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Pesqueeb

bicycle in airplane hangar
Feb 2, 2007
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Librul media FAKE NEWS!
Instead of spending nearly $1 trillion on the military and tax cuts for the wealthy and large corporations, the federal government could have paid for any of the following proposals – multiple times over for some – in FY 2018 and still balanced the budget.

  • Very nearly eliminate poverty for all Americans of any age. Estimated cost: $174 billion.
  • Pay the one-year average of the 10-year infrastructure funding gap. Estimated cost: $144 billion.
  • Provide high-quality early care and education (ECE) for children from birth to kindergarten. Estimated cost: $140 billion.
  • Eliminate child poverty by simply boosting the income of all families with children (and children who do not live with their families) over the poverty line. Estimated cost: $69 billion.
  • Double the budget of the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the United States Geologic Survey. Estimated cost: $61 billion.
  • Make public colleges and universities tuition-free for working families, cut student loan interest rates in half, and allow every American with student debt to refinance at the lowest interest rate possible. Estimated cost: $60 billion.
  • Double the $1.40 per-meal allowance in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Estimated cost: $70 billion.
  • End homelessness in America. Estimated cost: $22.5 billion.
 
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Pesqueeb

bicycle in airplane hangar
Feb 2, 2007
41,801
19,117
Riding the baggage carousel.
Pyrrhic victory.

There is no easy way to phrase the truth, so let me say it plainly. The causal factor in the decline of many Midwest places was simply dogged, stubborn, almost prideful ignorance about century-long changes to the world economy. Not only has this saddled communities with decades of mis-investment, it has mistakenly convinced millions of Midwesterners that factory jobs may once again be plentiful. They won’t; even as manufacturing production will continue to expand, employment will not.
 

Westy

the teste
Nov 22, 2002
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22,019
Sleazattle
I have spent the better part of the last 20 years dealing with manufacturing in the midwest. It is still viable to make shit in flyover country. The irony is that most companies struggle to find workers. They can't compete internationally with labor unless people are willing to work for $0.50 an hour so they need to automate. They need skilled workers to support the automation. No one wants some unskilled shithead with a GED. The American dream of getting a good factory job out of highschool is dead.
 
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jonKranked

Detective Dookie
Nov 10, 2005
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media blackout
I have spent the beeter part of the last 20 years dealing with manufacturing in the midwest. It is still viable to make shit in flyover country. The irony is that mist companies struggle to find workers. They can't compete internationally with labor unless people are willing to work for $0.50 an hour so they need to automate. They need skilled workers to support the automation. No one wants some unskilled shithead with a GED. The American dream of getting a good factory job out of highschool is dead.
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rockofullr

confused
Jun 11, 2009
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East Bay, Cali
There is no easy way to phrase the truth, so let me say it plainly. The causal factor in the decline of many Midwest places was simply dogged, stubborn, almost prideful ignorance about century-long changes to the world economy. Not only has this saddled communities with decades of mis-investment, it has mistakenly convinced millions of Midwesterners that factory jobs may once again be plentiful. They won’t; even as manufacturing production will continue to expand, employment will not.
Willful ignorance at it's finest.