No shit... any other huge news?

Of course the current administration recently gave Corporations and the richest Americans a huge tax break and most of the companies that got that break say they will not spread the new found wealth to their workers. [thehill.com]
Large corporations ought to be forced to pay a living wage, which is what Sherrod Brown’s plan is about [vox.com].
Also note that one of Seattle's largest resident corporations, Amazon extorted the City over the City's plan to tax it and the city backed down (even though Bernie called it a victory) cutting the proposed tax roughly in half.

The U.K. It's happening all over!Keep them poor and in "In Their Place" "Be Thankful For What Youv'e Got" Their Are People Worse Off"

My family and I just today had to go to not one but TWO covenant churches for assistance with bills and groceries. I've never felt so dirty as I did admitting to a covvie that I am too poor to afford toilet paper.

The only ray of joy I got was when I got a modest church guy to say the word "tampons" 4 times, each time more hilarious than the last. He was red and stuttering it out like the very word was brimstone on his tongue. Hey if I have to be subjected to "Christ provides our church welcomes you sinner thanks be unto him" I'm going to at least make you say tampon.

Poverty is the worst form of violence. -- Ghandi

It is awful. I could feel political power slipping in the late 70s, and have watched the US degrade as it spent money on war, and failed to do anything about climate change. I am very worried.

Similar here (Oz) not sure how Canada and Britain are going.
Our wealthiest 1% now own more than the poorer 70% combined/ That really skews what middle class is. Scary one for me is that in the past decade or so, the wealthiest 1% here have increased their wealth and the less wealthy have gone backwards. hmmmm, and the wealthy have just received tax cuts and no increase in income for those now so well off.