwatts9344]

With the IVF issue, I thought of another problem. Can the intended mother of an IVF treatment be charged with murder if the IVF doesn't take? Based on "biblical" arguments, she can. That she just "didn't want the children enough" for it to take and so killed the children. It's a scary prospect.

[@bigcatproductions2789]

Good morning from Milwaukee WI 🍻 Bracing for the RNC 🎉🍺🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤪🤪

[@user-hx2wx7mk8n]

Hey, I heard they just imposed a new, 2% higher sales tax in your city...socialism is great...until you run out of other people's money, right?

[@annepeiffer-mgr8312]

My husband and I apologized that there would not be much for our kids to inherit. Our daughter said that it was okay because she has been able to live at home through college and getting on her feet. That's plenty for her and her brother agreed.

[@charliesimar7541]

Seriously, if you have seen one total eclipse, you have seen them all. I have seen two. I did note the temperature drop. And the flares were nice.

[@jackcarraway4707]

"They cry in pain as they strike you."

[@carleenmulloy481]

I love Robert 🙏⚖️

[@user-bs8nn5ej2w]

So do I. He's the best.

[@tracesprite6078]

Yes, Robert always has great insights. Heather is wonderful, too.

[@user-bs8nn5ej2w]

@@tracesprite6078 Absolutely agree!

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

Robert asked his viewers what bidens worst failures are. Then a few days later comes out with a video blaming Trump for what Biden is letting happen.

[@Ullumma]

@1:52 that is exactly right if you read the opinion on Anderson closely the Supreme Court left open the charge of insurrection USC 18§2383 as the nominal relic from the actual legislation. Therefore Jack Smith should do a supercedious indictment in the DC trial including this charge. If found guilty then IT will need a 2/3 majority in both houses of Congress to relieve the disability, or would not be allowed to take office!

[@Scotts865]

RFK isn’t Ross Perot. Doesn’t has the charisma.

[@bevtaylor5466]

He just has Trump donor money and a billionaire VP pick. That says a lot about him.

[@00SmileTime00]

​@@bevtaylor5466Which Trump donors are giving money to RFK?

[@Ullumma]

Ross Perot represented a neoliberal pro business aspect that GHW wasn't able to appeal to. Our nation is so polarized and the right so radical RFKjr is a Citizens United stalking horse running as a dark money spoiler. Almost no comparison!

[@andreah6379]

Don't be so sure. A spoiler is a spoiler. We need to outdo 2020 and NOT repeat 2016.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

​@@mbjasniewski😂 Yup gotta make sure the uniparty continues to do their great work because orange man bad. Don't be surprised when nothing changes.

[@AliceRamsay]

We saw the eclipse in Little Rock and it was great! Clear skies, beautiful view! So glad we went!

[@crystalratclffe3258]

If you can't pay $20/hr, why can they do it in other countries?

[@CeasarSvalad]

I agree with you on the eclipse hype. It gets dark every night. I experience it all the time. :)

[@RalphBoyshline]

In the US, with its quaint electoral rules and regulations, no 3rd, 4th and 5th parties have even a fighting chance to grow. To prevent 3rd party candidates being de-facto spoilers, you need to install Ranked Choice Voting for every election with more than 3 candidates. For a better democracy!

[@cindyranuio4912]

Take a look at how much the CEO is making, if they can pay them that much, then a raise to $20 is nothing.

[@sterlingmarshel6299]

The restaurants are franchised on they’re not owned by the company in 99% of the cases. The franchise owner will have to lay off and cut hours and raise prices. So this new mandate will do nothing.

[@lizmarron3999]

Good afternoon from California! You are on target about everything.

[@albwilso9]

Good ole California. We have been a leader for a long time, that’s why so many have moved there!!!!!

[@forgetit1967]

The insanity continues unabated, sadly...

[@dylanwatts9344]

When I heard Netanyahu started the war, with the history of oppression against the strip and the out of place failure of the iron dome, I told my partner that this was intended to be a genocide. I am sad to be so correct.

