“They feel that they got their education and the jobs that are available to them are not at all what they envisioned for themselves,” Clinton says
Hillary Clinton comments on Bernie Sanders supporters in leaked recording – CBS News
hmmm
Category: Money, Class, and Poverty,
Ex-Wells Fargo Employees Sue, Allege They Were Punished For Not Breaking Law
Wells Fargo staff secretly opened millions of unauthorized accounts to meet lofty sales targets. A class-action suit has been filed on behalf of employees who obeyed the law and failed to meet quotas.
Ex-Wells Fargo Employees Sue, Allege They Were Punished For Not Breaking Law : The Two-Way : NPR
The fact that does not at all surprise me or seem implausible saddens me.
No racism before Obama? Top Trump volunteer resigns after that comment
Mahoning County [Trump] campaign chair Kathy Miller [said that] racism didn’t exist before President Obama, and that African-Americans were to blame for the problems in their communities.
“I don’t think there was any racism until Obama got elected. We never had problems like this. …Now, with the people with the guns and shooting up neighborhoods and not being responsible citizens, that’s a big change and I think that’s the philosophy that Obama has perpetuated on America,” Miller said in the Guardian interview.
“If you’re black and you haven’t been successful in the last 50 years, it’s your own fault,” she added in the video, which was filmed outside of a county Republican picnic.
…Miller also said African Americans have “all the advantages” when it comes to education and said they only have themselves to blame if they haven’t achieved success in America.
She said African Americans aren’t finishing high school and are having children out of wedlock.
…“If people have jobs and go to work and do what they’re supposed to do, there is no racism,” she said.
Told by the reporter that African Americans might disagree with her, she replied “that’s because they’re not going to work.”
When asked whether she thought people might find her remarks offensive, she said, “I don’t care, it’s the truth.”
No racism before Obama? Top Trump volunteer resigns after that comment- Boston Globe
What an ignorant twat-waffle.
She deserves nothing but scorn for backwards, hateful, illogical and outright stupid remarks. I hope she is shunned from politics for life and it crushes her spirit and ultimately causes her early demise. Humanity doesn’t need any more mouth breathers.
‘You Should Resign’: Watch Sen. Elizabeth Warren Grill Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf
“If one of your tellers took a handful of $20 bills out of the cash drawer, they’d probably be looking at criminal charges,” Warren tells the bank’s CEO.
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Penn. Public School Cafeteria Worker Quits in ‘Lunch Shaming’
A school cafeteria worker has quit over what she considers a “lunch shaming” policy in a Pennsylvania school district.
Penn. Public School Cafeteria Worker Quits in ‘Lunch Shaming’ « CBS Baltimore
Absolutely horrid
The night time ‘McRefugees’ of Hong Kong – BBC News
After an elderly homeless woman died unnoticed in a Hong Kong McDonald’s, the BBC’s Juliana Liu visited one of the 24-hour restaurants to meet the people dubbed McRefugees.
The night time ‘McRefugees’ of Hong Kong – BBC News
Wild.
KATIE HOPKINS experiences first-hand the terror of the Calais ‘Jungle’ camp
As migrants stormed the fence at the notorious Calais Jungle camp this afternoon, police surrounded the mob and fired tear gas at MailOnline columnist Katie Hopkins. Here is her story.
KATIE HOPKINS experiences first-hand the terror of the Calais ‘Jungle’ camp | Daily Mail Online
…Better yet, the pictures.
UK slated over planned anti-refugee wall in Calais
Officials say construction of UK-funded four-metre high, 1km-long wall in the French port will start this month.
UK slated over planned anti-refugee wall in Calais – News from Al Jazeera
Verflucht noch mal!
A Former Palo Alto City Planner on Silicon Valley’s Housing Mess
”People look around and think, ‘Boy, things are expensive.’ They don’t realize that they’re expensive because of decisions that the local government makes.”
A Former Palo Alto City Planner on Silicon Valley’s Housing Mess – The Atlantic
hmmmm
Poor white Americans’ current crisis and anger shouldn’t have caught the rest of the country as off guard as it has.
