Diversity & Dragons

Graphic from the NYT: Lawmakers who use the F-word the most 🟦AZ: Ruben Gallego (77) 🟥WI: Derrick Van Orden (35) 🟦WI: Mark Pocan (30) 🟦CA: Eric Swalwell (29) 🟦CA: Robert Garcia (23) 🟦HI: Brian Schatz (14) 🟦OH: Greg Landsman (11) 🟦PA: John Fetterman (11)

Here's the total amount of taxpayer $ the past 10 Presidents took as salary: Trump: $0.00 Biden: $1.6 Million Obama: $3.2 Million W Bush: $3.2 Million Clinton: $1.6 million HW Bush: $800K Reagan: $1.6 Million Carter: $800K Ford: $500K Nixon: $1.1 Million

The total net worth of every billionaire is a tiny bit over, $20 trillion, If we divided up evenly to every person on the planet that is a one time payment of $2500. And like that's a substantial amount of money, especially if you're in a 3rd world country, in the grand scheme of things, it ain't gonna fix that much. And that's ignoring the absolute hyperinflation that giving you know eight billion people 2500 US dollars would cause.

Hundreds of millions of people throughout the world are immersed in extreme poverty. Yet, disproportionate wealth remains in the hands of a few. It is an unjust scenario, in the face of which we cannot fail to question ourselves and commit to change things. There is no lack of resources at the root of disparities, but the need to address solvable problems related to a more equitable distribution of wealth, to be achieved with moral sense and honesty.