You use entitlement programs like a dirty word. Since I (and most workers in America) have paid into SS and Medicare all our working lives, we are entitled to the benefits we've been promised. Entitlement programs are not Welfare hand outs.
Well it is from Breitphart so only the brainwashed scum in the Neo-GOP believe it.
So you against welfare now? I know your party is losing the minority vote. Is that why?
Get a JOB you loser
If so, why not show the list of his clients? You would have him then, even I would support jail.
I support myself.
40% of the people on Food Stamps are obese.
www.investors.com
Do you not understand the word .. MOST? How about the majority of other entitlements from government BlindBoo .. they aren't welfare handouts either .. right?
Red, Blue, Purple [insert color here] .. how does that change the success motivations that government funded programs provide?
I can only speak for my state. In Michigan, welfare is meant to help you when you are at your lowest. What people do after their time is up is on them.
Translated .. government programs for a majority of recipients, make the recipients more dependent on government. When you get handouts over a long period of time .. you become dependent on them .. pretty basic stuff.
In their defense, when you're poor the cheapest things to eat are the most fattening.40% of the people on Food Stamps are obese.
40% of People On Food Stamps Are Obese, Gov't Study Finds
Whenever Republicans talk about trimming the federal food stamp program, Democrats decry them as cold, heartless or worse. But new research shows that cutting food stamps could actually make the... Read More
not really.
I'm not a defender of the poor and the fat but it's just a fact that unhealthy foods are cheaper than healthy foods.
A one pound bag of chips will cost you $5. A pound of broccoli costs $1.50
Unhealthy, cheap and fattening foods have mostly one thing in common -- They're easy. Easy to prepare, easy to acquire, easy to clean up after.
Why do you think we were in favor of the auto workers getting pay increases?
What about all the other strikes this year? Casino workers, healthcare workers, ups, Hollywood,
Why so many workers are striking in 2023: 'Strikes can often be contagious,' says expert
Altogether, roughly 453,000 workers have gone on strike so far in 2023 as employees fight for better wages and working conditions in the wake of the pandemic.www.cnbc.com
This is from October
- Altogether, roughly 453,000 workers have gone on strike so far in 2023 as employees across industries fight for better wages and working conditions in the wake of the pandemic.
- In the last few months alone, striking or threatening to strike has led to a string of labor deals where workers have pushed for and won higher pay.
Union workers got their fair share
Altogether, there have been 312 strikes involving roughly 453,000 workers so far in 2023, compared with 180 strikes involving 43,700 workers over the same period two years ago
airline pilots and aerospace manufacturing employees
“Pay is a big issue but it’s not the only issue,” Kallas said. Other top concerns include staffing, retirement benefits, health care and health and safety, research shows.
“For many of these workers, especially in unionized settings, it’s the first contract they’ve negotiated since the beginning of the pandemic,”
