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Capitalism Get Rich or Die Tryin' Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson © 2020 Kwiple.com
Capitalism It's All about the Benjamins Puff Daddy and The Family © 2020 Kwiple.com
Capitalism Remember that time is money. Benjamin Franklin, “Advice to a Young Tradesman” © 2020 Kwiple.com
Crony capitalism Crony capitalism … is an “instrumental union between capitalists and politicians designed to allow the former to acquire wealth, legally or otherwise, and the latter to seek and retain power.” In essence, it is a form of oligarchy. Ganesh Sitaraman, The Great Democracy © 2020 Kwiple.com
Dead-in-the-heads say Women should not be allowed on juries where the accused is a stud. Rush Limbaugh, Trump's Presidential Medal of Freedom winner for “decades of tireless devotion to our country” © 2020 Kwiple.com
Feminism Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women access to the mainstream of society. Rush Limbaugh, Trump's Presidential Medal of Freedom winner for “decades of tireless devotion to our country” © 2020 Kwiple.com
Foreign relations Jaw, jaw, is better than war, war. Harold Macmillan © 2020 Kwiple.com
Freedom Never have we been so free. Never have we felt so powerless. Zygmunt Bauman © 2020 Kwiple.com
Globalization Ideas, knowledge, science, hospitality, travel – these are the things which should of their nature be international. But let goods be homespun whenever it is reasonably and conviently possible, and, above all, let finance be primarily national. John Maynard Keynes, “National Self-Sufficiency” © 2019 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Calculate the minimum wage as follows: MW = CMHI / CMHS × WPY × HPW where: MW = Minimum Wage CMHI = Current Median Household Income, e.g., $65,000 CMHS = Current Median Household Size, e.g., 2.1 people WPY = Workdays Per Year, e.g., 240 HPW = Hours Per Workday, e.g., 8 [MW would be $16.12 using data above] © 2019 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Count votes in Congress by: 1. Calculating a Member's Proportional Vote (MPV) for each member, as follows: MPV = SPNP / NLRS where: SPNP = State's Percentage of the National Population NLRS = Number of Legislators Representing the State (in that legislature) 2. Totaling “yes” MPVs and “no” MPVs 3. Passing if total MPV is more than 50 OTHERWISE Abolish the Senate © 2019 Kwiple.com
Making money the new-fashioned way Making artisanal axes © 2019 Kwiple.com
Post-2018 Senate shituation 15 states (Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming) 2018 population: 40,056,961 Senators: 30 Republicans 1 Senator per 1,335,232 people — 1 state (California) 2018 population: 39,776,830 Senators: 2 Democrats 1 Senator per 19,888,415 people 19,888,415 / 1,335,232 = 16, therefore: average 15er's vote is worth 16 times a Californian's, a Californian's vote is worth 6% of an average 15er's — 1 state (Wyoming) 2018 population = 573,720, therefore: 1 Senator per 286,860 Wyomians, a Wyomian's vote is worth 69 times a Californian's, a Californian's vote is worth 1.4% of a Wyomian's © 2016 Kwiple.com
Poverty It is hard for an empty Sack to stand upright. Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography © 2020 Kwiple.com
Racism You are kept apart that you may be separately fleeced of your earnings. You are made to hate each other because upon that hatred is rested the keystone of the arch of financial despotism which enslaves you both. You are deceived and blinded that you may not see how this race antagonism perpetuates a monetary system which beggars both. Tom Watson © 2020 Kwiple.com
Racists say Have you ever noticed how all composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson? Rush Limbaugh, Trump's Presidential Medal of Freedom winner for “decades of tireless devotion to our country” © 2020 Kwiple.com
Racists say I think it's time to get rid of this whole National Basketball Association. Call it the TBA, the Thug Basketball Association, and stop calling them teams. Call 'em gangs. Rush Limbaugh, Trump's Presidential Medal of Freedom winner for “decades of tireless devotion to our country” © 2020 Kwiple.com
Racists say The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies. Rush Limbaugh, Trump's Presidential Medal of Freedom winner for “decades of tireless devotion to our country” © 2020 Kwiple.com
Racists say The NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. Rush Limbaugh, Trump's Presidential Medal of Freedom winner for “decades of tireless devotion to our country” © 2020 Kwiple.com
Scientists During peactime, a scientist belongs to the World, but during wartime he belongs to his his country. Fritz Haber, winner of 1918 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and “father of chemical warfare” © 2020 Kwiple.com
Snapshot I think it was Roger's dying wish to elect Donald Trump president. Roger Ailes portrayed by Ted Cruz © 2020 Kwiple.com
Snapshot This guy's the president and he doesn't even know basic geography. If you said “Bangladesh” to Trump, he'd go, "Why? Is Ladesh hot?" Donald Trump portrayed by Seth Meyers, Late Night with Seth Meyers, February 6, 2020 © 2020 Kwiple.com
Surely you jest I love the women's movement, especially when walking behind it. Rush Limbaugh, Trump's Presidential Medal of Freedom winner for “decades of tireless devotion to our country” © 2020 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say I disagree with the House Managers' argument that, if we find the allegations they have made are true, failing to remove the President leaves us with no remedy to constrain this or future Presidents. Congress and the courts have multiple ways by which to constrain the power of the executive. And ultimately, voters themselves can hold the President accountable in an election, including the one just nine months from now. Marco Rubio © 2020 Kwiple.com
Wealth inequality The richest 1 per cent of Americans now account for more than half the value of equities owned by US households, according to Goldman Sachs. Since 1990, the wealthiest have bought a net $1.2tn in company stakes, while the rest of the population has sold more than $1tn. … As of September 2019, the bottom 90 per cent owned $4.6tn of equities, or 12 per cent of the total, the analysts noted. Financial Times, February 10, 2020 © 2020 Kwiple.com
Wealth inequality Three decasdes ago … the top percentage point of Americans by wealth only controlled 46 per cent of all US equities held by households. By the end of September 2019, that pro- portion had hit a record 56 per cent, amounting to $21.4tn, according to [Goldman Sach's] calculations. That includes both public stock and ownership stakes in private companies. Financial Times, February 10, 2020 © 2020 Kwiple.com
 
Wretched excess Home theaters with concession stands © 2020 Kwiple.com