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[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Because he has pensions? The entire point of pensions are to give working-class people the kind of income Tom Walz has right now. I'm going to vote for the candidates fighting for union rights and against the candidates who think employees who try to organize should be fired.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

This was the worst October ever here in Texas. The high was above 90 almost every day, and not a single drop of rain for the entire month, when it's usually our fall rainy season.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

A cup of pure tomato paste has 32g of sugar, since tomatoes are fruits that contain sugar. It doesn't look like that sauce has any added sugar at all based on the ingredients, but it does have carrots, which are also high in sugar (for a vegetable)

[–] [email protected] 53 points 4 days ago (15 children)

And this is based on what

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 days ago (1 children)

the approval rating of Milei's government bouncing to 52.5% in October from 49.6% a month before

This is well within the margin of error and not worth this headline

[–] [email protected] 37 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Their currency is so worthless they can't afford to import anything, so this makes sense.

Sure, YOY inflation is over 200%, the poverty rate is almost 60% of the Argentinian people, and the unemployment rate is all but unmeasurable as millions of people have moved to working in the underground economy, but hey, we got a trade surplus, so the titans of industry can still get theirs!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago

Straight-line Democrat it is, then!

[–] [email protected] 52 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Don't forget the chronic defunding of public schools, leading to less individualized attention and overall lower quality of staff

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago

Unfortunately these things play out over decades rather than months 😩

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago

Or be invested in managed funds with high fees that are performing poorly vs index funds. My 403b is definitely up over this same period, but I'm only in index funds

[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 week ago (2 children)

My 6 year old son points and laughs at Cybertrucks. "It looks so weird. Why's it so pointy?" Direct quote

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Where's South Sudan?

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