#social welfare

[politijohn]

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#end homelessness #news #good news #science #social justice #homelessness #government #the left #social welfare #important #current events #politics

[alwaysbewoke]

#universal basic income #UBI #social welfare #unconditional transfer payment #means test #guaranteed minimum income #poverty line #full basic income #partial basic income #pilot projects #Mongolia #Iran #child benefit #pension #Bolsa Familia #Thamarat Program #economic crisis #COVID-19 pandemic #direct payments #Alaska Permanent Fund #negative income tax #NIT

[without-ado]

"When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist." —Dom Helder Camara

l Dorothea Lange l Migrant Mother l 1936

#quotes #words #photography #helder camara #photos #poverty #equity #social welfare #social justice #social systems #human rights #dom helder camara #dorothea lange #migrant mother #1930s

[commonsensecommentary]

“Given how often our nation’s elites today use their power and influence to rob us of our freedom of speech and rights to self-determination—because we are apparently not to be trusted to govern ourselves without their malign interference—we cannot continue to allow our current crop of misguided and deeply un-American leaders to remain in control of our nation and its vital institutions.”

#leadership #extremism #government #democracy #save america #accountability #american history #censorship #culture #elites #morality #official lies #patriotism #political polarization #politics #protest #social welfare #voter anger

[nando161mando]

#welfare #animal welfare #centrelink #ausgov #politas #indian child welfare act #social welfare #woman found dead in her home in surrey village after cops rush to welfare call as man and woman in their 60s arrested #corporate welfare #welfare state #auspol #tasgov #taspol #australia #neoliberal capitalism #fuck neoliberals #anthony albanese #albanese government

[thoughtportal]

It's Not "ADHD Fakers" Taking All the Adderall 

https://sluggish.substack.com/p/its-not-adhd-fakers-taking-all-the

Global capitalism’s endless push for efficiency has led to shortcuts all over the place. In order to maximize profits, pharma companies operate with just-enough workers to make just-enough supply, 1 which makes them extremely vulnerable to any sort of unexpected disruption, like say, a global pandemic, a war in Ukraine, a sharp increase in oil prices, or a rise in ADHD diagnoses.

Companies do not make extra drugs to prepare for these unforeseen problems because they could go to waste, and waste is the enemy of capital, but they will put out all kinds of other excuses to explain product shortages instead.

For example, Teva has been telling the media that their inability to manufacture enough Adderall was due to a “labor shortage”. In reality, the company has cut 14,000 jobs since 2017, most recently laying off 300 workers in August of 2022. They’ve been fighting thousands of opioid lawsuits and are set to pay out $4.25 billion in settlements over the next 13 years.

#tiktok #article #pharmaceuticals industry #pharmaceutical #drug prices #price gouging #capitalism is a scam #Healthcare #health insurance #me too drugs #FDA #drug shortages #Adderall #social welfare #universal healthcare

[chronicallycouchbound]

“Benefits” my ass.

These are mandatory forms for General Assistance, which pays for my rent, household needs ($45) and some food (100$).

I am disabled and have been fighting for SSI since 2017. Once I am eventually approved, I have to use my backpay to pay back a portion of this (about 1/3 of my backpay, my lawyer gets another 1/3, I get whats left).

In order to have housing (after YEARS of homelessness) I have to waive my rights to confidentiality for my own medical records.

Note that “phone bills” are misspent money. I am entirely reliant on someone else’s kindness to be on their phone plan. This had to be approved by my GA caseworker. I NEED a phone, not just for my dozens of appointments to manage my life threatening chronic health conditions and serious mental illnesses, but also to call the pharmacy, to call my landlord, DHHS, heating assistance programs, case management and therapy, AND, of course, for my monthly general assistance appointment. Yes. They REQUIRE me to have a phone AND I cannot pay for it. I have zero income since I’m unable to work anyways.

What happens if I “misuse” these theoretical funds? Federal prison time, a mandatory minimum of 1 year, PLUS disqualification of all government services for up to 5 years.

So yeah, “Benefits” my ass.

#chronically couchbound #disability #disabled #poverty #forced poverty #government aid #goverment assistance #goverment benefits #public welfare #social welfare #welfare programs #assistance programs #government assistance #dhhs #general assistance #impoverished #poor #zero income #low income #actually zero income #homeless #unhoused #homelessness #houselessness

[xraylovers]

i was diagnosed with autism last year so i applied for a disability allowance which was months of filling out forms and waiting for responses just to get a letter saying that i don't qualify because they believe i am capable of working full time. whatever. i go apply for a jobseekers allowance instead which was weeks of filling out forms and waiting for responses just to get a phone call saying that i don't qualify because they don't believe i am capable of working full time.* the whole goddamn system needs to be reworked because what the fuck is this.

*i argued and was given the allowance, but the fact that it nearly didn't happen is greatly upsetting to me.

#ireland #autism #actually autistic #government #social welfare #disability

[thisusernamewasntavailable]

Thinking about how our treatment of pigeons in today's society perfectly reflects how society views poor and minimum wage working people slaving away in the capitalistic system. How they treat people that have to relay on social welfare benefits. How our treatment of pigeons is an analogy for our treatment of people in need.

#pigeons #anti capitalist #capitalist hell #late stage capitalism #social welfare #seriously it is so fucked up the longer i think about it

[ivygorgon]

AN OPEN LETTER to THE U.S. CONGRESS

Put the Good Jobs for Good Airports standards in the FAA reauthorization bill!

