-This is due to meat processing being a bottleneck

A 40 year problem in the making.

Herd sizes are the smallest in 75 years coupled with very high prices.

-I told you idiot Trumpers this was going to be the outcome of electing him again.

Anybody can point to anything and blame it on the president.

There is plenty of evidence of Trump being a POS but a weather caused power outage in Gary, IN?

Tie it back to Trump and make sure to completely absolve the City of Gary, IN in the process and send all the blame back to DC.

nearly 300 posts all due to a single poster who can keep people coming after him over and over and over.

A poster who's literally a complete idiot.

Which doesn't bode well for those who engage him all the time.

I know, I'm not contributing to the thread but be honest.....is anybody?

-Why should anyone need to provide documentation to prove they need assistance?

We all know you don't mean that.

-As long as they weren't chosen for scrutiny because, say, they're a poor person who was gifted an iPhone.

The lady quoted in the article was complaining about the documentation they were requesting, not scrutiny over her wardrobe. The article appears to be sympathetic towards her for bringing no documentation to prove she's eligible.

-They want to see her W-2s and her tax return.

Lemme guess ... you think that's asking too much?

They should just take her word?

"In Phoenix, LaDiamond Lopez lost her benefits in January, with officials telling her she needed more documentation about her income and household " something that's needed for officials to determine whether enrollees meet work requirements.

She's been skipping meals and some bill payments to ensure her children have enough to eat."

This doesn't really tell us anything unless you're someone who has been through this personally.

What does "more documentation" mean? what exactly are they asking for?

-The Trump regime has led the US to the greatest strategic military defeat in the history of the US. Ever.

And you think the result of that is going to be a smaller MIC?

I keep reading about how we're running out of stuff.

Do you imagine there will be a political safe space for Republicans and moderates to cut defense spending?

I don't know but that seems like a stretch.

-Are we doing a massive, 1 time progressively bracketed levy to pay the debt?

This is my point. Anybody who even remotely says something close to that is setting themselves on fire.

"Not anymore. In order to pay for all the socialist policies, they're going to have to vote for starving the MIC. People are tired of wars..."

I don't think we are there. People are going to talk about being tired of wars but they're full of ----.

Despite how miserable people say they are and how sick they are of capitalism, wars, etc......they're not capable of changing.

They are extremely easy to scare. Which is why the GOP and much of the Democratic Party are pro-MIC and pro-law and order.

Nobody can stomach being labeled soft on defense or soft on crime.

Voters don't have the stomach.

And a few progressives defeating some establishment dems coupled with poll results is not evidence of this country being ready to move towards socialism in any way.

Yes, I'm being a doubting Tom here and for the 1 millionth time you can accuse of me of having sand in my ears and or head in the sand, pick your metaphor......but I think you're all wrong.

I don't give 2 ----s about these dumb ------- polls. They're evidence of NOTHING.

In fact, I'm almost of the opinion these progressive primary victories and these poll results are almost entirely the product of the GOP. They are trying to get the democratic party set itself on fire before they actually gain some ground.

-You want to know why socialists are doing better in elections?

I don't it's fair to say that's really all that true........yet.

Because we're talking about a small handful of primaries....right?

There are reasons why democrats run to the middle when they certainly know they can stay out to the left.

We always have people pissed off at "democracy". Maybe we have more right now.

But as I've said and will continue to say........many establishment democrats originally ran as more progressive candidate.....then inch by inch....walked back to the middle. They couldn't get re-elected otherwise.

Democracy. Get over it.

Thank you. If it had been untrue then 12 posters would have attacked in about 90 seconds anyway.....so I was fairly confident in it.

The attached article and Corky's point in #1 can both be true at the same time.

Accepting that doesn't make one a racist.

If you're confused by that then ask for help....I'd be glad to slap the stupid out of you.

-Pointing out that there are bad, crazy people out there helps you not one whit.

then why are you doing it all day every day?

. Also the district matters, if its a BLUE district then they can be more extreme,

That's exactly true.

And none of this is really that new. I imagine the frustration is higher than before but it's the same set of choices.

DSA is just a new word for more progressive democrats that are challenging establishment democrats.

Everyone is acting like this is all so new.

It's not. Youngsters bitching about opportunities. Not new. wealth inequality....not new.

All this complaining about establishment democrats....how in the ---- do you think they became establishment democrats in the first place?

They won their seat by being a progressive democrat. They won re-election by inching closer to the middle on issue after issue.

That's how they beat republican challengers.

It's an ongoing cycle that never ends.

The only problem is being too ------- dumb to see it right in front of your eyes.

"Poll after poll shows the same thing. The American people know that the current economic system is rigged"

A poll is not winning.

It's a .........poll.

JFC, one thing is for certain..some folks are THAT desperate for good news.

-DSA co-chair - whose family escaped the "capitalist oppression by the US" in Peru by coming to the US lives in a $1.5 million home in New York, purchased by his parents.

didn't see a link, so I hope that's true.

but....how many folks who proclaim to "know that the current economic system is rigged" really believe that?

How many people on this site complaining about our system being rigged live quite well?

Americans are stupid and selfish. People on this site are Americans.......make the connection.

People aren't pro socialism.

They are frustrated with capitalism. That's not the same thing.

But politically speaking.....outside of some very very liberal enclaves, there is no selling "socialism" to the electorate.

Oh, Trump or whomever can hurl the term around as a pejorative all they want along with communism and the way others throw around fascism, nazism, etc.

It's all just fun and games for political purposes.

We were in the Bahamas a couple weeks ago for a family vacation.

they have a VAT. Very cash heavy place......

-You don't have an ounce of plausible deniability.

I've paid close to $1,000 to my lawn sprinker guy this past year in cash in probably 4 or 5 different service calls.

$150-$200 in cash each time.

No invoice, no checks and no record of the service calls.

and?

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That there is nothing unique about it now.

Everybody is screaming how it's so bad now...how the republicans are worse than ever, etc. blah blah blah

really? Looks precisely the same.

New names (MAGA), newer faces of course......but the same accusations and same damage to our country.

why pretend it's a whole new thing every damn time?

-So, a limited sample, and not applicable to industry.

No, it's 100% applicable.

So, either the employer was a bad actor that generated the need for the formation of a union or they aren't.

Are you running from that assertion now that you've been reminded how many actual union members in this country are public employees?

Were you aware that half of all union employees work for a public entity?

-So, a limited sample, and not applicable to industry.

No, it's 100% applicable.

So, either the employer was a bad actor that generated the need for the formation of a union or they aren't.

Are you running from that assertion now that you've been reminded how many actual union members in this country are public employees?

Were you aware that half of all union employees work for a public entity?