Greedbane
@greedbane.bsky.social
Exposing corporate GREED, and advocating for workers rights.
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Greedbane
@greedbane.bsky.social
· May 18
My dad tried to kill my mom with an axe when I was four.
I grew up delivering papers at 4:30am in an Iowa winter—because we had no power, no money, and adults were stealing my pay.
At eleven, I woke up choking on my own vomit. No one was there.🧵🔗⬇️
I grew up delivering papers at 4:30am in an Iowa winter—because we had no power, no money, and adults were stealing my pay.
At eleven, I woke up choking on my own vomit. No one was there.🧵🔗⬇️
They didn’t appeal to raise wages. They appealed to stop dinner.
This country has turned weaponized bureaucracy into a moral compass.
Every court filing says the quiet part louder: starvation is a policy choice.
apnews.com/article/snap...
This country has turned weaponized bureaucracy into a moral compass.
Every court filing says the quiet part louder: starvation is a policy choice.
apnews.com/article/snap...
Trump administration renews Supreme Court appeal to keep full SNAP payments frozen
The Trump administration is again asking the Supreme Court to keep full food aid payments on hold. The request Monday is the latest in a legal fight over how the SNAP program that helps 42 million Ame...
apnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:49 AM
They didn’t appeal to raise wages. They appealed to stop dinner.
This country has turned weaponized bureaucracy into a moral compass.
Every court filing says the quiet part louder: starvation is a policy choice.
apnews.com/article/snap...
This country has turned weaponized bureaucracy into a moral compass.
Every court filing says the quiet part louder: starvation is a policy choice.
apnews.com/article/snap...
Here’s what Congress really prioritized in the shutdown bill:
Congress starved workers, called it negotiation, and slipped in $30 million for their own protection.
Not for food.
Not for healthcare.
For body armor.
See it for yourself:
www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr...
Congress starved workers, called it negotiation, and slipped in $30 million for their own protection.
Not for food.
Not for healthcare.
For body armor.
See it for yourself:
www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr...
www.congress.gov
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Here’s what Congress really prioritized in the shutdown bill:
Congress starved workers, called it negotiation, and slipped in $30 million for their own protection.
Not for food.
Not for healthcare.
For body armor.
See it for yourself:
www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr...
Congress starved workers, called it negotiation, and slipped in $30 million for their own protection.
Not for food.
Not for healthcare.
For body armor.
See it for yourself:
www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr...
$18.2 trillion in debt.
That’s where American households sit as of Q1 2025 — a record high.
And what’s the big solution?
A 50-year mortgage.
Not affordable housing.
Not wage increases.
Not debt relief.
Just a longer leash.
Stretch the payments across five decades.
That’s where American households sit as of Q1 2025 — a record high.
And what’s the big solution?
A 50-year mortgage.
Not affordable housing.
Not wage increases.
Not debt relief.
Just a longer leash.
Stretch the payments across five decades.
November 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
$18.2 trillion in debt.
That’s where American households sit as of Q1 2025 — a record high.
And what’s the big solution?
A 50-year mortgage.
Not affordable housing.
Not wage increases.
Not debt relief.
Just a longer leash.
Stretch the payments across five decades.
That’s where American households sit as of Q1 2025 — a record high.
And what’s the big solution?
A 50-year mortgage.
Not affordable housing.
Not wage increases.
Not debt relief.
Just a longer leash.
Stretch the payments across five decades.
$17.1 million:
The median take‑home for a CEO in the S&P 500 in 2024.
Meanwhile, the median worker saw a single‑digit raise.
If inequality isn’t built into the system, why is the gap getting bigger?
corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2025/06/08/c...
The median take‑home for a CEO in the S&P 500 in 2024.
Meanwhile, the median worker saw a single‑digit raise.
If inequality isn’t built into the system, why is the gap getting bigger?
corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2025/06/08/c...
CEO Pay Study
The corner offices of corporate America are home to some of the most influential executives in business today, notably chief executive officers (CEOs). ...
corpgov.law.harvard.edu
November 8, 2025 at 11:18 PM
$17.1 million:
The median take‑home for a CEO in the S&P 500 in 2024.
