We talk about the recession in Germany, the unionization of fast food employees in California, Why most wage and salary earners are struggling while the US stock market and corporate stock holdings are doing well due to the conflict in Ukraine What are the takeaways from the European farmers' uprising? Last but not least, the persistent unveiling of key inequities within the United States federal tax system (including the flat tax system for social security and tax exemptions for religious institutions, hospitals, and charities).