what exactly do you mean by that? Can you give some examples?

you're not going to trot out that line by Henry Ford, are you?

#64 | POSTED BY EBERLY

Too much effort to fact check yourself?

General Electric (GE): Once provided extensive pensions and secure middle-class career stability, but later closed and froze its traditional plans to cut legacy costs.

General Motors (GM) & Ford: Historically offered high union-negotiated wages and robust lifetime pensions, before facing massive funding gaps and restructuring/buyouts in the 2000s.

S. Steel: Provided classic postwar industrial wages and pensions that defined the American manufacturing middle class, which were later heavily downsized.

Eastman Kodak: Celebrated for its paternalistic benefits, lifetime job security, and generous retirement pensions before scaling back significantly during financial restructuring.

These are some companies that provided "living wages" and a pension. Mostly because of strong unions.

And no Henry Ford did not pay his workers enough so they could afford his cars. He paid them more ($5 per hr with Orwellian strings attached) to reduce worker turnover and stabilize his workforce.

We're no longer talking about hypothetical situations," but then presents nothing more than hypothetical situations.

It does not need to. It's not hypothetical anymore.

Here. Educate yourself. Careful not to break your brain.

And luckily, voters can look up whether or not their mail-in ballot was accepted.

#63 | POSTED BY DANFORTH

In California we don't have to even look it up ... we get notified by text or email when our ballot is received and counted.

Are people pretending not to understand this or do they actually not understand this?

POSTED BY EBERLY

Sounds like you don't understand it.

Corporations did once did pay a "living wage". Even if they didn't call it that. Historically and currently, some corporations have paid wages sufficient to cover basic living expenses, though many modern low-wage employers do not.

"ICE is not planning operations targeting polling locations."

#25 | POSTED BY BILLJOHNSON

And you believe them? How gullible are you?

Nothing this administration says can be trusted unless verified by at least two reliable outside sources.

Has that statement by ICE been verified by at least two reliable sources?

Not likely.

The headline says it's no longer hypothetical..

It does?

States Move to Fortify Elections Against Trump

It "implies" they are preparing for the "possibility". Because Trumpy refuses to rule it out. Not that it is no longer "hypothetical ".

Reading comprehension is fundamental.

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon is calling on administration officials to issue a national emergency declaration regarding election integrity, including a policy to allow the presence of federal immigration agents at polling booths during the upcoming midterms.

Who would care about ICE being at the polls?

I dare them to come here.

I double dog dare them. Hell. I TRIPLE DOG DARE THEM!

Everyone knows you cannot refuse a triple dog dare.

I realize it probably won't end well for with either of us.

C'est la vie

Semper Fi

From there... well I'll leave the rest to your imagination. But it would be the end of the world as we know it.

You people are just upset because Trumpy is willing to do what no one else is willing to do!

You people are ridiculous.

#23 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

It's a ridiculous world we live in right now.

Responding to Trumpy's tetarded ridiculousness makes everyone and everything look ridiculous these days.

Senator Jon Ossoff Is handling it pretty well. Considering.

I personally would not and could not be that kind.

5 | POSTED BY DONNERBOY

You have no idea what the topic is do you?

I was responding to Corky. Are you taking over Gracie's Hall Monitor jerb?

Trumpy was right! You dang drug running rapists (and I assume some good) aliens is taking our jerbs!

Corporations never paid a living wage. They did what they do today which is pay a competitive wage.

...

You're going back in time and attaching a term called living wage to what was always simply a competitive wage

#50 | POSTED BY EBERLY

But saying they "never paid a living wage" overlooks periods where -while maybe corporations did not do it intentionally- strong labor unions, booming post-war economies, or specific corporate models forced higher compensation.

In addition there used to be pensions for those employees who were loyal to the company. A pension and good healthcare was an essential part of a "living wage". Not so much anymore.

"Not my brain, but peoples pocket books."

Blather on with your hateful nonsense commie spyboy.

The mid terms are almost here and accountability is coming.

In the end your desperate lies you constantly spew won't save you.

If the democrats gain power they will have access to the same surveillance and enforcement tools being used against them today.

You really ought to consider that and what the future holds for you as we move forward and things get even tighter as the elections get nearer and you maga maroons get even more desperate.

My suggestion is you keep that Rock you crawled out from under close by as the elections near so you can slither back under there to safety when it's all over for you.

"So do citizens, and legal migrants moron, but I am paying close to $4000 a month."

You pay $4000 a month for Medicare? Or $4000 a month for healthcare?

Regardless. Neither makes sense to me. And doesn't have anything to do with what Medicare costs are in our state.

Finally CA ran up its deficit so NO they didn't pay for that service.

Thats because it was over running the CA government finances,

Because The federal government has deferred or frozen over $2.1 billion in total Medi-Cal (Medicaid) funding to California this year. This includes an initial freeze of $1.3 billion announced earlier, followed by an additional deferral of $867.5 million announced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

And now you know the rest of the story.

