Antiwork

Today was just too much and I need to vent. I am a doctoral student in a Psyd program. What does that mean? It means I pay thousands of dollars to provide psychotherapy, take classes, do research, teach, organize, volunteer, and mentor others. We are not paid for our work. Our program is a full-time commitment. During the course of the pandemic, my cohort of approximately 20 students has provided THOUSANDS of hours of therapy to our community. We have worked with the homeless, the sick, the poor, students, physicians, and our nation's veterans. Through COVID, we have literally kept suicidal people alive and out of overburdened hospitals. For no compensation. Many of the organizations we work for bill for our services at the same rate as licensed psychologists. Our supervisors and bosses are paid for our labor. Did I mention we pay thousands in tuition to do this? Tuition…

I've been reading about the cost of housing vs wages for different generations: Boomers vs Gen X and Millennials. So I asked my mother how much she and my Dad bought their homes for. I was really shocked. 1st home – 1971 – $40,000.00 3 bedroom, carport, single family home, single story, decent yard, nice suburban neighborhood 2nd home – 1973 – $43,000.00 3 bedroom, carport, single family home, single story, bigger yard, nicer neighborhood 3rd home – 1975 – $60,000.00 3 bedroom, 2 car garage, single family home, two story , much bigger yard, brand new construction, much nicer and larger bedrooms and dining and living room and den 4th home – 1991 – 120,000 3 bedroom, 1 car garage, 3 story, same sq feet as 3rd home different layout. My mother never worked during this period. They got by on my dad's income. They only rented the first…

UBI is the best solution, and it needs to be pegged to inflation/CPI.

Hey folks, Long time lurker, and admittedly on some level pleased that it's now my turn to have one of these. Our company has rolled out more HR policies, one of which is a binding Arbitration Agreement that prevents you from suing the company from any workplace disputes, from wage theft to wrongful termination, you can't ever get before a judge, but instead are forced in front of an Arbitrator that has a financial incentive to rule in favor of the company to gain a repeat customer. These proceedings are not public record, not subject to judicial review, limit discovery, and generally give companies much more leeway to fuck us over as employees. I declined to sign the Arbitration Agreement, and was told on Monday my continued employment depended on my signature. I will not sign away my goddamned Constitutional Right as an American to seek redress for grievances in…

Make it so paying rent earns you partial ownership (equity) in the property. (as a percent of the total property value.) This will have many helpful downstream effects ( for non-leeches) that will make it so real estate is less attractive as an investment. This will dramatically lower the price of housing. This is politically feasible in states with ballot measures because renters outnumber landlords and real estate investors. DISCUSS