Category: Middle Class and our values

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce The Colorado River supplies water to 40 million people. Monitoring its evaporation isn’t sufficient. Utah is concerned about loss of snow cover and the direct correlation to increased Carbon Emissions. Why not embark on a path to understanding & teaching conservation & Carbon Emissions reductions? Why not keep some fossil fuel subsidies, as Corporations transition now to renewables? Do we have a choice?

February 20, 2020

http://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/02/20/climate-change-has-stolen-more-than-billion-tons-water-wests-most-vital-river/

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Rural Hospitals are closing in Texas, Tennessee & Oklahoma. States without expanded Medicaid leaving patients in a Healthcare desert. Who’s left to take care of the poor, vulnerable and Opioid patients? How can we, as a Society, not treat Diseases and Diseases of Despair?

February 20, 2020

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/19/us-rural-hospital-closures-report

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Google employers have become activists. When against Google policies, Google changed policies. Now their organizing for Professional Unionization. Kickstarter professionals were successful. Will Google be next? Do you think professionals should organize and have an Employee Bill of Rights & free speech?

February 20, 2020

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/18/magazine/google-revolt.html

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Politics as usual is unacceptable, if we continue on our path we’ll have a 6 th extinction. What happens to our children & grandchildren, if we do nothing? Flooding is a natural occurrence and many insurance companies will not reimburse you. Can you afford to move & pay for another home? If no, will you change your politics?

February 18, 2020

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/18/world-leaders-urged-to-step-back-from-precipice-of-ecological-ruin-aoe

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Amazon needs a Clean Slate for workers, union organization, labor Monitors to detect industrial problems and bring a list of unsafe worker conditions & solutions to Management attention. People should not have to work in an unsafe environment. Where are the posted Safety Rules? OHSA type regulation & compliance? Enforcement? Injuries are unacceptable, Amazoncan do better.

February 18, 2020

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/17/concerns-over-safety-at-amazon-warehouses-as-number-of-incidents-rise

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Healthcare economists weigh in positively for the ACA, current Medicare & Medicaid free of block grants & work requirements. Corporations should not have a tax break when providing healthcare. It’s a cost of business. Drug pricing is too high & they’re not investing in R & D ! Go back to 1989 rule no public advertising. It’s a start.

February 18, 2020

http://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/17/upshot/health-system-economists-survey.html

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Healthcare workers across the Country are seeking to Unionize 👍 For $15/hr min wage & affordable healthcare. They need a Workers Bill of Rights and Unions that support Labors needs. Healthcare needs professionals and proper staffing to help both patients and staff to thrive

February 17, 2020

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/17/hospital-healthcare-workers-unions-wages-conditions

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce The People won. We don’t need a luxury building that will be mostly unoccupied except for the top 4 floors. Now , we’ll have a building that is not an eyesore. Also, our comptroller has said we have 1000 public lots for affordable housing, why aren’t we building on them for for the homeless & low income workers. Win win for the city!

February 15, 2020

http://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/nyregion/upper-west-side-condo-zoning.amp.html

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce January the hottest in 140 + years. When will we innovate for a changing lifestyle. BlackRock, Banks & Insurers starting to divest from Fossil Fuel Industry. They call it a dying industry. Why don’t the big 10 producers use their $Trillions for alternative fuel development?

February 14, 2020

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/13/january-hottest-earth-record-climate-crisis

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Cancer Town to get new EPA monitors, toxins have plagued their Community for 50 yrs. Either move their Community or move the Refinery. How much more testing needed?

February 14, 2020

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/12/reserve-louisiana-cancer-epa-monitoring