In A Christmas Carol, Bob Cratchit earned 15 shillings a week, or 780 shillings a year.

With 20 shillings to the pound, that's £39 a year.

If you account for inflation over the last 180yrs, that's in the area of £32000 a year now.

Avg hrs per week is between 37.5 for an office job.

That works out to £16.41hr

Current minimum wage for an adult in the UK is £11.44

Bob Cratchit had a better paid job than most people do now and lived in abject poverty unable to support his family.

Even with the announced rise in min wage next year. It's still going to be around 22% lower than Scrooge was paying his staff.

This is a perfect example of capitalism and why it should not exist.

Capitalism has only existed in this form for less than a few hundred years.

We produce enough goods to safely and sustainably feed every single on the planet, to put a roof over everyone's head and to give them healthcare.

The only reason that's not happening is because of greed... because laws and govts have been corrupted to support capitalist interests instead of for the good of their people.

Burn it to the ground.

#FuckCapitalism
#BurnItAllDown

To lightly paraphrase #CharlesBarkley: The #rich cash big #paychecks, the #wealthy write them.

Considering the wealthy haven't suffered since the #GreatDepression, it's obvious the system was rigged to always protect them.

History shows again and again, the wealthy will never be #poor again, #Capitalism – apologies to #BlueOysterCult and #Godzilla

Just heard from a friend that Express Scripts has refused to mail her prescription for Misoprostol. Not mifepristone, the medication currently embroiled in the court. The other one, for treating ulcers and softening the cervix to aid in the placement of IUDs.

Express Scripts is refusing to fill prescriptions for the uncontested, perfectly legal, Misoprostol.

#BurnItAllDown #Resist

Listen to Piglet.