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this is becoming normal for most in the US
hardly anyone here makes over $20 an hour and it shows that people are unable to afford to go to work due to subpar pay
know a plumbing business in our area that pays its employees less than $15 an hour and that is considered good pay in this area with housing and food as high as the rest of the country
and the US has not had a proworker president ever
Biden threatened the last workers to protest for better with the threat of losing their livelihoods
cost of vehicle ownership is astronomical these days how could anyone in the US afford both housing and a vehicle with average US pay
know people skipping insurance and registration fees due to low pay and high cost
all this has to come to a head at some point
going to a grocery store that is not fully stocked and only the self-checkouts are open because the pay is so low no one can afford to work is more than normal now in the US
thanks Trump and Biden for making the US a better place for the elites
Look at the upside - easier to shoplift.
On a more serious note though, this is all a feature, not a bug. As the meme goes - everything they threatened would eventually happen under communism is already happening under capitalism. At it will never get better until capitalism is abolished and a hierarchy free, horizontal society is built on its ashes.
Yes, this is about Trump and Biden and not the Walt Disney Company. We can't possibly use this thread to talk about how awful the Walt Disney Company is and how they are to blame for this because they could afford to pay their workers more if they wanted to. That might be too relevant.
The Walt Disney Company is awful, true, but do not make the mistake of thinking they are uniquely awful. This is every company. This is the world we live in. The whole damn system is rotten to the core, and the people with the power to fix it either do nothing to do so or deliberately make it worse for their own benefit.
This is a story uniquely about them. Biden and Trump do not need to be brought into it. The person I replied to tries to make everything about this election and especially Biden.
This is not a story uniquely about them, is my point. This story could be about any employer in Anaheim, or in many parts of the country. This particular one just happens to be about Disney.
You would have us ignore the context this story exists in, which is perilous. Even if Disney doubled everybody's salary overnight, that wouldn't fix any of the issues that brought us to this point; there would still be millions of workers who can't afford to live, just a few less. But that's the mistake everybody makes - "Look at these awful people! Aren't they awful?!" without looking at the broader issues that enrich awful people and encourage people to be awful.
If you truly want things to change, you should welcome this talk, not push back against it.
Squid is right. VB is a bOtH siDeS account trying to get people to not vote. You should check out their post history. Have had them tagged as a troll for a couple months.
Ah, OK. Fuck that then.
Vote. Vote like your life depends on it. It does.
Biden sucks, but he can at least be convinced to do the right thing sometimes (and even if he can't, another election is four years away). Trump is a straight up fascist autocrat.
No, I would have the person I responded to not twist this into their election agenda.
Please don't tell me what I would have people do. You are not psychic.
No, but I can read.
We absolutely should be talking about this story in the broader context of our society, including, yes, the election. I don't know what conversations you've had with that user in the past, but the election and our leaders should absolutely be brought up here. They are the people with the power to fix things, after all.
What, specifically, could a president do to fix this? They aren't a dictator (unless Trump gets in). The president can't raise minimum wage. He can't force a corporation to pay people more. It has nothing to do with Trump and Biden.
Now if you want to talk about congress, fine. They're the ones who have to fix this.
I think you're understating the power of the Presidency here. For one thing, they have veto power over Congress.
For another, many laws are broad and give a lot of leeway for interpretation, which is why presidents can accomplish a lot by executive order. As long as the Supreme Court doesn't step in anyway.
And third, don't underestimate the power of the bully pulpit. Presidents are looked at as the leaders of their party, and often set the legislative agenda. If a president says they want something done, their party members in Congress will find a way to get it done.
Okay:
What would Biden veto? Is there a "give people less money" bill?
What executive order could he make beyond what he has already made? He raised federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.
And he did use the bully pulpit. He did it when he raised the federal minimum wage.
But, of course, that doesn't pass the purity test.
You won't get a specific answer to this.
I never do, because the only answer they can give to get what they want is "he should be a dictator."
has Biden at least visited Disneyland and talked to the workers to let them know he stands with them even though his power to fix anything is limited
he could at the very least show some solidarity to the working class that actually make the US great
Oh, and in case you decide to pretend otherwise, I've brought a receipt:
https://p.lemmy.world/post/lemmy.world/5542878
I know for a fact that if he did, you would complain that he hasn't done enough because I remember what you were saying when he spoke to the UAW while they were on strike.
No one in the presidency will ever pass your purity test.
all ask out of a president is to try to stand behind the people and make speeches in times such as this like he cares maybe even go to where the issue is and talk to people
that would be an awesome leader
You literally criticized Biden for doing exactly that 10 months ago. I shared the screenshot.
ba-na-na-na-nuh
Just to clarify. These two are not the same.