How Capitalism Underdeveloped Rural America

[OfTheCross]

By 2018, 40 million Americans lived in poverty, 18.5 million in extreme poverty, and 5.3 million “in Third World conditions of absolute poverty.” By 2011, 1.5 million households — half of them white — were surviving on incomes of less than $2 per person per day. Those households included 3 million children. Nine million Americans have zero cash income. By 2016, 63 percent of Americans lacked $500 in savings to cover an emergency, and 34 percent had no savings at all. That same year, the official poverty rate was 12.7 percent.

A 2017 study of fifteen states, which accounted for 39 percent of all US households, found that so-called ALICE households (“asset-limited, income-constrained, employed”) — those who were above the poverty line but earned less than the “bare-minimum survival budget” — made up two-fifths of the total. Between 2007 and 2016, median household wealth fell by 31 percent.

How Capitalism Underdeveloped Rural America

This economic reality is what could defeat Trump

 

[ExodusNirvana]

This economic reality is what could defeat Trump

We've been through this

They believe Trump will save them and that the Dems and the swamp in DC ( ) is what's holding him/them back

 

[DEAD7]

This economic reality is what could defeat Trump

Nah, American culture is always going to be at odds with the progressive authoritarianism.
Freedom and liberty is deeply embedded in our society, in both good, and bad ways.

We will look at the lower cost of govt. run healthcare, then look at the fact that the govt. decides when you die under such a system, and decide the trade off isnt worth it.
Its just how Americans are.
Progressives don't hate America, but they definitely hate Americans... whether they know it or not.

 

[the cac mamba]

This economic reality is what could defeat Trump

nah, the republicans have mastered getting these stupid rednecks to believe that they care about them

as long as the republicans can market racism, guns and jesus to the middle of the country and the south then it's a pretty safe lock for them

i mean i would have thought that trump starting a trade war that bankrupted our farmers would do it, but that's not even moving the needle they're really just that happy to have an ignorant, racist white man back in the white house after 8 years of obama

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

This economic reality is what could defeat Trump

if logic superseded all else, then sure

 

[ogc163]

Jacobin

 

[analog]

We will look at the lower cost of govt. run healthcare, then look at the fact that the govt. decides when you die under such a system, and decide the trade off isnt worth it..

Where do they do that?

nah, the republicans have mastered getting these stupid rednecks to believe that they care about them

And the Dems have their loyal set of voters who they aren't doing much for as well. All the way fukked up for those at the bottom.

 

[CreepyMcCreeperson]

I read on reddit that they vote Republican not just for religious reasons (which is mind boggling that Trump has Christian support considering his demeanor, infidelity, divorces, and child out of wedlock) but also because they have smaller populations, and the tax cuts on businesses allow some of them to keep those low paying jobs at the small businesses. The larger corporations can afford it, but cut jobs out of greed. The smaller companies will keep their workers if they get tax cuts.

 

[OfTheCross]

I read on reddit that they vote Republican not just for religious reasons (which is mind boggling that Trump has Christian support considering his demeanor, infidelity, divorces, and child out of wedlock) but also because they have smaller populations, and the tax cuts on businesses allow some of them to keep those low paying jobs at the small businesses. The larger corporations can afford it, but cut jobs out of greed. The smaller companies will keep their workers if they get tax cuts.

bruh...if we actually had these monster corporations pay taxes we wouldn't have to tax small businesses at all

 

[Ya' Cousin Cleon]

the goal of the small business owner class is to eventually expand and branch out, so they could possibly be as big, otherwise they'd main people calling for more taxes on large corporations

there's a reason why Bernie should take a step back about the top 1% rhetoric to an extent, because the local elites in your county, small town, city, exurb etc. got the pull also

bruh...if we actually had these monster corporations pay taxes we wouldn't have to tax small businesses at all

 

[OfTheCross]

the goal of the small business owner class is to eventually expand and branch out, so they could possibly be as big, otherwise they'd main people calling for more taxes on large corporations

there's a reason why Bernie should take a step back about the top 1% rhetoric to an extent, because the local elites in your county, small town, city, exurb etc. got the pull also

When you get big like that (which 99% won't, ask @DEAD7 ) you'll pay your fair share.

In the mean time...enjoy these small business tax breaks