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He believed in the Republican Party back when it had principles … back in the Regan Revolution. 
- The enemy is both strong and weak. “By a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak.”
ETA: I imagine that Russia (and its allies) see Ukraine the same way(s).
one other part of that puzzle:
the work programs are rarely good jobs, and they don’t normally help people get out of poverty. they do ensure staff for substandard jobs at substandard pay though.
i don’t think homelessness is a threat because i don’t think people see themselves becoming like who they see on the street. right up to the moment it happens, i think most people still believe it can’t happen to them. instead i think it’s more an inevitable side effect of the current system.
( and intentional or not, the criminalization and hate makes unhoused people into “others” - further breaking any chance at solidarity )
instead, sweeping them out of view is an attempt - i think - to hide the consequences of our system, so we can keep spending, believing somehow it will all work out, paycheck to paycheck.
Another aspect of how Republicans view work versus reality:
The top 10 states for rate of quitting (generally because of poor pay, hours, working conditions, etc.)? All Republican, although #1 (Georgia) is of course in the process of shifting the balance:
They claim that everyone is moving from blue states like California, Illinois, and New York. Really? Because those states seem quite stable when it comes to people staying in their jobs.
this is ten years old ( there’s newer data spreadsheets available, but couldn’t find a visualization )
ca’s contribution is big ( confusingly, the blue part of the grey bar is the gain ) – but is it bigger per capita, let alone by contribution of all the various red states? i don’t think so. ( florida is no slouch )
Not sure when they stopped, but the news used to repeat the line that most families were only two paychecks away from homelessness. Of course, that was before the rise of payday lenders and loosening of usury laws. I haven’t had cable for years, so network news isn’t something I usually watch.
Availability of jobs might be another factor, too. Quitting means leaving unemployment payments on the table, if the workers involved are eligible.
Not only your question – “is it bigger per capita?” – but also: is it bigger than the normal average of movement due to work/school changes?
Some time in the distant past I posted an article about that. Apparently California, as an example, has fewer people moving out of state than the national average.
I expect that may change with LGBT folks & their families being forced out and women wanting to not lose the rights they have left.
I had thought of a tiny retirement place in Florida near friends- but that’s just crazy at this point.
Sheesh, one more reason to stay away, let alone ever consider moving there (except maybe the Keys?).
I guess it’ll be easier to see the road at night if it glows?
Because of course.
In 2020 the Trump-era EPA approved the use of phosphogypsum in roads.
That’ll make it easier for self-driving cars to stay on the road. Plus optional dosimeter graph display.
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Ron Peri, another board member, said at the meeting that under the agreement, “this board loses, for practical purposes, the majority of its ability to do anything beyond maintain the roads and maintain basic infrastructure,” according to News 6.
