Coronavirus (political)

As a grad student I made $17,000/year (about 20 years ago) after winning the biggest U.S. university math competition. ...and it takes a while to get your Ph.D. If you go into academia you don't really make it back, unless you play the right office politics. My thesis was "rediscovered" a decade later and declared the "idea of the year" by a bioinformatics blog, and for that I received... $0. By then I was out of the field because my work was used to make the "office pet's" career, (so he got credit for all my work), and I gave up.

Maybe we should consider making competent scientists a little better paid so they don't have to worry about finances. I saw an article a few years ago that stated that 30% of the Ph.D.s teaching university extension courses are on welfare. So they get crap wages for working hours per day on getting their degree and are rewarded with crap pay afterwards.

I'm tired of hearing of the poor teachers and waitresses all the time with no mention of the people who have busted their ass for years for no benefit, but their (almost unpaid) research is then heavily used.

Maybe the main point here should be wages are too low to begin with

Just saying, there's a bigger argument here

Yes there is but it doesn't fit the republican narrative that helping Americans is bad.

As a grad student I made $17,000/year (about 20 years ago) after winning the biggest U.S. university math competition. ...and it takes a while to get your Ph.D. If you go into academia you don't really make it back, unless you play the right office politics. My thesis was "rediscovered" a decade later and declared the "idea of the year" by a bioinformatics blog, and for that I received... $0. By then I was out of the field because my work was used to make the "office pet's" career, (so he got credit for all my work), and I gave up.

Maybe we should consider making competent scientists a little better paid so they don't have to worry about finances. I saw an article a few years ago that stated that 30% of the Ph.D.s teaching university extension courses are on welfare. So they get crap wages for working hours per day on getting their degree and are rewarded with crap pay afterwards.

I'm tired of hearing of the poor teachers and waitresses all the time with no mention of the people who have busted their ass for years for no benefit, but their (almost unpaid) research is then heavily used.

Most companies pay college grads like shit to start off with, couple that with massive student loan debt and yeah that doesn't add up either. We can have both arguments at the same time though.

We should definitely be less dependent on China for goods. We don't make shit here anymore. But I really don't buy the idea that large companies can't pay more. How much more $$ does Bezos need? Wage inequality has steadily only increased over the last few decades.

Use to be the people would invest in Companies that were good profitable Companies but the investors would stay out of running the Company. You invested in IBM or Standard Oil becuase they were good run Companies and if they weren't you take your money and put it somewhere else,now not only do the investors want to be rich immediately but they want to run the company without knowing a damn bit about it.

Dum dum just can't keep his mouth shut

Trump downplays the need for coronavirus vaccine: ‘It’ll go away at some point’ (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/15/trump-downplays-need-for-coronavirus-vaccine-itll-go-away-at-some-point.html)

We should definitely be less dependent on China for goods.


The rich get richer.

https://apnews.com/0a3283036d2f4e699da4aa3c6dd01727

China grants 18 trademarks in 2 months to Trump, daughter


and.........,five more in Jan.2019

https://fortune.com/2019/01/21/ivanka-trump-china-trademarks/

Ivanka Trump’s shuttered fashion brand received preliminary approval on five trademarks in China this month while the U.S. and China continue to undergo tense trade negotiations.

Yes there is but it doesn't fit the republican narrative that helping Americans is bad.

Jesus g1 I think it’s been a bipartisan effort to help individuals and businesses...

But your general dishonesty is on par per the usual

Jesus g1 I think it’s been a bipartisan effort to help individuals and businesses...

But your general dishonesty is on par per the usual

Not according to your buddy Mitch (turtel head ) McConnell

I remember when Andrew Yang was running and he wanted to give $1,000 to all Americans.

People laughed at him. Scoffed at his ideas. And was consistently given the least amount of speaking time in the debates smh

Well.. empowering all people with money looks like a pretty appealing policy right now.

https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2020/5/14/21258655/dana-white-new-york-times-fuck-that-guy-mma-media-news-jacksonville-covid-19

F—k that guy’ Dana White unloads on New York Times coverage of UFC COVID-19 safety protocols

Well said Dana White...new respect for him