Work More for less pay while you get fleeced by the 1% - 50 Trillion stolen from us
Source: https://time.com/5888024/50-trillion-income-inequality-america/
"On average, extreme inequality is costing the median income full-time worker about $42,000 a year. Adjusted for inflation using the CPI, the numbers are even worse: half of all full-time workers (those at or below the median income of $50,000 a year) now earn less than half what they would have had incomes across the distribution continued to keep pace with economic growth. And that’s per worker, not per household."
We are getting stolen from everyday by the billionaire class who have bought themselves politicians and the media to keep you from getting what you deserve
Plan shares are not DRS. Take control of ownership
"Can always appeal" .... and we will always say no
One way to help is spread the message to users on other platforms. Talk about DRS as much as you can and there is even stickers and business cards that are created by the whydrs team to help spread the DRS message IRL
Free and Fair Markets controlled by the billionaire class
Do you have any links to who owns these organizations? We could also look into common links such as Board of Directors, which hedge funds are invested in them etc...
Great Graphic btw really shows where a lot of people get their information. Would be interesting to contrast it with corporate propaganda channels such as CNN, FOX, MSNBC etc
It would also be interesting to see how many of those accounts are bots used to spread certain messages and control sentiment
Great write up Chives. The more we learn about DRS and actually owning your shares so no broker can get their hands on them the better!
It is a community that are invested in BBBY. We have followed the bankruptcy process and dockets to better understand our investments. There is a belief that Ryan Cohen who is listed as a creditor and interested party will buy BBBY and merge it into a new company to challenge Amazon. There was a subreddit called thePPshow but was banned by reddit. They also have a Youtube livestream where they discuss and just today had Bill Pulte join.
Same but also felt there have been so many stories that I have been missing. Another issue with US based media is it only focuses on the US vs the world which creates just as much issues. We are very interconnected with everyone and the criminals at the top do not care about borders. Many of these organizations I linked do a great job looking at global problems from journalist directly on the ground and are local
Tired of Corporate Propaganda? Do you wish we had more independent and investigative journalist? Here are some alternatives that's exposing the corruption in our world
“And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth. ‘Who controls the past’ ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.'” ~George Orwell, “1984”
Every day we are subject to corporate propaganda and we do not even notice it. Our beliefs and core values get influenced and neighbors are pitted against each other. The news we see is increasingly spreading fear creating a darker and darker world around us. We need alternatives. We need independent journalism that is more widespread.
Some Stanford professors coined the term the Dune affect: "The Dune affect, which states that those who control the media control the opinions of the people"
"Modern propaganda uses all the media available to spread its message, including: press, radio, telev
There are also more loop holes such as if you own a Yacht or private jets you can use it as a tax write off, if you own horses for horse racing you can also deduct it off taxes along with owning your own sports team. ProPublica has done an amazing job with investigating tax loopholes
They do that to me too and others in the BBBYQ community. Take this guy for example: https://twitter.com/pirateportfo/status/1630181132494049280
I have liked that post probably 20 times now and each time it is removed and I see it is capped at 790 or 791.
This may be relevant: https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/vwldv8/crazy_wild_speculation_on_bbbygme_connection/
TLDR: Theory is AST who is owned by Equiniti getting bought by Gamestop and then BBBYQ shares and subsequently Teddy shares go on blockchain and the NFT marketplace
I have been doing some research on this and contacting organizations. You can find my posts here:
https://lemmy.whynotdrs.org/post/24204
https://lemmy.whynotdrs.org/post/173450
https://lemmy.whynotdrs.org/post/225079
An AIG will be perfect in using our voice within the market. It will give us more credibility with the SEC and the Company. We will be able to push for changes on DRS and if need be getting a board seat to speak to what we would like. There are so many changes that can be made with shareholder resolutions:https://www.whydrs.org/shareholder-proposals-guide
Sadly there is not that much information out there in how to create one. We will be the first of hopefully many. With this organization we can push for DRS in not only gamestop but also the whole market. ShareAction whom I have contact with targets Asset managers and Pension funds to support their proposals on ESG. This puts pressure on the company and encourages change and will gradually put pressure on other companies to do the same. Wall Street really does not like Activist investors as they mess with their game they have rigged. Imagine if household investors who are getting introduced more and more to the market learn about the power of shares and the benefits of being invested in a company.
