McDonald's Has An Entire Menu Of Life Advice For Its Workers — It's About As Wholesome As The Food

McDonald’s has launched an entire website that’s full of life advice for their workers. It includes tasty McNuggets like “Take at least two vacations a year.” You work hard for that $7.25 an hour. Treat yourself! They also recommend “singing away stress.” Give it a shot: When bill collectors call, try paying them with a little ditty. Who needs a living wage when you’re working for a thoughtful and caring employer like McDonald’s?

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McDonald"s Has An Entire Menu Of Life Advice For Its Workers — It"s About As Wholesome As The Food

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Who Would Bully A Firefighter?! The Answer Is Crazy.

Do we still need feminism? Hell yes. And nobody knows that better than the women working in male-dominated fields like firefighting and longshoring, like Liane Tessier.

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Who Would Bully A Firefighter?! The Answer Is Crazy.

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It Doesn’t Take A Nurse To Know Kids’ Hair Shouldn’t Fall Out. But It Took This Nurse To Stop It.

Margaret Mead said it best: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

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It Doesn’t Take A Nurse To Know Kids’ Hair Shouldn’t Fall Out. But It Took This Nurse To Stop It.

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This San Francisco Cab Driver Got 1,000 People To Stand Up And Spell Out 3 Words

We’re now almost done with our first presidential campaign since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling. And just as the Supreme Court predicted, the consequences have in no way at all totally corrupted our politics. *COUGH* *COUGH* 

Truth is, it’s been a complete and total disaster. So what else do you do when the fundamentals of our democracy are threatened? Well, one San Francisco cab driver organized with the good people at The Other 98% and hit the beach! 

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This San Francisco Cab Driver Got 1,000 People To Stand Up And Spell Out 3 Words

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MATH PROBLEM: If BP Made $36 Billion In 2010, And Their Tax Rate Is 35%, How Big Was Their Tax Bill?

There’s a bunch of corporate tax loopholes that allowed BP to pay $0 in taxes in 2010. Companies seem to be really good at not doing their patriotic duty. So some hackers decided to bring that to your attention in the most entertaining way possible.

First, learn what the corporations do when they play their games. Then play their game. (Sorry mobile users, the game won’t work on your phone. Use your tax break to build a mobile app.)

This is my personal favorite. 

That’s right, BP ruined a chunk of our country and got a REFUND. Now play the game and see what you can do to stop them.

Click here to see all the fact-checked data, Like Tax Evaders on Facebook, then share this so your coworkers have a good educational reason to procrastinate at work.

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MATH PROBLEM: If BP Made $36 Billion In 2010, And Their Tax Rate Is 35%, How Big Was Their Tax Bill?

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Hey Kid, Wanna Buy A Democracy?

How much election will $100,000 get me?

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Hey Kid, Wanna Buy A Democracy?

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These Christians Are Advocating The Government Do Something, And I'm Actually Not Outraged. At All.

If you’re surprised a bunch of Christians made this video, you probably shouldn’t be.

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These Christians Are Advocating The Government Do Something, And I"m Actually Not Outraged. At All.

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A Word From The People Who Are About To Be Thrown Off The Fiscal Cliff

The so-called fiscal cliff is actually a fiscal bluff — a made-up crisis to make us think our government is out of money and time. Congress continues to drag its feet over raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans, despite the top 1% earning 23% of the nation’s income, and insists on calling for cuts to vital programs instead of reining in massive subsidies ($100 billion in 2011 alone) to major corporations that already make billions in profits. America isn’t broke — it’s being robbed. 

Dec. 19, 2012 is ARTSTRIKE — a day of action to share powerful art and music that can convince our friends that more cuts and tax breaks aren’t the answer. Artists from across the country have come together to make their voices heard. It couldn’t come at a more urgent time, as Washington, D.C. nears a deal that would slash Social Security and raises taxes on the poor and middle class. Check out a few of my favorites below, and help me share them far and wide. 

Don’t Punish Our Future. Make The Rich Pay., by Ernesto Yerena 

Keep Calm & Tax the Rich, by Gan Golan  

Make Deadbeat Corporations Pay. Stop Robbing Our Communities. by Melanie Cervantes

fight for every job. resist every cut., by Soy Aryer

Fiscal Cliff 101, by Ricardo Levins Morales

¡Ya Basta!, by Julio Salgado

Save Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, by Xavier Viramontes

“This Time” live at Java Money by Mike Molina

The Fiscal Cliff is Fiction, by Querido Galdo

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A Word From The People Who Are About To Be Thrown Off The Fiscal Cliff

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