oldslowandugly
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The fucking carnival barker is selling perfume now
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Shocking how that kind of presumptuous arrogance is driving voters away, amirite?
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If only it were this easy...................
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Most of the trolls left after the election. Mission accomplished. Why are you still around?!?
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"The people have spoken - the bastards!" -Dick Tuck (No, I'm not making that up, not even the name. Look it up.)
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One of your premises is false. Bet you'll never figure out which one.Most of the trolls left after the election. Mission accomplished. Why are you still around?!?
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Fisherman, and Ramones fan. Two thumbs up.
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For the casual reader……..
Can anyone suggest a product or service Joe Biden ever provided for everyday consumers? A grifter that got rich off the deals made possible due to his political involvement.
His entire wealth is off the backs of US citizens
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Well……..he’s no dog faced pony soldier, that’s for sure!
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But he's a bad dude. Like Corn-Pop.
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Chips act.
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This is how ignorant you are....
The Chips Act........is a product or service everyday consumers can utilize?........ the Chips Act?
Do you mean like Intel and the $8B they received.........only to lay off 15,000 employees?
Bidumb produced nothing for the $100B grift to big business........supporters of his failed campaign
Sad
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Breaking news, the coalition of rebel forces in Syria announced a $2 Billion investment in Hunter Biden’s new company!
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Has Trump posted his presidential pardons price list yet?
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Wrong.
They never got the 8 bil because of their ethics violations which they would not correct and as a result laid off the 15k. They were already getting 3 bil from the DOD so it was considered "double dipping". meanwhile...why is Intel deliberately tanking their stock?
Thanks for playing though.
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Punky said: "Can anyone suggest a product or service Joe Biden ever provided for everyday consumers? "
CHIPS-funded projects are creating more than 115,000 construction and manufacturing jobs with over $250 million of CHIPS funding earmarked for local community workforce development, the use of which will be guided by local stakeholder input, including from academic institutions, training providers, and labor unions
CHIPS-funded projects are creating more than 115,000 construction and manufacturing jobs with over $250 million of CHIPS funding earmarked for local community workforce development, the use of which will be guided by local stakeholder input, including from academic institutions, training providers, and labor unions
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8 Ways the Biden Administration Is Improving the Lives of Service Workers
The Biden administration is raising pay, building power, and improving living standards for service workers across the economy—including fast-food cooks, call center workers, teachers, home care workers, and federal employees.
The Biden administration has received ongoing attention for its actions to improve the lives of —from walking the picket line with striking autoworkers to ensuring that its signature investments in American industry create good jobs. Pundits and the press often point to actions to and standards in the construction and manufacturing sectors as central to the Biden administration’s economic agenda. Yet the administration has also taken numerous steps to boost the earnings and wealth of service sector workers, empower them to come together in unions, and hold accountable corporations that violate their rights.
Raising standards in the service sector affects workers across the economy—from baristas and call center workers to teachers and federal employees—and is essential to a strong middle class. Today, working-class Americans, defined as those without a four-year college degree, are in service sector jobs. And shows that policies to boost wages and benefits for service sector workers help narrow racial pay gaps, reduce turnover and support a well-qualified workforce.
1. Advocating for service workers on the picket line
During wave of worker strikes and organizing actions, the Biden administration with worker organizers from Starbucks, video game producer Sega, and other unions at the White House to celebrate workers’ organizing successes. to White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, President Joe Biden expressed his “belief that worker power is essential to growing the economy from the middle out and bottom up.” In addition, the Biden administration has voiced support for labor actions by , as well as worker organizing. Furthermore, Biden administration appointees to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)—the independent agency that oversees union elections and enforces protections for private sector workers organizing unions and collectively bargaining—have issued several against well-known companies such as to illegal activities, including retaliatory firings, withholding increases to wages and benefits, and closing stores.
