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Yavin4

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Tue Nov 19, 2024, 01:30 PM Nov 2024

You don't get to be the party of the working class and call for cuts to Food Stamps and Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for [View all]

the wealthy. The most vulnerable members of the working class need those programs to survive. True working class jobs do not pay enough to afford healthcare and pay for food. Hours are inconsistent and layoffs happen at any time. People who have jobs that come with healthcare and pay them enough to afford to buy Ford F150 trucks brand new ARE NOT THE FUCKING WORKING CLASS.

The problem is our media only sees White men who work with their hands as working class instead of looking at statistical data such as median household income. The root of our problem is the media's continuous racial framing of economic issues.

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Imagine when MAGATS on Medicaid XanaDUer2 Nov 2024 #1
MAGATs don't care. Yavin4 Nov 2024 #3
Democrats should be on all media screaming this right now. CousinIT Nov 2024 #2
24/7 reply to bullshit. 👍 nt returnee Nov 2024 #13
Agreed XanaDUer2 Nov 2024 #20
"People who have jobs that come with healthcare and pay them enough to afford to buy Ford F150 trucks brand new ARE NOT WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2024 #4
Depends on their incomes. Yavin4 Nov 2024 #10
. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2024 #12
The bottom 25% in household income is working class. Yavin4 Nov 2024 #14
Okay, so this is an income-based definition you've come up with personally. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2024 #18
The people who qualify for Medicaid and Food stamps are in the bottom 25% Yavin4 Nov 2024 #21
The income-based definition is not something anyone here has come .up with personally. ShazzieB Nov 2024 #28
Their income is somewhere in the middle. Progressive dog Nov 2024 #19
Unfortunately JustAnotherGen Nov 2024 #5
An Orange-Faced RobinA Nov 2024 #6
The working class will get by. However the working poor will be the ones that get screwed. Autumn Nov 2024 #7
anyone with family members affected will feel it too Skittles Nov 2024 #25
Turkeys voting for Thanksgiving. Irish_Dem Nov 2024 #8
"Ha, ha -- Suckers and Losers!" - G.O.P. BoRaGard Nov 2024 #9
Putin doesn't care gab13by13 Nov 2024 #11
I think they believe OnionPatch Nov 2024 #15
They do in this county. Six117 Nov 2024 #16
Of course you do, you just have to be the White Nationalist organization TheKentuckian Nov 2024 #17
you don't get to be a CHRISTIAN either Skittles Nov 2024 #22
True that ck4829 Nov 2024 #26
There are a lot of MAGAs going to be real sad, real soon. Good. NotHardly Nov 2024 #23
anyone with family members affected will feel it too Skittles Nov 2024 #24
As long as they are not calling for cuts to MediCARE!!! AKwannabe Nov 2024 #27
Wait, what? ShazzieB Nov 2024 #29
You. Have put words in my mouth. Many words I did not write AKwannabe Nov 2024 #30
I did not put any words in your mouth. ShazzieB Nov 2024 #31
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