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Despite seemingly positive economic signs, the ALICE data shows that financial hardship is still a pervasive problem," said Stephanie Hoopes, the project's director. Many of these folks are the nation's child care workers, home health aides, office assistants and store clerks, who work low-paying jobs and have little savings, the study noted. Some 66% of jobs in the US pay less than $20 an hour. http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/17/news/economy/us-middle-class-basics-study/index.html I guess its not really news. But for whatever reason this really bothers me. One of the richest nations on earth and people struggle to pay rent while working themselves to the bone. I sent my kids to a daycare center where women are busting their humps for peanuts while I sit and get paid for my computer jockey gig. And people want to argue about wars and poo poo when we aren't doing a good job taking care of each other here.
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America is great, because America is good
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This never would have happened if those jobs that pay less than 20$ an hour had guns.
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May 17, 2018 18:32
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Jobs, JOBS, JOBS!
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William Henry Hairytaint posted:This never would have happened if those jobs that pay less than 20$ an hour had guns. They can't afford guns.
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May 17, 2018 18:34
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eat the goddamn rich
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May 17, 2018 18:34
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Everyone is employed.... at 10 bucks an hour for 30 hours max a week
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I’m glad of it
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death to America for reals
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USA  USA  USA  USA  USA  USA  USA 
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May 17, 2018 18:35
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For real though I don't want death to America, I want to see Americans start taking care of each other. I swear to God I've seen it happen before!
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May 17, 2018 18:35
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lol when u see this graph
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Careful Drums posted:For real though I don't want death to America, I want to see Americans start taking care of each other. I swear to God I've seen it happen before! drat you must be old as poo poo america sucks now, everyone's just trying to get rich. its all we know
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It's like if you give megacorps infinite resources and allow them to use money as speech in government so they can fund race to the bottom policy while demonizing workers and spitting on unions bad stuff happens to actual human people who arent corporate entitities.
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May 17, 2018 18:38
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Sounds to me like there bootstraps aren't big enough.
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RaySmuckles posted:drat you must be old as poo poo 30 but I grew up in a conservative city
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bag em and tag em posted:It's like if you give megacorps infinite resources and allow them to use money as speech in government so they can fund race to the bottom policy while demonizing workers and spitting on unions bad stuff happens to actual human people who arent corporate entitities. I can't imagine the echo chamber of self-hatred you have to live in to be a lobbyist or a spineless politician or a corporate exec for a company that you know hires people that still need food stamps as they work for you
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bag em and tag em posted:It's like if you give megacorps infinite resources and allow them to use money as speech in government so they can fund race to the bottom policy while demonizing workers and spitting on unions bad stuff happens to actual human people who arent corporate entitities. Even better, allow them to except themselves from tax law by declaring their "primary" place of business as a small factory in a known tax haven.
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really queer Christmas posted:America is great, because America is good
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maybe they should stop bankrupting themselves for avacados🤣 and buy off-brand tide pods instead😂 it's not capitalisms fault they are too lazy to get a better job 😂
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May 17, 2018 18:43
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Weird, why don't they just get a $400 million investment and start a successful multinational business? 
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I don't see why they can't inherit a few hundred million dollars, goodness gracious what plebes 
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Ponies Ist Krieg posted:maybe they should stop bankrupting themselves for avacados🤣 and buy off-brand tide pods instead😂 The literal lines of 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 are easily the most annoying part of reading anything on Twitter.
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May 17, 2018 18:47
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why dint they just sleep on their friends couch and rent out their parents condo??????
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jimmyjams posted:lol when u see this graph Wow wtf happened late 1960s early 70s  
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1redflag posted:The literal lines of 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 are easily the most annoying part of reading anything on Twitter. thats the point, idiot
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Split Pea Superman posted:Wow wtf happened late 1960s early 70s nah that aint it you retard
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May 17, 2018 18:50
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People in the US don't know what real poverty is! I guess children going to bed hungry doesn't count.
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Throughout most of human history these people would have just died off via natural selection. Now they get to not only live, but enjoy steam sales and legal weed. A little more gratitude would be nice sometimes.
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May 17, 2018 18:51
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Mitt Romney suggested people get a small few hundred thousand dollar loan from their parents and leverage those resources into a profitable enterprise. This isn’t rocket science! 
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May 17, 2018 18:51
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its more like capitalists have busted unions and repressed wages for decades and now almost all workers are basically making a third of what they should really be being paid
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...and the pitch! posted:People in the US don't know what real poverty is! the UN said my state is like a third world country 
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May 17, 2018 18:52
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jimmyjams posted:its more like capitalists have busted unions and repressed wages for decades and now almost all workers are basically making a third of what they should really be being paid Tell me more about how you bust unions and repress wages.
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May 17, 2018 18:52
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Careful Drums posted:Almost half of US families can't afford basics like rent and food If half of US families can't afford basics like rent and food, then where are they living and what are they eating? And why are we all so fat? Either the U.S. has turned into some sort of apocalyptic dystopia without me noticing, or there's some serious exaggerating going on here.
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May 17, 2018 18:53
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The only real skill you need in a capitalist society is the ability to eat your bosses rear end and climb that ladder up to middle management. Eat rear end.
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May 17, 2018 18:54
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jimmyjams posted:nah that aint it you retard yep, it was this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU20t964wCc
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...and the pitch! posted:People in the US don't know what real poverty is! High sugar diets tend to stimulate hunger.
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Orange Sunshine posted:If half of US families can't afford basics like rent and food, then where are they living and what are they eating? And why are we all so fat? welfare programs? i mean it's cool that you personally haven't run in to it but even years ago when riding the bus kids were living in houses that looked like they were about to collapse
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Blast of Confetti posted:welfare programs?  america needs guillotines welfare program america needs guillotines welfare program
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