2. Rebuilding federal employee bargaining rights
Last spring, the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment that among the , the portion of employees in unions has grown by nearly 20 percent over the course of the administration. This tremendous growth was spurred by a of actions that the administration has taken to ensure that federal employees and to allow new hires to with their union. Also, the administration that weakened public sector unions’ ability to connect with workers, represent them in employment disputes, and prevent politically motivated firings and retaliation—and it is taking action to these workers from being stripped of employment protections without their consent.3. Giving fast-food and outsourced workers a stronger voice at the bargaining table
Biden administration NLRB appointees protections that help workers in —such as restaurant and hotel workers, janitorial positions and security officers, home care workers, farm laborers, and warehouse workers—as well as workers in other industries where multiple companies often control working conditions, exercise their bargaining rights and hold corporations accountable when they violate workers’ right to come together in unions. The new joint employer rule acknowledges that a company that signs a worker’s paycheck may not be the only company that workplace conditions, and it upholds requirements that corporations bargain with unionized workers over the working conditions that they have the authority to control. Previously, former President Donald Trump’s NLRB appointees rules that made it easier for large corporations to for labor violations and avoid bargaining obligations by relying on smaller companies to supply their labor forces.4. Preventing debt from derailing careers in public service
The Biden administration reformed the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program in order to the contributions that public service employees make to their communities and help prevent unmanageable debt from derailing careers. While the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately reforms to provide relief to teachers, nurses, firefighters, and other public servants, in March, the Biden administration relaunched an updated program. In total, the administration has $62.5 billion in relief to more than 871,000 public servants. Prior to the Biden administration, only about in total were approved for public service debt relief. In addition, the Biden administration has worked to high-quality pathways into teaching and other public sector work through registered apprenticeships: This year, it announced $200 million in targeting K-12 education occupations, public sector jobs, and other in-demand industries.5. Raising pay and improving job quality for child care and long-term care workers
The Biden administration has adopted reforms to improve the earnings of and job quality for well-qualified child and long-term care providers so that they can stay in these skilled and labor-intensive fields. The American Rescue Plan Act in state and local aid that could be used to provide premium pay to government employees and private sector service workers; it also provided more than $25 billion in funding to help expand and retain the well-qualified direct care workers who provide home care services—such as certified nursing assistants and home health aides—and in child care stabilization funds, including $7.2 billion to raise pay for existing child care educators and $1.9 billion in additional earnings for new workers. For example, Washington state home care workers benefiting from American Rescue Plan funds improved “housing and food security, access to healthcare, mental health, savings, and well-being—as well as their ability and willingness to take and stay in these critical jobs.” In addition, the Biden administration issued an instructing agencies to use their grantmaking and regulatory authority to improve compensation and job quality for this sector while increasing access and affordability for families. In order to do so, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services its grantmaking to improve child care provider payment rates and practices and increase access; the U.S. Department of Labor sample employment agreements for home care workers, nannies, and cleaners employed directly by families, who may not know their legal responsibilities; and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued critical new to ensure that nursing homes have the staffing levels necessary for nurses and nurses’ aides to deliver safe, quality care for all residents.
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6. Giving service workers on government contracts raises and better jobs
The Biden administration has improved the lives of millions of contract workers who provide services for Americans across the country. Existing laws designed to ensure that service contractors respect workers’ rights and provide fair pay frequently , leading to poverty wages and poor working conditions and disproportionately women, Black, and Latino workers, as they are overrepresented in many of these industries. Days after taking office, the Biden administration announced that it would raise the to $15 per hour, index it to inflation, and close loopholes that exclude contract workers in Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories. The administration also enacted protections to support job when contracts are rebid and closed loopholes that allowed companies to evade the standard by relocating; corporations that hire union-busting consultants to report their status as a federal contractor or subcontractor to the federal government as well as a tip line that workers can call to report bosses who fail to disclose related activity; and agencies to attach labor and equity standards to jobs that are funded through federal grantmaking programs.7. Making rights real through funding and enforcement
In 2022, the Biden administration signed into law an that funding for the NLRB for the first time since 2014. And the administration continues to push for funding increases, proposing a nearly increase for the fiscal year 2025 budget. The increases come as the agency expands enforcement efforts and builds capacity to oversee union elections. Center for American Progress analysis that Biden appointees to the NLRB ordered corporations to reinstate more illegally fired workers in 2021—the first year of the administration—than during all four years of the Trump administration. And according to the Economic Policy Institute, for union elections grew by 53 percent between October 2021 and September 2022. Similarly, the Department of Labor has introduced new initiatives to target industries where violations of wage standards are rampant, including , where investigators found violations in three-quarters of investigations. The Labor Department has also worked to increase compliance among government contractors, more than $61 million in back wages for more than 27,000 service contract workers from January 2021 to March 2023.8. Raising standards for service workers across the economy
The Biden administration has taken an all-of-government approach to raising job standards, including numerous measures that will have significant impacts on service workers across a variety of occupations. The Department of Labor is updating standards to extend overtime protections to more middle-income workers and has issued protections to prevent corporations from evading these and other wage protections by employees as independent business owners. Such misconduct is all too common in several service such as landscaping, truck driving, home health, janitorial, and nail salon work. The NLRB has also updated to boost efficiency in union elections and support communications between workers, and NLRB General Counsel is reforms that would insulate workers from high-pressure campaigns designed to undermine unionization efforts. In October 2023, the Biden administration issued an executive order federal agencies to develop best practices to mitigate the harms and maximize the benefits of artificial intelligence for workers, as industry analysts that white collar service jobs are particularly exposed to disruption. In addition, the Federal Trade Commission has proposed that prevent workers from changing jobs or starting new businesses—a move that would increase workers’ earnings by an estimated $300 billion per year and expand career opportunities for 30 million Americans. Finally, the administration the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment “to promote [the] Administration’s policy of support for worker power, worker organizing, and collective bargaining.” The task force has nearly 70 recommendations, including reducing barriers to organizing, protecting organizing workers from illegal retaliation, and establishing more resources on unions and collective bargaining.Conclusion
The Biden administration is advancing reforms to boost American workers’ earnings and wealth, empower them to unionize and bargain, and hold lawbreaking corporations accountable. By focusing on workers in the service sector as well as those in construction and manufacturing, the administration is helping reach working-class Americans, narrow racial pay gaps, and strengthen the middle class.
