Tag: Pensions

Yellen Says US Will Send $10 Billion in Economic Aid to Ukraine

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Yellen Says US Will Send $10 Billion in Economic Aid to Ukraine

The US has already provided about $13 billion in budgetary aid to Ukraine, which pays for government services, pensions, and healthcare

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“In the coming months, we expect to provide around $10 billion in additional economic support for Ukraine,” she said.

Additional aid will be pulled from the $45 billion Congress authorized to spend on Ukraine in December. So far, the US has approved $113 billion in spending on the war, which includes military aid, training, funds for the Pentagon to replenish stockpiles and pay for troop deployments, and economic assistance.

Inflation, Fiscal Conservatives?! *crickets*

French police attack Yellow Vests protesters in rally against Macron’s economic policies

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

French police have attacked Yellow Vests protesters, firing tear gas and rubber bullets at thousands of demonstrators, who took to the streets to denounce French President Emmanuel Macron’s economic policies and pension reform.

French police attack Yellow Vests protesters in rally against Macron’s economic policies

Related:

Emmanuel Macron presses ahead with pension reform as French discontent swells

Macron: French health sector problems could deepen in coming years

Neo-liberal Macron government in France pushes 2023 budget without parliamentary vote + French Labor Unrest Illustrates Worsening Economic Crisis Within the EU

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The austerity-ridden budget was approved without a vote on after the government involved a controversial provision of the constitution. Earlier, left-wing MPs had passed several amendments to the government’s proposals

Neo-liberal Macron government in France pushes 2023 budget without parliamentary vote

Related:

French Labor Unrest Illustrates Worsening Economic Crisis Within the EU

Strikes & protests in France (and demonstrations in the US)

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Strikes grow as Macron postpones threat to crush French refinery strike

Related:

French left-wing parties gather protesters to march in Paris, as refinery strikes persist

The French call for NATO exit

MSM was all over the cost of living protests but nothing about the Anti-NATO protests. Videos have emerged of police repression in Paris (at which protest, I’m unsure). Meanwhile, in the US, the Poor People’s Campaign, and allies, held multiple demonstrations to get out the vote (which were mainly covered by local news).

Surging cost of living in US drives class tensions to the breaking point

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The latest inflation data published Tuesday shows that the working class confronts months of immense hardships as wages lose their value in the face of rising living costs. The ruling class’s attempt to make the working class pay for the crisis of capitalism is driving workers into struggle across the world, including in the United States, where teachers, nurses, and possibly railroad workers are launching powerful strikes.

Surging cost of living in US drives class tensions to the breaking point