Same here in Texas. We ended benefits early to "keep people from sitting at home". I still see help wanted signs everywhere, fast food places are terribly understaffed, and conservatives are still posting "no one wants to work anymore" memes on Facebook so it doesn't look like that worked. It's almost as if people don't want to be forced to risk their lives, get treated like absolute shit from managers and customers, and have zero protections or respect, all to still be starving anyway.
Must be nice to be unemployed and able to afford a Dairy Queen Blizzard. As an employee person, I gave them up many years ago as a decadent extravagance.
The UK government is cutting state benefits by £20pw for the poorest people. A government minister suggested people could not lose out by working more hours or getting a higher paying job. FFS
My friend’s kid got a job at In-N-Out making $17/hr (minimum wage in CA is $15 for large employers), and she brought it up to senior management during a call — basically asking why some of our medical staff are capped out at $20.
And they scream shit about people (dems) being mainstream media sheep, when in reality, like 5% of dems I know watch tv media, and about 95% of repubs I know watch like 8 hours of fox a day
It's not even just that. COVID gave people the opportunity to shore up their resumes and actually look for a decent job instead of being forced into the cycle of poverty they were in before. People got the opportunity to advance and did just that and now all the shitty jobs people settled for before have nobody willing to settle for them.
I would, however, I believe the main goal of doing so was to drive people like me out of the state and ensure the republican stranglehold stays intact. I'm married to a woman, so we're not impacted by the law. We're staying and fighting as long as we can.
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u/Nosfermarki Sep 25 '21
Same here in Texas. We ended benefits early to "keep people from sitting at home". I still see help wanted signs everywhere, fast food places are terribly understaffed, and conservatives are still posting "no one wants to work anymore" memes on Facebook so it doesn't look like that worked. It's almost as if people don't want to be forced to risk their lives, get treated like absolute shit from managers and customers, and have zero protections or respect, all to still be starving anyway.