Meanwhile, the median worker saw a single‑digit raise.
If inequality isn’t built into the system, why is the gap getting bigger?
corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2025/06/08/c...
The median take‑home for a CEO in the S&P 500 in 2024.
Meanwhile, the median worker saw a single‑digit raise.
If inequality isn’t built into the system, why is the gap getting bigger?
corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2025/06/08/c...
No money for food.
But there’s always money for:
– Fossil fuel bailouts
– Private prison contracts
– A Space Force PR campaign
If you’re starving in America, it’s not because we’re broke.
It’s because cruelty is the point.
But there’s always money for:
– Fossil fuel bailouts
– Private prison contracts
– A Space Force PR campaign
If you’re starving in America, it’s not because we’re broke.
It’s because cruelty is the point.
November 8, 2025 at 6:41 AM
No money for food.
But there’s always money for:
– Fossil fuel bailouts
– Private prison contracts
– A Space Force PR campaign
If you’re starving in America, it’s not because we’re broke.
It’s because cruelty is the point.
But there’s always money for:
– Fossil fuel bailouts
– Private prison contracts
– A Space Force PR campaign
If you’re starving in America, it’s not because we’re broke.
It’s because cruelty is the point.
42 million Americans rely on SNAP.
Trump’s team is fighting in court to stop those benefits—not for lack of money,
but because feeding poor people is a political inconvenience.
They’ll bankrupt the treasury for war and tax cuts—but when it comes to dinner?
They bring lawyers.
Trump’s team is fighting in court to stop those benefits—not for lack of money,
but because feeding poor people is a political inconvenience.
They’ll bankrupt the treasury for war and tax cuts—but when it comes to dinner?
They bring lawyers.
November 8, 2025 at 6:27 AM
42 million Americans rely on SNAP.
Trump’s team is fighting in court to stop those benefits—not for lack of money,
but because feeding poor people is a political inconvenience.
They’ll bankrupt the treasury for war and tax cuts—but when it comes to dinner?
They bring lawyers.
Trump’s team is fighting in court to stop those benefits—not for lack of money,
but because feeding poor people is a political inconvenience.
They’ll bankrupt the treasury for war and tax cuts—but when it comes to dinner?
They bring lawyers.
Zohran Mamdani didn’t buy the election — he built it.
Taxi drivers. Nurses. Bodega owners. Union halls. No billionaires. No developers. Just people.
When workers run for office, developers lose control.
Read the full story: greedbane.substack.com/p/what-mamda...
Taxi drivers. Nurses. Bodega owners. Union halls. No billionaires. No developers. Just people.
When workers run for office, developers lose control.
Read the full story: greedbane.substack.com/p/what-mamda...
What Mamdani Means
The Day Workers Took Back City Politics
greedbane.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Zohran Mamdani didn’t buy the election — he built it.
Taxi drivers. Nurses. Bodega owners. Union halls. No billionaires. No developers. Just people.
When workers run for office, developers lose control.
Read the full story: greedbane.substack.com/p/what-mamda...
Taxi drivers. Nurses. Bodega owners. Union halls. No billionaires. No developers. Just people.
When workers run for office, developers lose control.
Read the full story: greedbane.substack.com/p/what-mamda...
Repo Economy 1.7M cars repossessed this year. Tracking devices. 7-year loans. $750 payments. Miss one note and Wall Street still gets paid.
It’s not bad luck. It’s design.
Read the full breakdown: The Repo Economy: How Wall Street Turned Mobility into Leverage
greedbane.substack.com/p/repo-nation
It’s not bad luck. It’s design.
Read the full breakdown: The Repo Economy: How Wall Street Turned Mobility into Leverage
greedbane.substack.com/p/repo-nation
Repo Nation
How America’s Auto Loan Bubble Turned Working Families Into Collateral
greedbane.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Repo Economy 1.7M cars repossessed this year. Tracking devices. 7-year loans. $750 payments. Miss one note and Wall Street still gets paid.
It’s not bad luck. It’s design.
