Replies to post #501241 on Tornado Alley (PROG)

[B402]

Was the trump vote "fuck the elites" vote or......

Yes, that was a part even a big part,,,,,More so its a desperate search to be heard, be represented again....Its a human thing not necessarily a political one......

And yes on tokenism,,,,,,take away livelihoods and replace it with give aways is insulting, as maybe you can imagine.....

Do they think Trump is the guy to bring back dignity, prosperity and the like?,,,,,Its worth a try to them, they aren't just running out of options, but out of them.....

What a mess greed makes eh, been true throughout history

So, as Jackie Gleason used to say,,,,,, "And away we go !!!! "

Why Wages Aren’t Growing in America......Harvard Business Review
https://hbr.org/2017/10/why-wages-arent-growing-in-america

Adjusted real wages have been stagnant since the early 1970s, growing only 0.2% per year1. In reality, real hourly wages declined from the 1970s

Wage Stagnation in Nine Charts
https://www.epi.org/publication/charting-wage-stagnation/

[arizona1]

Do you think the vote for Trump was a "fuck the elites" vote

No, it was a vote for cruelty and Trump gave them permission to despise the same people they've always despised.

Black people getting texts that they’ll be slaves

Neo-Nazis like Nick Fuentes gleefully tweeting that women will be made subservient to men

The majority of Americans voting for a man who vowed to put liberals in jail-simply because they oppose him

This is the Trump effect https://t.co/LFgyHtXXe8 pic.twitter.com/qoP1azJfLe

— Adam Cohen | Lawyer. My Personal Views. #DemCast (@axidentaliberal) November 8, 2024

[12yearplan]

Parents of students who are eligible for reduced-price school meals can no longer be charged processing or “junk” fees along with the cost of the meal beginning in the 2027-28 school year, officials announced earlier this month.
 
The policy, announced by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Nov. 1, aims to lower costs for those who make roughly $57,720 or less as a family of four. Officials estimate that the decision will benefit more than 1 million students who receive reduced-price meals served through the School Breakfast and National School Lunch Program.
 
Students who are eligible for reduced-price meals cannot be charged more than 30 cents for breakfast and 40 cents for lunch by law. But a federal report released in July found that when parents pay schools for their students’ meals, they often have to shell out for extra fees—as much as 60 cents for every dollar—that go to third-party payment processing companies.
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/no-more-school-lunch-fees-for-low-income-families-usda-says/2024/11?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us