As I prepare to share another collection of images from the pro-democracy rally I attended back in April, I can’t help but think about the affordability crisis that is facing our country right now and the large list of layoffs that are coming our way:
Just some recent layoff announcements:
- US Government – 307,000 employees
- UPS – 48,000 employees
- Amazon – 30,000 employees
- Intel – 24,000 employees
- Nestle – 16,000 employees
- Verizon – 15,000 employees
- Accenture – 11,000 employees
- Ford – 11,000 employees
- Novo Nordisk – 9,000 employees
- Microsoft – 7,000 employees
- PwC – 7,000 employees
- Salesforce – 4,000 employees
- IBM – 2,700 employees
- American Airlines – 2,700 employees
In October of last year The Economist described the American economy as “The envy of the world.” It took the current regime less than a year to tank our economy so bad that our farmers are all on welfare now. Good work guys! But hey, at least we’re really good at murdering fishermen in the Caribbean.
Here is the 4th collection of images:
Still one more collection of images left to share from this pro-democracy rally.