"3% COLA this year from the State"
Poor guy doesn't know who is underpaying him, nor who is overcharging him.
this post was submitted on 08 Dec 2024
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We haven't properly educated people on the different levels of government in at least 20 years. So this shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.
We could easily fill a semester with American Government if we tackled things like who administers Medicaid.
Instead we have a single video (Mr. Bill), a movie showing D.C. is horribly corrupt (Mr Smith Goes To Washington), and a single chart showing the three branches, and then it's time to copy down more dates, names, and events!
I did have a semester of government followed by economics in high school as part of the diploma. Our teacher was fantastic. Texas grad, ~15 years ago.
If it was a public school then you got very very lucky.
No Child Were Left Behind.
If we leave them all behind then we've left none of them behind.
-2000's GOP
State employee.
That makes sense. Hadn't considered that he might be a direct beneficiary of tax dollars.
snails for the salt party will never not be funny.
marketing makes me cry
Bro, girl, buddy...
It was my favourite part.
Nothing to do with money or budgets, but clearly Biden made marketing way worse with his malarkey.
id love to see a follow up from this person in 12 months when tariffs and other idiocy wreck havoc on consumer prices
Remember Elon Musks promise of “hardship” for American working class (as opposed to whatever this is now) once he engages in making efficiency cuts.
And their 401k has been decimated by trumps tweets just like last time he started talking tariffs
Does Lemmy have a remindme bot? I'd love to set one to link me back here in 12 months lol
Just share the post link to your calendar.
Also, reading into it, it appears this person is a state employee so let's see how far their paycheck goes when elmo comes to make things more "efficient"
At the meeting for employees with concerns about the 'efficiency' drive
Elon: "ok, anyone with the time to come to a meeting like this is clearly not busy enough, you're fired"
Maryland's a blue state, so they'll likely be insulated from the worst consequences.
Maryland is a corporate blue state. The beatings will continue until workers stop protesting.
Depends. Maryland is home for a ton of federal workers. Lots of money on the table which trickles down to other businesses
That's all indirect, so they won't make the connection.
They’ll use any excuse they can to cut federal funding to blue states, to force them to adhere to new rules and regulations. Not sure how insulated they really are.
Don't worry, if that happens, they'll just blame the evil Democrats in the state for doing it to them. Perfect blame distribution.
unfortunately if they're dead by then we won't get a follow up post
the insurance company denied my last refill. i went to the doctor to get different meds. had to pay a $50 copay just to be told none of the options are covered and the cheapest one is $150 per week.
my computer died. i went to buy a new laptop and the cheapest one was $900!
i can't watch more than three hours of streaming before my internet cuts out. the company wants $50 for another 20 gigabytes and that doesn't even last three days before it runs out too.
my homeowners insurance shot up another $200 a month.
gas is cheap! but the mechanic gave last rites to my car and i cannot afford another one. i had been taking the bus, but mta cut back service. it's a 2 mile walk to the nearest stop and it cost three bucks to ride it now.
the dollar store should be called greedy dollars for how high the prices are now. i've been digging through trash dumpsters behind the truck stop for food. so yummy and no blacks or gays or homeless have found this one yet. i'm glad the food pantry had to close from lack of funding. those people don't deserve it.
"Why would the Democrats do this?"
"Prayers for our President fighting so hard for us!!!! Hope it pans out soon!!!!"
"I don't really follow politics."
Just remind folks with one sentence: "The Republicans won the house, Senate, and presidency - why would they let this happen?"
"The Deep State"
The Derp State.
Don't forget:
"Congress needs to pass the Save America Act* to give Trump the power he needs to fix this!"
- Draft of the Save America Act.
I just want to say your comment reminded me of just how close we are to losing everything. So thanks for that. 🤷
Also, very prescient, cleverly worded, and necessary 👍
"Wow, capitalist exploitation sucks! I can't wait for my openly hypercapitalist master to solve the issues for me!"