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Conflate, deflect.......defend......
Dig up some pictures of these new factories
Conflate, deflect.......defend......
Dig up some pictures of these new factories
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Do your own research, lazy hater.
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You missed a spot on your chin there bub.
Best economy by the numbers since Clinton.
But watch what happens next year, chico. You thought Trump's inflation aftereffects of the last four years was bad,
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Again Bedwetter......define what will happen
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It's pretty self-defining pisspants. It's ok that some of us see what's coming and are preparing for it.
But, you do you.
Those Depends are drooping again. Soaked?
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Right.........so, you like the other sad sack of shit bedwetters can't or won't be discussing the economic or international policies that Trump will engage in.
Self defining........yet a Libtard like you can't put it to words......Lame!
You'll queef and moan like the other bedwetters Fat @Lily @LotusBud and @Admin. ..........but never provide examples........just BS because Orange Man bad........
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Trump's companies have filed for bankruptcy at least . This is no exaggeration. Digital World noted this in its SEC filings. This excludes additional business failures that might not have declared bankruptcy, but closed owing vendors, employees and others.
For the record, here are some of Trump's noteworthy business failures.
- Trump Airlines — Trump borrowed $245 million to purchase Eastern Air Shuttle. He branded it Trump Airlines. He added gold bathroom fixtures. Two years later Trump could not cover the interest payment on his loan and defaulted.
- Trump Beverages — Although Trump touted his water as "one of the purest natural spring waters bottled in the world," it was simply bottled by a third party. Other beverages, including Trump Fire and Trump Power, seem not to have made it to market. And Trump's American Pale Ale died with a trademark withdrawal.
- Trump Game — Milton Bradley tried to sell it. As did Hasbro. After investment, the game died and went out of circulation.
- Trump Casinos — Trump filed for bankruptcy three times on his casinos, namely the Trump Taj Mahal, the Trump Marina and the Trump Plaza in New Jersey and the Trump Casino in Indiana. Trump avoided debt obligations of $3 billion the first time. Then $1.8 billion the second time. And then after reorganizing, shuffling money and assets, and waiting four years, Trump again declared bankruptcy after missing ongoing interest payments on multi-million dollar bonds. He was finally forced to step down as chairman.
- Trump Magazine — Trump Style and Trump World were renamed Trump Magazine to reap advertising dollars from his name recognition. However, Trump Magazine also went out of business.
- Trump Mortgage — Trump told CNBC in 2006 that "I think it's a great time to start a mortgage company. … The real-estate market is going to be very strong for a long time to come." Then the real estate market collapsed. Trump had hired E.J. Ridings as CEO of Trump Mortgage and boasted that Ridings had been a "top executive of one of Wall Street's most prestigious investment banks." Turned out Ridings had only six months of experience as a stockbroker. Trump Mortgage closed and never paid a $298,274 judgment it owed a former employee, nor the $3,555 it owed in unpaid taxes.
- Trump Steaks — Trump closed Trump Steaks due to a lack of sales while owing Buckhead Beef $715,000.
- Trump's Travel Site — GoTrump.com was in business for one year. Failed.
- Trumpnet — A telephone communication company that abandoned its trademark.
- Trump Tower Tampa — Trump sold his name to the developers and received $2 million. Then the project went belly-up with only $3,500 left in the company. Condo buyers sued Trump for allegedly misleading them. Trump settled and paid as little as $11,115 to buyers who had lost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
- Trump University or the Trump Entrepreneur Initiative — Trump staged wealth-building seminars costing up to $34,995 for mentorships that would offer students access to Trump's secrets of success. Instructors turned out to be motivational speakers sometimes with criminal records. Lawsuits and criminal investigations abound.
- Trump Vodka — Business failed due to a lack of sales.
- Trump Fragrances — Success by Trump, Empire by Trump, and Donald Trump: The Fragrances all failed due to being discontinued, perhaps as a result of few sales.
- Trump Mattress — Serta stopped offering a Trump-branded mattress, again likely due to slacking sales.
- Truth Social — This existing Trump business owes big money, and may well be breathing its last.
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