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19. Good list!
Mon Dec 2, 2019, 11:56 AM
Dec 2019

Let me add: Affordable housing. That's extremely critical issue that is contributing to the problems we face.

The only problem with the job training idea, in the long run, is what to train for. The next wave of industrial revolution is going to take away jobs, (think of telephone operators) from blue collar to white. We need a moratorium on this before it gets too deep or the suffering, poverty and loss could take most of us, (except for the wealthy) fully into a 3rd-World situation. We are, in many ways, already there.

Notice how the list of priorities are not currently being treated as such, except for the mentions from various democratic candidates right now. One thing about Yang, (no endorsement here) is he sees the above problem clearly enough to start a conversation and we really need to get on this like yesterday.

The money addicts need to go into rehab or their "enough is never enough" approach that is being enabled by this system could have drastic impacts on the lives of the people locally and globally. They may feel immune up there, but we, collectively, are what holds them up and that point needs to be driven home.

Thanks!

Reality Check Folks. Wellstone ruled Nov 2019 #1
Breaks in life marieo1 Nov 2019 #2
We need to force the rich to pay taxes I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2019 #5
A nation of sales clerks can't afford rent and food. Farmer-Rick Nov 2019 #3
And those sales clerk jobs are even now being automated away Sherman A1 Nov 2019 #8
Exactly! Newest Reality Nov 2019 #12
Good jobs, wages, and benefits bucolic_frolic Nov 2019 #4
Reagan made greed and idiocy fashionable Skittles Nov 2019 #6
A nation can supply good jobs to its citizens by promoting the manufacturing of basic necessities Farmer-Rick Nov 2019 #9
if you're a farmer you're familiar with production in-house, for home use bucolic_frolic Nov 2019 #10
I've done that... value added sales instead of just raw farm produce Farmer-Rick Nov 2019 #11
Washing removes the coating on eggs that keeps them from being contaminated. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2019 #22
Yeah, I know, but TN insisted I wash off that natural coating Farmer-Rick Dec 2019 #23
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Nov 2019 #7
Thanks for the K&R Newest Reality Nov 2019 #13
This touches on so many ways that the "American Dream" isn't. Thank you erronis Nov 2019 #14
Thanks for watching and caring. Newest Reality Nov 2019 #15
This is the result of 40 years of trickle down poverty brought to us by Ronnie Raygun . I never geretogo Dec 2019 #16
Unbelievable! Multichromatic Dec 2019 #17
I watched this. It is very painful to see how these working poor have to live in our PatrickforO Dec 2019 #18
Good list! Newest Reality Dec 2019 #19
What we've seen over decades has been dramatic, breakthrough increases PatrickforO Dec 2019 #20
Thanks! Newest Reality Dec 2019 #21
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