• Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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    21 days ago

    Think of it this way.

    There are a lot of places where Federal jobs are a mainstay of the economy. Maybe the VA hospital, or the military base, or a Federal office building.

    When people see their neighbors losing their paycheck, it might start to sink in.

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      21 days ago

      Nah. It’s very much a “if their job was important, they’d keep it” mentality. I live in a basically forever red state; tariffs on coal are specifically threatening to close mines in WV because the Chinese won’t import coal anymore (they are our biggest exporter). There isn’t a single whisper of why this is bad for us; Trump has pledged to keep the mines open for years. He could put the lock in the entrance himself and the miners would kiss his feet as he did it.

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        21 days ago

        That’s scary.

        I’m not counting on the hardcore MAGoos to change. I want the 90 million people who didn’t vote to wake up

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          21 days ago

          Would be nice, but if this election didn’t wake them up, nothing is going to.