Read the full breakdown: The Repo Economy: How Wall Street Turned Mobility into Leverage
greedbane.substack.com/p/repo-nation
It’s not bad luck. It’s design.
Read the full breakdown: The Repo Economy: How Wall Street Turned Mobility into Leverage
greedbane.substack.com/p/repo-nation
Theft at the Top
While frontline workers ration groceries and skip meds to make rent, corporate America’s top brass are stuffing their pockets with no shame.
• The average S&P 500 CEO made $18.9 million last year — about 285 times their median worker’s pay.
While frontline workers ration groceries and skip meds to make rent, corporate America’s top brass are stuffing their pockets with no shame.
• The average S&P 500 CEO made $18.9 million last year — about 285 times their median worker’s pay.
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Theft at the Top
While frontline workers ration groceries and skip meds to make rent, corporate America’s top brass are stuffing their pockets with no shame.
• The average S&P 500 CEO made $18.9 million last year — about 285 times their median worker’s pay.
While frontline workers ration groceries and skip meds to make rent, corporate America’s top brass are stuffing their pockets with no shame.
• The average S&P 500 CEO made $18.9 million last year — about 285 times their median worker’s pay.
“2 million +” voters cast ballots in NYC’s 2025 mayoral race — the largest turnout since 1969.
The richest donors and the old-establishment candidates tried to buy the result.
When people show up and change the game — maybe the system isn’t as immovable as big money says it is.
The richest donors and the old-establishment candidates tried to buy the result.
When people show up and change the game — maybe the system isn’t as immovable as big money says it is.
November 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
“2 million +” voters cast ballots in NYC’s 2025 mayoral race — the largest turnout since 1969.
The richest donors and the old-establishment candidates tried to buy the result.
When people show up and change the game — maybe the system isn’t as immovable as big money says it is.
The richest donors and the old-establishment candidates tried to buy the result.
When people show up and change the game — maybe the system isn’t as immovable as big money says it is.
Starbucks talks about “ethics” while firing organizers and crushing unions.
Union Coffee doesn’t talk — they live it.
Worker-owned. Fair-wage. Community-built.
Every dollar is a vote. Stop funding your own exploitation.
#BuyHereNotThere #UnionStrong #GreedBane
Union Coffee doesn’t talk — they live it.
Worker-owned. Fair-wage. Community-built.
Every dollar is a vote. Stop funding your own exploitation.
#BuyHereNotThere #UnionStrong #GreedBane
October 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Starbucks talks about “ethics” while firing organizers and crushing unions.
Union Coffee doesn’t talk — they live it.
Worker-owned. Fair-wage. Community-built.
Every dollar is a vote. Stop funding your own exploitation.
#BuyHereNotThere #UnionStrong #GreedBane
Union Coffee doesn’t talk — they live it.
Worker-owned. Fair-wage. Community-built.
Every dollar is a vote. Stop funding your own exploitation.
#BuyHereNotThere #UnionStrong #GreedBane
$3.26 trillion — that’s how much after-tax corporate profits reached in Q2-2025.
Meanwhile wages are still stuck near historical lows.
When profits boom and pay stalls, maybe someone is rigging the rules.
www.forbes.com/sites/eriksh...
www.mheducation.com/highered/blo...
Meanwhile wages are still stuck near historical lows.
When profits boom and pay stalls, maybe someone is rigging the rules.
www.forbes.com/sites/eriksh...
www.mheducation.com/highered/blo...
GDP And Corporate Profits Are Up, Personal Income Lags Behind
But the economy is more tenuous than might be thought, being unduly moved by the ups and downs of trade and tariffs, and personal income growth badly lags lags profits.
www.forbes.com
October 25, 2025 at 2:49 AM
$3.26 trillion — that’s how much after-tax corporate profits reached in Q2-2025.
Meanwhile wages are still stuck near historical lows.
When profits boom and pay stalls, maybe someone is rigging the rules.
www.forbes.com/sites/eriksh...
www.mheducation.com/highered/blo...
Meanwhile wages are still stuck near historical lows.
When profits boom and pay stalls, maybe someone is rigging the rules.
www.forbes.com/sites/eriksh...
www.mheducation.com/highered/blo...
