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Welcome to You’re Probably Getting Screwed, a weekly newsletter and video series from J.D. Scholten and Justin Stofferahn about the Second Gilded Age and the ways economic concentration is putting politics and profits over working people.
Have you ever thought about what farmers get from the Thanksgiving dinner you buy? 
National Farmers Union 2024 Farmer’s Share of Thanksgiving Dinner. [ [link removed] ] 
For more information on the Producer Protection Act check out this insightful piece by Scott Syroka.  [ [link removed] ]
YOU’RE PROBABLY (ALSO) GETTING SCREWED BY:
Tax Code
This parody of politicians (by NPR/Planet Money) hiding the fact that they’re protecting the super-wealthy is too good [ [link removed] ]!
GM Layoffs
This headline sums up the economy right now “GM lays off 1,000 workers, even as it nears record profits [ [link removed] ].”
Wealth Gap
Here’s NowThis Impact with a great explainer titled “How the 1970s Deregulation Era Widened America's Wealth Gap.”
Exploiting Workers
The New York Times [ [link removed] ] wrote about corporate exploitation of undocumented workers for online shopping [ [link removed] ]. 
As of 2017, an estimated 45% of hired farm workers were undocumented. Experts say the consequences of mass deportations could lead to lasting higher grocery prices, and the collapse of the agriculture system [ [link removed] ].
Child Labor
The U.S. Department of Labor filed a complaint in federal court in Sioux City, Iowa last Tuesday in which it says Qvest LLC employed minors under age 18 in its overnight cleaning shifts at the pork plant to perform duties that are defined by law as hazardous [ [link removed] ]. Those duties included cleaning the killing floor and power machines such as meat- and bone-cutting saws, head splitters, jaw pullers and skinners.
Tax Prom
Check out this OpEd that J.D. wrote [ [link removed] ]:
Two words that I never thought would go together are “tax” and “prom,” but when you combine Wall Street and Washington, D.C., you get the Tax Foundation’s annual Tax Prom.
This year the Distinguished Service Award was awarded to Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds. If signing tax legislation that mostly benefits huge corporations and the super-wealthy while leaving the rest of us behind is the eligibility requirement, she’s very deserving of her award.
Big Potato
Revenge may be a dish best served cold, but others would argue it can also be served mashed, battered, and fried [ [link removed] ]…
SOME GOOD NEWS
New Report on Labor Protections
The American Economic Liberties Project along with a coalition of organizations has published a report on how states can protect workers if the incoming Trump Administration removes key labor protections implemented by President Biden. [ [link removed] ]
Made in USA Enforcement
The Federal Trade Commission is returning $140,000 to consumers that were deceived by fraudulent Made in USA claims. [ [link removed] ]
BEFORE YOU GO
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Break ‘Em Up, 
Justin Stofferahn

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