[@wendygerrish4964]

Great video interview broadcast.

[@leighfoulkes7297]

Most billionaires are nepo babies of multi-millionaires!

[@andreah6379]

"...RFK Jr., sorry to do this to everybody." 😮 We all are, too! 🤬

[@katherinecrossman8521]

He definitely is not like his Uncles , JFK , EDWARD , and his own dad Robert .

[@willsrlutz6842]

I agree with most of what he says. However, he’s another Biden aesthetic wise, albeit a little differently. He looks older than dirt, he doesn’t seem well composed, and he sounds like a heavy smoker.

[@williamdodd7095]

Power, politics and money. Compare white collar to blue collar, rich and poor...... middle class is getting smaller.....

[@keithwinget6521]

I still have the sound of your son's wife singing his parody of Muppet Babies theme "Nepo Babies" living in my head. It's so great. lol Just thought I'd mention this in hopes of adding a little cheer and fun to your day!

[@Arisaem]

The emperor penguins will thank us if we stop melting their habitat.

[@annrussellcollins1]

I'm in Texas and am not traveling the 3 hours to totality. I dont want to deal with the crowds and the traffic...Plus it looks like cloud-cover is going to be an issue!

[@bonitareardon5987]

Nobody in California in a low level job like fast food gets 40 hours a week because then the employer would be obliged to provide insurance. So Everybody's job is over for the week at 35 hours. Truth.

[@NAFOLangley]

Send the military equipment to Ukraine!

[@Ullumma]

We are paying ourselves to produce more. What happens to them during consumption is irrelevant to GDP. Passing the Ukraine aid is manufacturing stimulus.

[@yourdaddy-mq4km]

​@doc7490we call that the military industrial complex. They are pocketing our money.

[@wayofages184]

So far, Netanyahu most resembles Themistocles in the course of his life, including his past heroism but except for Themistocles’ ultimate ostracism (the original sense of the word). Perhaps if he’s defeated politically he will complete the resemblance and defect to Hamas, just to be in a position of power.

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

Can we talk about the milquetoast, permissive way our system of 'checks and balances' has LET Trump continue this coup for (let's be honest here) over half a decade now? His time in OFFICE was always a way to set the stage, too

[@jimallen8186]

Third party would work if we had Ranked Choice Voting. For entities with multiple persons, use super-districting combined so as to get Single Transferable Vote.

[@markj.miller5346]

We would not be in this position if we had more parties. But the very party the father of anti monopolies and oligopolies is asking everyone to support is the party which aggressively prevents third party candidates. As does both of this DUOPOLY. Do we need to discuss Sanders and some history? This IS the problem--that and the money, its concentration, its lack of regulation, its taxation.

[@crystalratclffe3258]

When it comes to third parties, I say "Remember Nader"!

[@willsrlutz6842]

Nader is now too old though.

[@forgetit1967]

My dad and I helped get him on the CT ballot with signatures.

[@eatmorenachos]

Remember Jill Stein, she received more votes in the battleground states then Hillary lost by. A vote for third party is a vote for Trump.

[@Lulu4ever909]

No more U S bombs!

[@craigbrowning9448]

They call American critics of Israel "Anti-Semitic " But might it be Anti-Semitic to blindly assume all Jewish people are blindly sycophantic to Netanyahu and his loyalists in Israel?

[@willsrlutz6842]

You know what? I’m so sick of the “Antisemitic” label. If you don’t approve of what the state of Israel is doing, you’re antisemitic. If you don’t support foreign aid to Israel, you’re antisemitic. If you even slightly question the original or mainstream narrative of the Holocaust, you’re antisemitic. Honestly, they need to get over themselves.

[@hurch1915]

How can any politician say ANY of the outlandish things Trump has said and still be considered a rational candidate?