25,000 IRS jobs erased. 21 trillion dollars hidden offshore.
Teachers debate raises. Billionaires hide nations’ worth in shell companies.
This isn’t tax policy. It’s organized theft.
Read the latest GreedBane investigation.
open.substack.com/pub/greedban...
Teachers debate raises. Billionaires hide nations’ worth in shell companies.
This isn’t tax policy. It’s organized theft.
Read the latest GreedBane investigation.
open.substack.com/pub/greedban...
The IRS Has Been Defunded
But Not for You
open.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:01 AM
25,000 IRS jobs erased. 21 trillion dollars hidden offshore.
Teachers debate raises. Billionaires hide nations’ worth in shell companies.
This isn’t tax policy. It’s organized theft.
Read the latest GreedBane investigation.
open.substack.com/pub/greedban...
Teachers debate raises. Billionaires hide nations’ worth in shell companies.
This isn’t tax policy. It’s organized theft.
Read the latest GreedBane investigation.
open.substack.com/pub/greedban...
The White House budget director just said he wants to shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau within months.
This is the agency that’s returned $17.5 billion to scammed Americans since 2011.
Wall Street hates it. So of course, they’re coming for it.
www.reuters.com/business/wor...
This is the agency that’s returned $17.5 billion to scammed Americans since 2011.
Wall Street hates it. So of course, they’re coming for it.
www.reuters.com/business/wor...
www.reuters.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The White House budget director just said he wants to shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau within months.
This is the agency that’s returned $17.5 billion to scammed Americans since 2011.
Wall Street hates it. So of course, they’re coming for it.
www.reuters.com/business/wor...
This is the agency that’s returned $17.5 billion to scammed Americans since 2011.
Wall Street hates it. So of course, they’re coming for it.
www.reuters.com/business/wor...
$1.3 trillion
That’s what U.S. corporations spent on stock buybacks last year.
Not wages.
Not healthcare.
Not jobs.
Just… themselves.
Greed isn’t an accident. It’s a strategy.
epfr.com/insights/eco...
That’s what U.S. corporations spent on stock buybacks last year.
Not wages.
Not healthcare.
Not jobs.
Just… themselves.
Greed isn’t an accident. It’s a strategy.
epfr.com/insights/eco...
EPFR Insights: More record-breaking stock buybacks in the US
This summer saw a remarkable surge for a usually sleepy earnings season, exclusive data from EPFR show.
epfr.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:54 AM
$1.3 trillion
That’s what U.S. corporations spent on stock buybacks last year.
Not wages.
Not healthcare.
Not jobs.
Just… themselves.
Greed isn’t an accident. It’s a strategy.
epfr.com/insights/eco...
That’s what U.S. corporations spent on stock buybacks last year.
Not wages.
Not healthcare.
Not jobs.
Just… themselves.
Greed isn’t an accident. It’s a strategy.
epfr.com/insights/eco...
The median American worker produced $160,000 in value last year.
They took home 72,000.
Wall Street kept the rest.
fred.stlouisfed.org/series/A4002...
www.bls.gov/news.release...
ourworldindata.org/grapher/gdp-...
They took home 72,000.
Wall Street kept the rest.
fred.stlouisfed.org/series/A4002...
www.bls.gov/news.release...
ourworldindata.org/grapher/gdp-...
Shares of gross domestic income: Compensation of employees, paid
Shares of gross domestic income: Compensation of employees, paid
fred.stlouisfed.org
October 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The median American worker produced $160,000 in value last year.
They took home 72,000.
Wall Street kept the rest.
fred.stlouisfed.org/series/A4002...
www.bls.gov/news.release...
ourworldindata.org/grapher/gdp-...
They took home 72,000.
Wall Street kept the rest.
fred.stlouisfed.org/series/A4002...
www.bls.gov/news.release...
ourworldindata.org/grapher/gdp-...
Grocery profits hit a 20-year high in 2024—
while 44 million Americans skipped meals.
Their record is our hunger.
thefulcrum.us/election-202...
www.feedingamerica.org/about-us/pre...
while 44 million Americans skipped meals.