104 so far! Help us get to 250 signers!

I’m calling on you to stand with working people, passengers and our communities by supporting Good Jobs for Good Airports standards (GJGA) in the FAA reauthorization bill. Airports should and can be strong, vibrant drivers of good jobs in every part of our country. The Good Jobs for Good Airports standards are central to that mission and our nation’s future prosperity. Billions of our public dollars are invested in our nation’s aviation system every year, and we must ensure that our public resources serve the public good. That includes ensuring airports better serve the needs of our families, our passengers, our communities and the airport service workers who make it all possible.

It is evident that our air travel industry is in crisis. From record flight cancellations during summer travel peaks to mountains of lost luggage during the holiday travel season. Airports are critical publicly-funded infrastructure vital to the health of our local communities and global economy, but right now airports aren't working the way they should for travelers or airport service workers — a largely Black, brown, multiracial and immigrant service workforce. These working people, including cleaners, wheelchair agents, baggage handlers, concessionaires and ramp workers, keep airports safe and running smoothly even through a global pandemic, climate disasters and busy travel seasons. Yet many are underpaid and underprotected--even as some major airlines rake in record profit and billions of our tax dollars are invested in our national air travel system.

Domestic passenger numbers increased by 80% between 2020 and 2021, total industry employment fell by nearly 14%, leaving airport service workers to sometimes clean entire airplanes in as little as five minutes as many take on additional responsibilities outside of their typical job duties. Meanwhile, wages have barely budged for airport service workers in 20 years. The Good Jobs for Good Airports standards has the power to transform workers’ lives by ensuring airport service workers have the pay and benefits they need to care for their families.

The Good Jobs for Good Airports standards would help build a stronger, safer, more resilient air travel industry by making airport service jobs good jobs with living wages and benefits like affordable healthcare for all airport workers. Airport service workers at more than 130 covered airports would be supported through established wage and benefit standards, putting money back into hundreds of local economies and helping families thrive. If passed over 73% of wage increases will go to workers making $20 or less, estimates show.

I urge you to include the Good Jobs for Good Airports standards in the FAA reauthorization bill, and help ensure our public money serves the public good.

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#JESSCRAVEN101 #PNXUOF #resistbot #FAA reauthorization #Good Jobs for Good Airports #airport workers #aviation industry #public infrastructure #labor rights #economic justice #workers' rights #fair wages #benefits #community support #passenger rights #public investment #economic prosperity #airport service workers #living wages #healthcare #job security #labor standards #economic equity #social welfare #income equality #workplace conditions #economic development #local economies #financial stability #worker empowerment

[politijohn]

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#politics #us politics #government #universal healthcare #Medicare for all #news #the left #progressive #current events #twitter post #happiness #international politics #social welfare

[apenitentialprayer]

1. Monastics in a Scriptorium, Biblioteca de San Lorenzo de El Escorial, 14th century. 2. Augustinian nuns acting as nurses at the Hotel-dieu, based on a 15th century original. 3. Bishop instructing lepers, late 14th century.

"For twelve centuries, we've been one little island in a very dark ocean. Keeping the Memorabilia has been a thankless task, but a hallowed one, we think. It's only our worldly job, but [...] it's hard to think that job's soon to be finished — soon to become unnecessary. I can't believe that somehow." "So you try to best the other 'shoemakers' by building strange contraptions in your basement?" "I must admit, it looks that way—" "What will you do next to keep ahead of the seculars? Build a flying machine?" [...] Benjamin smirked. "I have no sympathy for you. [...] The children of the world are consistent too — so I say they will soak up everything you can offer, take your job away from you, and then denounce you as a decrepit wreck. Finally, they'll ignore you entirely."

- Walter Miller, Jr. (A Canticle for Leibowitz, page 175). Italics original, bolded emphasis added.

#Catholicism #Christianity #secularism #Ecclesia #A Canticle for Leibowitz #works of mercy #charity #social welfare

[daniemililly]

So after a LOT of research, we've finally found hard numbers on how many disabled people under the new system would be forced to interact with Intreo as part of their payments. Tier 1 is the group who could choose to interact with Intreo, but Tiers 2 & 3 would not have the option and would be forced to. Thank you for the graphic, James <3

#disability #ireland #disabled #irish #poverty #social welfare #politics #ableism #disableism

[commonsensecommentary]

“A keen sense of what is demonstrably right and what is unambiguously wrong is an immutable requirement for effective leadership, so it is no surprise that the moral midgets in charge today are continuously slipping and sliding from one catastrophe to another—and dragging us along for the ride.”

#cancel culture #censorship #college #culture #democracy #diversity #education #elites #extremism #free speech #higher education #identity politics #leadership #morality #political correctness #protest #religión #social welfare #tolerance #save america

[heardatmedschool]

“You don’t know the magic that social workers are able to pull off, they are going to be your best friends.”

#medicine #med school #medblr #emergency medicine #social worker #social welfare

[thoughtportal]

Student Debt and affirmative action

https://www.democracynow.org/

#tiktok #democracy now #debt collective #student loans #student debt #student loan crisis #cancel student loans #debt cancellation #debt strike #us supreme court #wages and salaries #minimum wage #livable wage #wages #social welfare #canada #US #class struggle #education #higher education #student loan debt #debt #college #health insurance