[@jeannelipham2583]

To quote junior, and I never thought I would write that, "This isn’t their Republican Party anymore. This is Donald Trump’s Republican Party.” I was a life-long Republican until the party lost its collective mind. That they elected Trump once is revolting after we knew from his own words what he thought of the heroes of war, what he thought about women, A revolting piece of garbage. And, I do apologize to garbage everywhere for the insult. But that they want him again, shows a massive stupidity and lack of moral compass which I was unaware existed to this degree in the U.S. As for Kennedy, I would not be surprised if it turns out that he and Trump have made a deal. If Kennedy helps Trump win, he thinks he will get a "seat at the table." He is at least as revolting as Trump. His Uncle Jo, Uncle John, and father, Bobby sr, must be spinning in their graves.

[@scottrobinson529]

Fast food is not only the lowest paid job I've ever worked and also one of the hardest and on top of that it's very high stress. It's about time they get a fair wage.

[@willsrlutz6842]

“Oh, but it’s only meant for high schoolers and semi retirees”, they say. Yeah, it’s also for regular aged folks who were duped into going to college with the promise of a “bright future”. And the fact of the matter is, that it’s indeed (no pun intended) a very demanding job, just like you said.

[@sharonedelson-eubanks5076]

The typical restaurant's, including fast food restaurants, business models are set up not like a pyramid, but, rather, like an inverted capital-T, with minimally paid employees at the bottom of the T. These employees are paid, in many states, well below minimum wage. They must depend upon the “kindness of strangers” for a great chunk for their wages in the form of tips. The days of tipped individuals being able rely on a single job for their livelihood, to raise a family, buy a home, etc., are gone. Add to this, from a business perspective, that the restaurant business is the one of the most volatile new businesses to start and that more new restaurants fail than the failure rate of almost all other new businesses. This business model must change!

[@russsoto5424]

Make love not war

[@thomasword5762]

Talking to MAGAS is like talking to Jethro about becoming a brain surgeon after he graduates from the sixth grade.

[@mearl3977]

If you don't like constantly voting for the lesser of two evils, then start running for office yourself. Both low and high positions need to be filled by third party candidates before we can stop the two party system

[@asdfghyter]

nah, the US First Past the Post election system is fundamentally incompatible with more than two parties. you can’t have third parties if voting for one means increasing the chance of the worst alternative winning there needs to be a voting reform for anything to change. but how would that happen when both the parties in power benefit from the current system?

[@mearl3977]

@@asdfghyter It would happen if third parties would stop wasting their time with the highest office and start taking lower offices. There are a bunch of local level and state level offices that run unopposed. First a third party has to gain legitimacy in the eyes of the voting public then they can run for higher and higher offices. If a third party too over just a handful of positions in local offices they could start to network more broadly then focus on bigger elections. More over, I don't think the republicans benefit from the current system because they keep trying to change the rules to benefit them. Currently the republicans are in a desperate place where most of what they stand for and what they did with abortion has made it unlikely they will be re-elected or elected in the first place. There are a dems getting elected in Florida and Alabama all because of anti-abortion policies. States that were never blue have become purple in three election cycles (including midterms). Major changes are possible but not if we take a doom pill and do nothing different

[@asdfghyter]

@@mearl3977 fair enough, but i still think the current electoral system is terrible and needs change. the best case scenario we can hope for otherwise is just a new two-party system with one or both of the current parties is replaced by new parties. but i guess the possibility of third-parties in local governments still exists even in our current system, so that's definitely better than nothing!

[@albwilso9]

You are right, and people who inherit their wealth (from what I have observed ) tend to be selfish and unconcerned about the rest of us!!!

[@russsoto5424]

Beretta if you can’t do the time don’t do the crime

[@russsoto5424]

Stop the killing in the world

[@katsybo]

💙💙💙

[@tedtimothy9074]

We owned a taxi-cab co. (This is a true story} The taxi-cab drivers held a union meeting. Jimmy Hoffa was there. Hoffa pointed to my dad and said "if this man doesn't have a business, then you sob's don't have jobs".

