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The U.S. economy is booming. So why are tech companies laying off workers?
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this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2024
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I see little policy effort besides what was already done. What proposed policies can you inform me of?
I don't really know how to address such a mind-bogglingly stupid comment. You see the policies that exist, but you refuse to believe that any new ones are being proposed?
I'm gonna bet a billion dollars that you have never actually looked for upcoming policies. And now, because you haven't seen them (because you haven't looked), you steadfastly believe they don't exist, and you demand I show them to you? What in the goddamn hell?
You take a room with 10 poor people in it. Joe Biden comes in and says to person #1, here's twenty thousand dollars. Hope that helps. Then he leaves. Then he comes back in and says to person #2, here is twenty thousand dollars. Hope that helps. Then he leaves. Then he comes back in and says to person #3, here is twenty thousand dollars. Hope that helps. Then he leaves. Then you, person #6, get all pissy because clearly he is gone forever and will never give you twenty thousand dollars.
You're like an infant.
I’ve looked. I’ve seen little. But you don’t seem to have looked, since you are so confident they exist but can’t name one. Instead you just call me names and resort to ad hominem attacks.
You seem to be under the impression I am supporting Trump or something. I despise him and every Republican.
But that doesn’t mean I’m not pissed when I see prices skyrocket while my pay only goes up 2% a year.
Well if you're dumb I'll call ya dumb.
Look, federal negotiations are usually kept quiet until a final deal is announced, but even some basic googling brings up a few examples of stuff that's in the pipeline:
Increased child tax credit
Eliminating "junk fees" at colleges
Removing the loophole that allows banks to charge overdraft fees
Requiring Medicare and Medicaid to respond to prior authorization requests within seven days
The Biden admin is constantly working towards a variety of legislative deals and policy changes that help all kinds of people.
I have and will have no children
I’ve been graduated from college for 18 years
I’ve never paid an overdraft fee in my life
I am 24 years from being Medicare eligible
I don’t think I’m that unique. Your below policies will help many, but also will not make a difference for many. Sorry I am not pleased being in a perpetual donut hole. Too poor to be comfortable, yet too “rich” to get help.
I mean, I didn't know any of that about you
Didn’t say you did.
I just want you to realize there are still a ton of us struggling, regardless of what the official numbers say. For a lot of us, or pay has not caught up with inflation, and there is no sign of it happening soon. Necessities continue to go up faster than inflation. I don’t care that TVs are cheaper, I don’t need a new tv, but I do need to eat.
It is more dangerous this November than people realize.