There might be just a LIIIIITTLE pent up frustration with North America sneaking through there...But... just a little...Y’know...none taken, friend, none taken.
Honestly, I think if they wanted to pass a second CARES bill for Covid relief that just gave out checks to individuals, either side could have put up a simple bill that did just that and nothing else. Corporate money is their path, or at least money from wealthy individuals. After Citizens United allowed for people to contribute to political campaigns without anyone having to disclose who is funding them, analysts estimate between 2/3rds and 3/4ths of all political campaign money (for the past 10 years now) comes from wealthy individuals. Furthermore, there is proof that politicians on both sides are passing laws that their wealth donors want, not their constituents.
The first thing we should do is start enacting anti trust laws that we have been largely ignoring since Reganomics. I won't get into it but the lack of competition in industry is a lot of what is keeping wages stagnant, limiting good paying jobs and allowing corporations to write all the rules instead of workers.
We have been sold a doctrine that whatever business does is blessed by the gods of the free market. The problem is that we don't have a free market anymore. We have a corporate oligarchy that gets rubber stamped to pollute our communities, pay workers as little as they can get away with, and they have bought our government--so much so that we, the taxpayers, end up bailing these oligarchs out when they make poor business decisions. If you don't know why there is distrust and resentment, just go to any place that had a factory closed down. Instead of protecting constituents from predatory corporate practices, our government is siding with business because the economy must keep going.
I live near communities that are totally dependent on oil refineries so I get this.
Same with miners in Kentucky. Nobody wants to reach out to them, dem or republican. But they'll cling to the one that tells them what they want to hear ("coal is good!")
Bill Marr noted on his show that in the 1960's the largest employer of Americans was GM and adjusted for inflation these folks took home on average about $60/hour after factoring in health care and pension benefits. Today, the largest employer of Americans is Wal-Mart. The average Wal-Mart employee makes $8/hour and they get no benefits. The problem isn't just that these employers leave a void. They leave a void where there once was a prosperous community. When these industries leave, the only jobs left are in serviced based and low paying jobs. And what happens when communities lose that local tax revenue? The first thing that suffers are the schools. It leaves welfare dependent people who once were not welfare dependent. It leaves ignorance and poverty.
The only thing these people know is that coal jobs puts good money into their pockets. Sure they could get a job at Wal-Mart, but they wouldn't get benefits or good pay and most would likely stay on any welfare they were receiving. It is not their fault that the jobs available to them are either high paying coal jobs or low paying service jobs like Wal-Mart or the Dollar Tree. This is what they are upset about, not that "coal is good" but that coal actually pays our bills and the jobs they are trying to tell us will replace these jobs pay very poorly. They don't want coal to leave because nothing is there to fill it's void monetarily speaking. These people had decent wages and due to some government regulations, these people now have poor wages and are on welfare.
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Are rural folk in these predicaments economically stuck to a point where they simply can’t afford to leave or are they emotionally stuck? Maybe educationally stuck? I just don’t know what keeps them there. The idea that a giant orange rich dude is going to bring some jobs back that he never fulfills promises on while spouting some racist nationalist bullshit?Bill Marr noted on his show that in the 1960's the largest employer of Americans was GM and adjusted for inflation these folks took home on average about $60/hour after factoring in health care and pension benefits. Today, the largest employer of Americans is Wal-Mart. The average Wal-Mart employee makes $8/hour and they get no benefits. The problem isn't just that these employers leave a void. They leave a void where there once was a prosperous community. When these industries leave, the only jobs left are in serviced based and low paying jobs. And what happens when communities lose that local tax revenue? The first thing that suffers are the schools. It leaves welfare dependent people who once were not welfare dependent. It leaves ignorance and poverty.
The only thing these people know is that coal jobs puts good money into their pockets. Sure they could get a job at Wal-Mart, but they wouldn't get benefits or good pay and most would likely stay on any welfare they were receiving. It is not their fault that the jobs available to them are either high paying coal jobs or low paying service jobs like Wal-Mart or the Dollar Tree. This is what they are upset about, not that "coal is good" but that coal actually pays our bills and the jobs they are trying to tell us will replace these jobs pay very poorly. They don't want coal to leave because nothing is there to fill it's void monetarily speaking. These people had decent wages and due to some government regulations, these people now have poor wages and are on welfare.
Report: Amazon, Walmart workers on list of top food stamp users
While lawmakers in Washington DC target employers with workers relying on government assistance, others in Washington state are pointing out which companies are the worst offenders. Amazon, Walmart and large employers rise to the top of the list.
The part I hate the most about these corporate oligarchies is healthcare. They are large, have lots of money. And with the number of employees they have they should be able to negotiate better rates. Right, right?
Well shit man, that sucks but like.... what are we supposed to do? Never technologically advance as a nation? Never work towards improving our planet? Never compete in trade with foreign nations? The nation has to continue moving forward. The answer is not to seclude ourselves from the world and live off of coal and liberal tears forever.
Bill Marr noted on his show that in the 1960's the largest employer of Americans was GM and adjusted for inflation these folks took home on average about $60/hour after factoring in health care and pension benefits. Today, the largest employer of Americans is Wal-Mart. The average Wal-Mart employee makes $8/hour and they get no benefits. The problem isn't just that these employers leave a void. They leave a void where there once was a prosperous community. When these industries leave, the only jobs left are in serviced based and low paying jobs. And what happens when communities lose that local tax revenue? The first thing that suffers are the schools. It leaves welfare dependent people who once were not welfare dependent. It leaves ignorance and poverty.
The only thing these people know is that coal jobs puts good money into their pockets. Sure they could get a job at Wal-Mart, but they wouldn't get benefits or good pay and most would likely stay on any welfare they were receiving. It is not their fault that the jobs available to them are either high paying coal jobs or low paying service jobs like Wal-Mart or the Dollar Tree. This is what they are upset about, not that "coal is good" but that coal actually pays our bills and the jobs they are trying to tell us will replace these jobs pay very poorly. They don't want coal to leave because nothing is there to fill it's void monetarily speaking. These people had decent wages and due to some government regulations, these people now have poor wages and are on welfare.
Report: Amazon, Walmart workers on list of top food stamp users
While lawmakers in Washington DC target employers with workers relying on government assistance, others in Washington state are pointing out which companies are the worst offenders. Amazon, Walmart and large employers rise to the top of the list.
Mainly they are economically stuck.
Yep, we got bought by a larger company and now our health care is crap.
We are supposed to acknowledge that we have real problems in our public school system, our security net system and our public services. We can't compete with other nations because we don't make anything anymore. We will never be able to compete with other nations if 50% of Americans are so economically fragile that they couldn't handle a surprise $400 bill. Taxpayers subsidize large corporations like Amazon and Wal-Mart by providing public services to a large portion of their work force. These are people that have a very close to full time job (30+ hours a week) who's wages are not substantial enough to keep them housed, fed and clothed. To me, this is far more insidious than anyone begging for coal jobs to come back because it was good money. No, I don't expect coal jobs to come back, but I do expect that if a person puts in a full day of work that they won't be on welfare rosters. That alone would help a lot.
