Robert Reich - John Deere has laid off roughly 1000 workers so far this year. But the company reported a profit of over $10 billion in 2023. Its CEO received $26.7 million in total compensation. And it spent over $7 billion on stock buybacks
NPR - The Supplemental Security Income, or SSI program, was meant to lift people out of poverty. It's run by the Social Security Administration, which sends monthly benefit checks to the nation’s neediest disabled and elderly people to help them pay for rent, food, medicine and other everyday needs. But an antiquated federal "asset limit" rule has trapped more than 100,000 of America's poorest each year — often with dire consequences.
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