Welcome! Sadly reddit has been suppressing DRS talk for awhile now but luckily we found a place to discuss and push for more advocacy
AIG conversation with ShareAction
Last month I discussed with a member from ShareAction on ways to build an AIG. It is looking like creating a not for profit organization will be the best way to do so. With a not for profit we will have flexibility to bring together voting power of shareholders and create research on DRS.
I am still reaching out to organizations on how to go through the process of creating an AIG alas there are not many AIGs out there. If you would love to help one way to do so is look for organizations that use shareholder resolutions to influence companies. The more we understand this process the more impact we can have.
Now onto the conversation I had with ShareAction. During this conversation I inquired about how they began and what their strategies are. Their main focus is on ESG and to do so they interact with asset managers and asset owners. When the group was originally formed they mainly contacted pension funds to push for certain s
Those are some good edits! I agree it will be important to discuss our interview with Gary as it helps give us some more authority. Making the statement broad is a good idea as it can help demonstrate the actions unions can take as shareholders and all the benefits. We can edit this letter and then create a list of unions and contact information so we can begin networking. We should also make a letter for asset managers and pension funds for DRS as they will be key in spreading information
Letter to Unions on an AIG
As we are building out the whydrs database and beginning to form an AIG, I created this letter to help begin advocating. Unions are the perfect organizations to help spread the messaging around an AIG as they already have the structure put into place and some companies even give workers shares. If you would like to learn more about an AIG you can see from my post here
Dear [Insert Union],
I would like to express my support for your union and encourage you to continue the fight against [Insert Company]. I am in full support of achieving large increases in raises and other benefits. One benefit many public companies provide is shares within the company. I would like to raise awareness of the powerful benefits of this and how as a Union you can help revolutionize how workers take charge of companies.
I am part of a movement that is taking on Wall Street and the
The way I understand is that FTD are a symptom of infinite liquidity for what they are unable to close out. When there is huge action and more buys are going on this is when they lose control and we see more FTD.
In the congressional hearing they even mention that infinite liquidity is just part of the system as they try to allow everyone to buy.
They have had years to learn how to hide their crime. It’s a mix of PFOF, FTD, swaps and probably much more that we have yet to uncover that allows them to hide it all from both us and the SEC. The issue is they have the tools and with both a hedge fund and a market maker branch are able to internalize everything in their system preventing outside eyes. Are there other metrics that we are missing? Is the Consolidated audit Trail (CAT) not enough and have loop holes we have not noticed. What about the netting system?
The only way we are able to find out and take away liquidity is to DRS. Eliminate the middleman and take back ownership
Taking on Wall Street with an AIG
As we have been on this journey for the last 2 and half years we have accumulated knowledge regarding market structure, hedge fund influence, loopholes utilized to manipulate price, and how to own shares in our own name. We have been beaten down by corrupt mods and have had to migrate a few times during this journey. We are harassed and mocked by corporate propaganda channels. We have been confined and our voice limited but our will to change how our market works will not be diminished. We need to find new ways to fight against Wall Street and expand our voice. One of the ways to give more credibility and resilience to the movement is to create an Activist Investor Group.
An AIG is a group of investors or in many cases hedge funds that utilize their share power to restructure corporations in a variety of ways. One such way is by using their shares to change the board of directors. This allows the group a direct voice in decision making in the company and how policies should be made. M
I have been looking into this more and have identified a few groups: Climate Action 100, SOC investment Group, ShareAction, Follow This. I have reached out regarding some of these with questions and am waiting a response back. From what I can see we are creating something that has never been done before especially with us having our shares in DRS. From what I can see you become a member by holding a share in the company and contacting the AIG. You then become a member of the AIG in support of a common voice. There are some AIG that are located in London and Amsterdam so it may be possible for it to be international.