So California had to readjust its budget. Like many states have had to do. And now immigrates have to pay a fee. Which means it's not "free" as you falsely claimed.

It's a good thing for you that there is not a test of truthfulness to post here.

Thank you for once again allowing me the opportunity to teach you about the humanitarian efforts of your host state.

You're a joke, buddy. A sad, little joke.

#40 | POSTED BY LEGALLYYOURDEAD

He sounds to me like a sad little alcoholic struggling to maintain his grip on reality and rapidly losing it.

Good thing CA taxpayers are paying for illegal immigrants health care for free.
#6 | POSTED BY ONETRUMPER

It's not "free" as undocumented immigrants contribute billions of dollars annually to state and local tax revenue, meaning the services are not entirely uncompensated.

And enrolled undocumented adults are now required to pay monthly premiums, such as a $30 monthly fee scheduled to take effect for ages 19 to 59.

In addition.. The state has frozen new Medi-Cal enrollments for undocumented adults to manage state deficits.

Thank you for the opportunity to teach you more about California's ever evolving attempts to deal with immigration issues and affordable healthcare in our state- in spite of the federal government's attempts to undermine and obstruct them.

I assume of course that they don't get to vote. Because they are very brown and we couldn't have that. Not in Trumpy's Managed Democracy. Trumpy gets to decide who gets to vote in his world.

I am so glad we have finally won the Excursion and that Iran has completely surrendered to our awesome and overwhelming but bigly beautiful powers. Again.

So who will we elect as governor of this new U.S. territory? I hear Rubio could use another job title. He is only doing two jobs currently and can easily do at least one more.

Commie Spyboy Wannabe needs to immigrate from California to another state. ASAP.

He is not safe here. Too many Democrats! Too many rules!

Also he cannot seem to handle California's attempts to solve the environmental problems being caused by the drive for profits and population growth.

It's just too much for his Commie Spyboy Wannabe brain apparently.

6 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

You must consciously plan to act the part of an idiot.

POSTED BY ZED

Every village needs at least one.

The Lakota called them Heyoka.

Your (ONEIRONAUT) problem is a lack of imagination.

#7 | POSTED BY DANFORTH

His problem is that he's a fascist.

#12 | POSTED BY ZED

His problem is that he is a Commie Spyboy Wannabe.

I don't think they're being charged with anything, they're simply being deported.

POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

Winner winner chicken dinner!

It's called "due process".

A constitutional right.

I was working on getting my driver's license renewed. So you shouldn't give me a ticket." Any liberal after being pulled over.

POSTED BY FISHPAW

Funny you should mention that.

No having a valid drivers license is a misdemeanor. In California they call those "wobblers" -meaning prosecutors have the discretion to file it either as a minor infraction or a misdemeanor

Anyone "working on getting a drivers license renewed" will have all the appropriate documents to prove it and the officer would only write a fix it ticket (due process) or just let the driver go after inspecting the documents.

The same thing should be happening with an immigration enforcement. Especially being as most of those violations are also just misdemeanors or minor infractions.

Do you know why she was detained?

POSTED BY FISHPAW

We all know exactly why she was detained.

Humpy Trumpy's BS quota.

She knew it was a crime. She knew she'd be arrested it. It sounds like that was her plan.

Hopefully she knew what she was in for.

Maybe this was her "pursuit of happiness".

I wouldn't have chosen that particular path.

FTA:
"I am cognitively aware and executively (sic) of the choices I am making and I am doing so to push my whistleblower case into the courtroom . . . someone has to make choices that are different and I am accountable for my actions. I am going to make these choices today and I will step foot into the courtroom, and I will wait to be arrested . . . I am accountable for the things that I do and the choices that I make and our government needs to be accountable for their choices too."

Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

Looks like she is willing to do the time.

I am choosing to follow a different path. Does that make me a better person and more right?

I checked my Magic Eight Ball. It keeps saying "Not Sure".

It's all the people improperly being assessed the tax.

Sorry. But I will never feel bad for the millionaires and billionaires. I am quite certain their lawyers and accountants can deal with it.

The rich and powerful created most of these tax laws as they were shaped by lawmakers responding to lobbyists, donors, and wealthy individuals. Over decades, provisions favoring investment income over wages, deductions for capital assets, and estate tax loopholes accumulated, leading experts to argue the system effectively protects dynastic wealth.

Legal scholars and advocacy groups argue the system is essentially rigged, functioning to make income taxes optional for capital owners while wage earners pay automatically.

In the mid-20th century, the top marginal federal income tax rate on the wealthy reached over 90% (hitting 94% in 1944 and 91% through the 1950s/60s). Today, the top statutory income tax rate is 37%, and the effective overall tax rate for billionaires and the ultra-wealthy hovers around 21% to 24%, often falling below the average tax rates paid by middle-class Americans.

Time for the wealthy to pay their fair share.