Their record is our hunger.
thefulcrum.us/election-202...
www.feedingamerica.org/about-us/pre...
Soaring grocery prices are not acts of God
Grocery chains have been driving up prices amid record profits, worrying consumers
thefulcrum.us
October 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Grocery profits hit a 20-year high in 2024—
while 44 million Americans skipped meals.
Their record is our hunger.
thefulcrum.us/election-202...
www.feedingamerica.org/about-us/pre...
while 44 million Americans skipped meals.
Their record is our hunger.
thefulcrum.us/election-202...
www.feedingamerica.org/about-us/pre...
By 2026, millions will lose healthcare. By 2027, rural hospitals will shutter. By 2028, families will be rationing food and insulin while Wall Street pockets the winnings.
This isn’t theory. It’s the government’s own scorers and sector trackers spelling out where we’re headed.
This isn’t theory. It’s the government’s own scorers and sector trackers spelling out where we’re headed.
August 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
By 2026, millions will lose healthcare. By 2027, rural hospitals will shutter. By 2028, families will be rationing food and insulin while Wall Street pockets the winnings.
This isn’t theory. It’s the government’s own scorers and sector trackers spelling out where we’re headed.
This isn’t theory. It’s the government’s own scorers and sector trackers spelling out where we’re headed.
These are the men who looted American retirement:
— Stephen Schwarzman (Blackstone)
— Henry Kravis (KKR)
— Leon Black (Apollo)
They didn’t invest.
They extracted.
I laid out how they did it.
Here’s the story.🧵⬇️
— Stephen Schwarzman (Blackstone)
— Henry Kravis (KKR)
— Leon Black (Apollo)
They didn’t invest.
They extracted.
I laid out how they did it.
Here’s the story.🧵⬇️
June 19, 2025 at 5:38 AM
These are the men who looted American retirement:
— Stephen Schwarzman (Blackstone)
— Henry Kravis (KKR)
— Leon Black (Apollo)
They didn’t invest.
They extracted.
I laid out how they did it.
Here’s the story.🧵⬇️
— Stephen Schwarzman (Blackstone)
— Henry Kravis (KKR)
— Leon Black (Apollo)
They didn’t invest.
They extracted.
I laid out how they did it.
Here’s the story.🧵⬇️
Credit Suisse helped the ultra-wealthy hide $4 billion in offshore accounts—again.
They already had a plea deal from 2014. They violated it.
So what’s the punishment?
A $511 million fine.
That’s a 12¢ penalty on the dollar—cheaper than taxes.
“Corporate crime pays. Just ask your banker.”
They already had a plea deal from 2014. They violated it.
So what’s the punishment?
A $511 million fine.
That’s a 12¢ penalty on the dollar—cheaper than taxes.
“Corporate crime pays. Just ask your banker.”
June 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Credit Suisse helped the ultra-wealthy hide $4 billion in offshore accounts—again.
They already had a plea deal from 2014. They violated it.
So what’s the punishment?
A $511 million fine.
That’s a 12¢ penalty on the dollar—cheaper than taxes.
“Corporate crime pays. Just ask your banker.”
They already had a plea deal from 2014. They violated it.
So what’s the punishment?
A $511 million fine.
That’s a 12¢ penalty on the dollar—cheaper than taxes.
“Corporate crime pays. Just ask your banker.”
Inflation is cooling on paper—but your rent didn’t get the memo.
April’s inflation rate dipped to 2.1%, but housing costs still jumped 4% year-over-year. The Fed calls it “progress.” Landlords call it a payday.🧵⬇️
April’s inflation rate dipped to 2.1%, but housing costs still jumped 4% year-over-year. The Fed calls it “progress.” Landlords call it a payday.🧵⬇️
May 30, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Inflation is cooling on paper—but your rent didn’t get the memo.
April’s inflation rate dipped to 2.1%, but housing costs still jumped 4% year-over-year. The Fed calls it “progress.” Landlords call it a payday.🧵⬇️
April’s inflation rate dipped to 2.1%, but housing costs still jumped 4% year-over-year. The Fed calls it “progress.” Landlords call it a payday.🧵⬇️