Tim Paulino

@ilike_mike Why haven’t governments, who are already stewards of our money, invested in these things and made them better? Oh wait, they have, just poorly with little to show for it. So how will confiscating more private citizen wealth solve that issue?

The average family would have to work for *11 million years* to reach Elon Musk’s now-trillionaire level of wealth. Make billionaires (and now trillionaires) pay their fair share. Invest it in schools, healthcare, hospitals, and families.

@GeeScottSr @KIRONewsradio Expected response. Minimum effort = minimum pay. Stay weak and don’t be surprised when you get replaced by someone else who is hungrier than you are.

@TimPaulino @KIRONewsradio

They handed you a 3.4% raise, but the cost of living climbed 4.2%. So you took a pay cut on your day off. *Smokey Voice*

@omgsidewalks The future is bright.

Jobs are gone. The economy is tanking. Thrifting is ruined. Music and movies are getting worse. There’s no housing. Everything is expensive. Romance is deaď. Authenticity is ďying. Honestly, what is there to live for??

Why is that apartment 5X what it was 20 years ago? Greed? I don’t think so. If it was in the exact same condition, no one would rent it. More than likely you’re not telling us the whole story that apartment was probably renovated and offers with more community perks than when you rented it. Additionally, the area might have gone through extensive revitalization, creating more demand and applicants with higher incomes. But I’m sure that reality doesn’t fit the picture you wanna paint.

My apartment in 2004 was $500 a month. Adjusted for inflation, it should be around $900 today. I looked it up... it's now $2,700. And they still want to blame young people for buying coffee and avocado toast? No. What's crushing this generation is greed, skyrocketing rent, and a system that keeps making survival more expensive.

@OrevaZSN Everyone dies.

Rich people won’t die if you tax them more, but poor people do die if you cut their welfare.

@LaurenUnderwood They passed all the same legislation that the Biden administration passed because Democrats care so much.

Don't tell me Republicans care about workers. Tell me which bill they passed to raise the minimum wage. Tell me which bill they passed to expand overtime eligibility. Tell me which bill they passed to protect the right to organize. I'll wait.

@skumWgmi 38 years in construction and he wasn’t able to save a penny for himself?

my father in law is 71. he worked construction for 38 years. his body is broken from every single one of them. both knees have been replaced. his hearing is gone in one ear. he has had two back surgeries. he gave this country 38 years of his body and and this is what he has left. his social security check is $1,940 a month. his medicare supplement insurance costs $310 a month. his prescription costs run another $290 a month. that is $600 gone before he pays for rent, food, utilities, or anything else. what remains is $1,340 a month to cover everything. he told me last christmas that he feels like a burden. 38 years of building this country with his hand and he feels like a burden. something is deeply wrong with us.

@gov_fails And if employers could have paid you with that money instead of the ponzi program.

You can create an account on the Social Security website and see how much you and your employer(s) have paid in SS taxes in your lifetime. I'll warn you... it may make you sick to see how much you contributed when you realize how much better off you'd likely be if you had just been able to invest those "contributions" yourself.

@jeremyct Just false.

if you make under $62 an hour today, you’re earning less than the equivalent of minimum wage in 1970 purchasing power. let that sink in for a second.

@middle_class_us Why are you waiting for the government to solve your wage growth problem?

The purchasing power of the dollar is going down. Interest rates have surpassed wage growth. No policies in place to change it. No actions being taken. Nothing set up to make it better. And most people are still pretending everything is fine.

@4TaxFairness I wonder if millionaires like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Lauren voluntarily pay more into Social Security after their congressional salary exceeds the Social Security cap?

Millionaires stop paying into Social Security once they've made $184k. That's a couple of months into the year, tops. Meanwhile, politicians keep raiding Social Security and moving the depletion date up. Our benefits don't have to be threatened if we just scrap the damn cap.

@DebtCrisisOrg There is only one signature on your student loan documents.

Student debt isn't a personal failure. It's what happens when you price an entire generation out of the middle class, then put all the blame on them.

@DemonFramed Good plan. Looks like that $100K in student loan debt really paid off.

The United States is $39 trillion in debt and you see how the government doesn’t give a shit? You need to adopt that same mentality. You have $25,000 in credit card debt and $100,000 in student loans? Stop letting it consume your entire existence. Go outside. See your friends. Make some memories. Travel the world. Enjoy your life. The debt isn’t going anywhere. Neither are you.

@Cantrushit Could be both, inflation and poor money management.

Are we bad with money or does everyday cost $150 now? Inflation is trash.

@BillWiIdin “Officially been rewritten” - by who? And when?

The American Dream has officially been rewritten from "own a home and raise a family" to "just survive." The system is intentionally rigged to keep the working class living paycheck to paycheck indefinitely. They inflate the prices of assets like housing and stocks so younger generations can never get a foothold. We are working harder than our parents ever did for a fraction of the actual purchasing power. People aren’t lazy, they are just exhausted from playing a game where the rules are permanently fixed against them.

@BeingJWood “Show up at the polls with your ID” sure sounds chaotic and confusing.

The goal of Trump and Republicans is to inject as much chaos and confusion as possible into midterm elections. They believe this is their path to victory. They’ve already begun.

@Heccles94 If you really believe that, why do you give him money every month for your blue checkmark?

Elon musk is a white supremacist Nazi who is hated by the majority of Britons. Just felt like that needed to be said.

@PeteAguilar What Republican policies specifically?

Working families are doing everything right, yet they are still getting squeezed. That’s because Republican policies are driving up the price of gas, groceries, healthcare and housing. Enough.

@fire_starter457 If you think inflation was only 2.9% under Biden, then you’re in denial.

If you criticize 2.9% inflation under Biden but think 4.2% inflation under Trump is no big deal…you’re in a cult.