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Cake day: July 8th, 2023

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  • I don’t know what’s so hard to grasp;

    • immigrants are bad because they steal American jobs
    • immigrants are good because exploitative industries can’t run without desperate, no-option workers
    • immigrants are bad because they’re free loaders
    • immigrants are good because they pay far more tax than they collect in benefits, illegal or legal
    • immigrants are bad because they keep American wages down
    • immigrants are good because they keep tech wages down so we should expand the visa programs tech companies lobbied for

    As long as you know to which audience he’s speaking, corporate funders or everyone else, he’s been completely consistent.


  • What about states? Ever had to call unemployment? Lucky enough to be in a US state with paid leave? They are websites that make 1998 1.0 look decent. Their phone trees just dump you when you call them and say they are overloaded. No email, no ticket support online. So no web, phone or email support for those you are beholden to.

    States aren’t trying to turn a profit, what is the incentive to have unemployment and paid leave broken in states that have passed them as law?odt of the states with paid leave tout them and promote how great they are but make the process a gauntlet of cirizen-hating obstacles.

    Looking at you CA, OR and WA.






  • pdxfed@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.worldTeachers Are Not OK
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    8 days ago

    the banks are going to have to get involved soon…figure out a way to load up working-age people with long-term debt

    Why the hell do the banks need to step in? System for an indentured workforce is already in full effect:

    • no safety net, unemployment difficult to get and punishing poverty if it’s all you have
    • require a car (e.g. initial capital and ongoing cost) to participate in many jobs
    • have oligopolies rent out housing that is so expensive even those with full-time work can’t save any money
    • have oligopolies own groceries, they maximize profits (consumer cost)
    • have oligopolies own medical facilities, they maximize profits (consumer cost)
    • stuff people full of consumer desires and give them easy access to credit