• ryathal
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    20 hours ago

    They didn’t improve people’s material conditions. They did some things that may help in several years, but did fuck all for the suffering people were feeling. They went even further to deny those feelings to people’s face.

    • kandoh@reddthat.com
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      19 hours ago

      I guess you’re right, if you’re a teamster whose pension just got saved, that’s something you won’t appreciate for a dozen or so years.

      So clearly, stuff like that is a crapshoot and will never be attempted again. The only thing politicians will do is subsidize purchases for goods and services.

      No national healthcare insurance because people won’t appreciate that until they’re sick. So just send out checks for 600 dollars to make things a little easier on people, it’s way cheaper too.