Waste people. Rubbish. Clay-eaters. Hillbillies. Reckoning with the long, bleak history of the country’s original underclass.
The Despair of Poor White Americans – The Atlantic
hmmm
not sure I agree with all of the conclusions or assertions here but still, a fascinating read.
Understanding Black Lives Matter through the eyes of a teacher
Ask most Baltimore or D.C. teachers or principals about their daily work and I bet you will better understand the Black Lives Matter movement.
Understanding Black Lives Matter through the eyes of a teacher – Baltimore Sun
This.
An Arkansas Judge Sent A Cancer Patient To ‘Debtors’ Prison’ Over A Few Bounced Checks
The court system in the town of Sherwood is destroying the lives of poor people, a new federal lawsuit alleges.
Source: An Arkansas Judge Sent A Cancer Patient To ‘Debtors’ Prison’ Over A Few Bounced Checks
Few people are truly evil.
This judge is one of them.
This Republican mayor has an incredibly simple idea to help the homeless. And it seems to be working.
“Someone believed in them today.”
Screw the sing-songy tone of this article. The salient point here is that the people that services exist for have no knowledge of how to access them. This is a great story but that is a travesty.
The 4 Types of People on Welfare Nobody Talks About
It turns out, like anything spoon fed to us by the media and politicians, there are plenty of myths associated with people on welfare.
The 4 Types of People on Welfare Nobody Talks About | Cracked.com
sigh…
Health Care Costs Grow Dramatically Slower Than Expected After Obamacare
A new report by the Urban Institute analyzing government projections in U.S. health care spending shows that it is growing at even slower rates than what was originally projected with the passage of Affordable Care Act. The study predicts that the U.S. will spend $2.6 trillion less on health care between 2014-2019 than what was initially anticipated when Obamacare was passed in 2010.
“Health care costs have had several years of really historic low spending during the period, so overall, public programs, private spending is all less than we thought it would be,” said Gary Claxton, vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation. “Each year we see spending going up 3 percent, 2 percent, whatever, and not 5 percent, and because that stuff compounds, when it continues to go up more slowly … it starts to really add up.”
Health Care Costs Grow Dramatically Slower Than Expected After Obamacare
hmmm
‘I don’t know if people understand what is happening in Baltimore’
In a desperately poor part of West Baltimore, a community and its kids are being consumed by violence.
‘I don’t know if people understand what is happening in Baltimore’ – The Washington Post
Sigh…
Bill would require drug test to claim high-dollar tax deduction
A bill by Rep. Gwen Moore would require those claiming high-dollar itemized tax deductions to pass a drug test.
Bill would require drug test to claim high-dollar tax deduction | TheHill
Heh, awesome!
Richmond is ripping off its residents
A leftover from the commonwealth’s Jim Crow days costs residents big money.
Richmond is ripping off its residents – The Washington Post
Sigh…
Switzerland’s voters rejects basic income plan
Voters in Switzerland overwhelmingly reject a plan to introduce a guaranteed basic income for everyone, whether in work or not.
Switzerland’s voters rejects basic income plan – BBC News
hmmm
How 3 top New Orleans public schools keep students out
Complex processes exclude low-income families, advocates say.
How 3 top New Orleans public schools keep students out | NOLA.com
sigh…
Why You Need to Support Your Local Supermarket | Idea Forge
Groceries stores bring people together, provide jobs, and attract retail. #chicago #community #grocery
Why You Need to Support Your Local Supermarket | Idea Forge
hmmm
What pundits keep getting wrong about Donald Trump and the working class.
The truth is that it’s inaccurate to talk about Trump’s “working-class appeal.” What Trump has, instead, is a message tailored to a conservative portion of white workers. These voters aren’t the struggling whites of Appalachia or the old Rust Belt, in part because those workers don’t vote, and there’s no evidence Trump has turned them out. Instead, Trump is winning those whites with middle-class incomes. Given his strength in unionized areas like the Northeast, some are blue collar and culturally working class. But many others are not. Many others are what we would simply call Republicans.
What pundits keep getting wrong about Donald Trump and the working class.
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