The job market sucks for men in their prime earning years.
Source: Despite The Job Boom, More Men Are Giving Up On Work : NPR
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manufacturing growth gets cut off
Tariffs and other policies have ended whatever growth the manufacturing industry was experiencing.
Source: Trump’s trade war has ended his manufacturing jobs revival – Axios
please don’t come at me, bro
Companies would like to make small changes to the system, thank you very much, and not fundamentally alter the balance of power.
Source: Corporations Need a New Purpose, Say Davos Elites Who Control Corporations – VICE
men not taking leave
It’s not just about the paycheck, it’s also about the fear that taking family leave may negatively impact their career opportunities.
Source: Lifting the Barriers to Paid Family and Medical Leave for Men in the United States
killing the middle market
Good job weakening mid-sized companies, who will now be more vulnerable to buyouts from bigger firms or will just fail entirely.
keep people hungry as federal policy
Poor people don’t deserve to eat, it seems.
Source: USDA says hundreds of thousands of Americans will lose SNAP benefits under new rule | PBS NewsHour
shut up or you’re on your own
The Attorney General would like people to pay more deference to law enforcement or, it seems, they will be abandoned to fend for themselves.
stop spying on students
It doesn’t work and just makes kids paranoid, deteriorating trust.
Source: Schools Spy on Kids to Prevent Shootings, But There’s No Evidence It Works – VICE
gen x got the shaft
Example #4,572.
Source: Gen X has never recovered from the 2008 recession – Vox
we choose to work more
That may be true, but I don’t see any acknowledgement of the pressure workers feel to work over 40 hours a week just to keep their jobs.
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