[@nancyperry1378]

Isn’t this bully tactics and how can it be stopped.

[@l.a.gothro3999]

Remember the polls of 1948? 'Nuff said.

[@jamesz9365]

Oh yea, so true...anyone putting ANY stock into these quirky poll numbers, who's only role is to help make "a horse race", is sadly mistaken. Recall the insane red wave declaration of all the polls in 2022 election? Total BS..! Just like today.

[@Hootymae]

The fast food industry has reduced their work force by using apps and kiosks but the owners want you to feel sorry for them because they have to pay workers more.

[@gracieallen8285]

The $20 wage is closing fast food restaurants. I in the San Francisco Bay Area and restaurants are closing.

[@willsrlutz6842]

Are you talking about big chains like McDonald’s and BK, or small mom and pop burger joints? Because let me tell you, such large companies have no excuse.

[@gracieallen8285]

@@willsrlutz6842 Chains. Boston Market closed, Fosters Freeze has closed. Togo's has cut workers hours in half.

[@sterlingmarshel6299]

@@willsrlutz6842 those large companies are put together by local franchise mom and pop owners. The idea that billionaires own McDonald’s is ridiculous.

[@zyzyking]

I heard Subway is closing stores because of the wage increase?

[@willsrlutz6842]

Hey… they already squeezed advantage out of workers. Now it’s time for the other way around. If I could make the best out of rising personal expenses, so can they.

[@OISaviour]

Cloud cover doesn't actually matter. It's the subjective energy experience, and the reason it matters so much for the collective is because it is a focal point in a moment of time of connection to grounding with Gaia. It is the internal experience which elevates us individually.

[@stephanysmith5524]

Send those arms to Ukraine! Oops, went north instead of south....

[@Darknamja]

The ROK has plenty of fast food franchises both domestic and international. 😉

[@marvinwhittler518]

Robert i warned you last week about that coffee.

[@slowpoke3102]

The one big problem in Israel is the 'neo-cons' account (last time I looked)' for 1 or two points above 50%. Lets hope your right and hope things are changing.

[@Nemesisnxt]

Who is running Israel right now?

[@slowpoke3102]

@@Nemesisnxt : Likud leader Benjamin Nutinyoohu and his right-wing allies won a decisive majority in Israel's election. Akin to the Drumpf. Unfortunately a example of a man with outstanding education using it for personal greed. Don not even close in education.

[@timothyrussell4445]

@@Nemesisnxt Fascists

[@user-cn6uz5fc8b]

Instead of "trumper," try "trumpster." The rhyming possibilities and other associations are richer.

[@travcat756]

Those for limited government are against unlimited government. Has anybody ever heard of anyone for unlimited government? Nobody is! Talk about making a mountain out of a mole hill.. America is about money. Ethics comes second. Think this is gonna bite us in the butt?

[@oliverolover]

This looked cramped and somewhat forced with you guys squeezed together with those two giant microphones

[@herohero8620]

Talk about the chevron doctrine

[@Maya_Pinion]

If,if😵‍💫😱the Mango ever was NOT permitted to actually run for office in November,then what happens? Whom gets put in stinkys place? My word.

[@willsrlutz6842]

You’re referring to Trump as a mango? 😄😆

[@penguinphysics]

How hilarious would it be if, perhaps 2 days before election day, Trump was ultimately retroactively declared the victor of the 2020 election but that would mean that he can no longer run due to term limits

[@craigbrowning9448]

One issue is if the legal system holds Donald Trump accountable for his actions, it might be easier for the legal system to do after other wealthy men.

[@joselozada6980]

2:30 😢

[@nicktobias9661]

Ya but you know there is things done behind the scenes

[@JasonBYU23]

Why isn't the United Nations and others demanding that Hamas provide humanitarian aid to Palestinians? Hamas has billionaire leaders who aren't spending as much money or supplying as many humanitarian resources to Palestinians as entities at war with Hamas. Is that just not the most ironic and insane reality to anyone else besides myself?