I’ve lived here for 33 years, and it’s a flat-out lie that half the restaurants have closed because of safety. But restaurants will close because you have troops with guns and federal agents harassing people, making people afraid to go out.”

Agree 💯!

Apparently so were the 50'S

Meanwhile, the same bill slashes food assistance, cuts people from health insurance, stalls clean energy efforts, and explodes the national debt, all while delivering short-term gimmicks dressed up as long-term relief.

Some context for my comment above about higher ed as a valuable export: In dollar terms, last year, the United States sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it sold in natural gas and coal combined.
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This is the part I have been trying to get across to people. If you’re richer and the middle class are poorer and the poor are utterly hopeless what do you think is going to happen next? The lawlessness you fear-mongered about in 3rd world countries may finally land in your own backyard