Did you read Paul Krugman's Opinion yesterday: 'America Betrays Its Children Again'.
'But the latest census report on income and poverty made me angry. It showed that child poverty more than doubled between 2021 and 2022. That’s 5.1 million children pushed into misery, for it really is miserable to be poor in America.'
Did you read Paul Krugman's Opinion yesterday: 'America Betrays Its Children Again'.
'But the latest census report on income and poverty made me angry. It showed that child poverty more than doubled between 2021 and 2022. That’s 5.1 million children pushed into misery, for it really is miserable to be poor in America.'
'And the thing is, this didn’t have to happen. Soaring child poverty wasn’t caused by inflation or other macroeconomic problems. It was instead a political choice. The story is in fact quite simple: Republicans and a handful of conservative Democrats blocked the extension of federal programs that had drastically reduced child poverty over the previous two years, and as a result just about all of the gains were lost.'
Or have you listened to what the auto workers are saying,
‘Doc Killian, who has worked in a Ford assembly plant in Wayne, Michigan, for 26 years, says he can no longer afford the cars he helps build, crystallizing how the nation’s middle class has been squeezed.’ (AP)
Plenty of Americans are having a tough time. While there is a lot of concentration on the this forum about the 'weaknesses' of the press, the accomplishments of Biden, Trump's ownership of the 'Republican' Party, its betrayal of the principles of Democracy...what about the American people? How are we doing, and how well is President Biden and the Democratic Party communicating with us?
Bingo Fern ! The party is "Not" listening, has "not been" listening, and they don't listen still. I personally can attest to that from very long personal experience. I can also attest more accurately regarding the positions of the auto workers, from first hand study / insight, and many life long friends hourly and salary that made their careers in the auto industry. What you quote from Doc Killian is at least true; they can no longer afford the vehicles they 'help' build. UAW wages and benefits are no longer a meaningful share of the price of vehicles. The real labor and material costs are from outside parts and assemblies the automakers have jobbed out to other vendor companies; some that they have ownership positions in.
Did you read Paul Krugman's Opinion yesterday: 'America Betrays Its Children Again'.
'But the latest census report on income and poverty made me angry. It showed that child poverty more than doubled between 2021 and 2022. That’s 5.1 million children pushed into misery, for it really is miserable to be poor in America.'
'And the thing is, this didn’t have to happen. Soaring child poverty wasn’t caused by inflation or other macroeconomic problems. It was instead a political choice. The story is in fact quite simple: Republicans and a handful of conservative Democrats blocked the extension of federal programs that had drastically reduced child poverty over the previous two years, and as a result just about all of the gains were lost.'
Or have you listened to what the auto workers are saying,
‘Doc Killian, who has worked in a Ford assembly plant in Wayne, Michigan, for 26 years, says he can no longer afford the cars he helps build, crystallizing how the nation’s middle class has been squeezed.’ (AP)
Plenty of Americans are having a tough time. While there is a lot of concentration on the this forum about the 'weaknesses' of the press, the accomplishments of Biden, Trump's ownership of the 'Republican' Party, its betrayal of the principles of Democracy...what about the American people? How are we doing, and how well is President Biden and the Democratic Party communicating with us?
Bingo Fern ! The party is "Not" listening, has "not been" listening, and they don't listen still. I personally can attest to that from very long personal experience. I can also attest more accurately regarding the positions of the auto workers, from first hand study / insight, and many life long friends hourly and salary that made their careers in the auto industry. What you quote from Doc Killian is at least true; they can no longer afford the vehicles they 'help' build. UAW wages and benefits are no longer a meaningful share of the price of vehicles. The real labor and material costs are from outside parts and assemblies the automakers have jobbed out to other vendor companies; some that they have ownership positions in.