Interesting points from Krugman as he examines why voters now blame Trump more than Biden/Dems for high prices. https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/magas-affordability-crisis-will-soon Lately I’ve been revisiting the work of the political scientist Suzanne Mettler. Mettler asked why so many people who are dependent on government social programs vote for conservatives who want to slash those programs. She focused in particular on Kentucky, where 28 percent of the population is covered by Medicaid, yet which gave Trump a more than 30 point margin last year. My quick summary of Mettler’s analysis emphasizes two points. First, many people who benefit from government social programs don’t actually think of them as social programs. This is true not only for implicit aid like the tax exemptions for mortgage interest payments and employer-provided health insurance, but also for explicit aid programs like Medicare and Social Security. What Mettler documented is that many people who depend on government benefits don’t consider them “benefits” but rather something they’ve earned. Second, Mettler documented that recipients of means-tested government benefits such as Medicaid and food stamps are relatively poor, less educated, and often fail to vote. I will add a third point: Most Americans aren’t close followers of policy debates. Telling them how an election promise is likely to affect their future benefits simply doesn’t register for most people. Instead, there has be a clear demonstration of the policy change before it is made real to them.
So they walk right around powhytes vantage point that its something they earned but a handout for you people? Economics that doesn't factor in racism is a bloodless science indeed.
1. I can attest to the basic point, that many, many people on public assistance think it’s something they’ve earned. 2. There’s been a lot of reporting in this, and those white people believe that you people get special, better benefits than they do. It sounds insane, but it’s true.
Absolutely. Listen to people whine about the "supposed" free medical care and health care that Congress critters get. While there is a doctor and a nurse in one of the congressional office buildings, members of Congress pay the same for their health insurance as their staffers do.
Best man will be Nick Fuentes and matron-of-dishonor will be Loony Loomer. Liddle Marquitos will be the ringbearer.
Having spent the majority of the last couple decades helping primarily rural powhites get Disability benefits, I'm audience to quite a few unsolicited opinions about how they'd just get this automatically if only they were [insert minority group]. These opinions are often stated matter of factly, as if they weren't even a little bit controversial. I think I used to be better about trying to correct and educate, but it just gets tiresome. These days, it's usually just a quip to the effect of "if that were true, I'd come pick you up for your hearing in one of my Lambos, but you're gonna have to settle for the Subaru."
Donnie gets his FIFA Peace Prize. Well deserved, sir! https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3m7azgaolsc2u
Do neither of these people buy fitted shirts? What's the point of all the corruption if you're still buying clothes from JC Penney?
There was that, but he had a vendetta against one corrupt FIFA guy that went on for years. As a departure from the rest of the stuff that happened around his group, it appeared to be both well researched and argued. edit: Jack Warner was the crook he was obsessed with exposing
Man in XXXXL blazer, Chuck Blazer Mr Ten Per Cent and Trinidad Jack fall out, FBI moves in The two friends were among the most powerful men in football but then one felt betrayed over Qatar’s bid. It sowed the seeds for last week’s dramatic arrests, write Tony Allen-Mills and Jonathan Calvert Chuck Blazer, whose parrot would interrupt meetings by squawking, ‘You’re a dope!’ , has agreed to co-operate with the FBI in return for leniency https://www.thetimes.com/sport/foot...inidad-jack-fall-out-fbi-moves-in-nhpnkn6ds9w
Dude, if you can't see the condescension in Vance's comments about his own wife, the joke is on you......
Actually, Archer's vendetta was against Jack Warner, the guy from Trinidad. Bill recognized that Chuck Blazer was corrupt, but Blazer also actually contributed to the growth of soccer in the US...i.e., he only skimmed off the top, he didn't actively ******** over athletes and federations the way Warner did.
The Athletic has an article about Trump wanting to change the name of the NFL, because today was a celebration of real football, not this bastardized child of rugby we call “football.” He is one weird dude. Only if he’s wearing a manssiere.