There’s a word for this sort of oligarchical rule by the elderly, of course: gerontocracy
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Senate Democrats announced a surprise agreement on a $369 billion climate and tax package. If enacted, the legislation would be the biggest climate change action to-date, putting the U.S. on a path to cut emissions 31% to 44% below 2005 levels in 2030. 
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Watchdogs say Americans’ priorities in peril when former members of Congress take foreign paychecks
The Swarm's insight:
This is what happens when our politicians are more loyal to money than they are to their country.
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59 members of Congress owe student loan debt. Many of the biggest borrowers are freshman lawmakers who are pushing to address the student loans crisis.
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As long as lawmakers are allowed to trade individual stocks, disaster profiteering is always a risk.
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Congress negotiated a little-noticed change to the rules in December, changing how members are reimbursed in a way that amounts to as much as a $34,000 tax-free pay increase, The New York Times reported on Thursday.
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Lawmakers weigh next coronavirus relief package as unemployment benefits expire this week - CBS News
Time is running out for lawmakers to pass a new coronavirus relief package, as unemployment benefits are set to expire this week for millions of Americans.
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Congress invested in real estate, then it gave tax breaks to real estate investors - OpenSecrets.org
Congress invests more cash in real estate than any other industry. The coronavirus stimulus package gives massive tax breaks to real estate investors.
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While supporters say the campaign could be critical in keeping fragile startups in business, critics argue it would just amount to a handout to wealthy Wall Street investors, Politico reported.
The Swarm's insight:
Why does our government continually give these corporate persons our hard-earned money? Every time working class or middle-class taxpayers need help, the skinflints, cheapskates and misers in Congress drag their feet or turn their backs on us all together. Meanwhile, lobbyists from investment firms slink through the halls of Congress with their hands out. It's not fair, because it's taxpayer money. Our money.
So let's call it what it is: a handout. Every time our country is in dire straits, we can't rely on them, so what do these companies, do for our country that justifies giving them another handout? If they know of startups that are so fragile, let those companies pool their own money and finance those startups themselves. It's that simple.
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If the minimum wage had grown at the same rate as the earnings of the top one percent of Americans the federal wage floor would be more than triple the current hourly minimum of $7.25.
The Swarm's insight:
This chart confirms what angry Americans have suspected all along: The backstabbers of corporate personhood are cheating working class Americans out of a living wage, and they've been doing it for a very long time.
Where are the cost-of-living raises we should have received? We never got them. Where did all that money go?
The dirty, rotten truth:
The money that could have made families stronger and more stable went into the pockets of the greedy executives on Wall Street, the shameless cheats of the corporate world, and the craven lobbyists who comprise the corporate hacks serving the backstabbers who pay the inside traders and freeloaders in Congress to keep us miserable.
However, the appearance of Pope Francis changes everything. When the Pope attacks greed, he's going after Behemoth. When he does, I back him without hesitation. He knows what he's doing.
Mister Al The Destroyers Occupy Hades
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