Summary
The second Trump administration could dismantle key government agencies aiding working people, particularly the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
Created after the 2008 financial crisis, the CFPB has secured major consumer wins under Biden-appointed director Rohit Chopra, such as capping overdraft fees and banning excessive credit card late fees.
Trump previously weakened the agency, and his return could prioritize corporate interests.
Progressives are urged to defend the CFPB’s achievements and use its success as a rallying point in future political campaigns.
A lot of working people voted for this. It’s important to continue to spotlight the dismantling of the working class support and blame the people in power.
While the next 4 years will be donkey shit, it is important to continue highlighting these actions and flag them as actions of the GOP. Repetition is important for it to be heard.
The problem is the right-wing propaganda mill that they all trust more than even friends and family, which will furiously insist it’s anything but Dearest Leader’s fault.
Baby product company got away with a slap on the wrist recall for product that was killing kids. Their appointed solution was to announce a convoluted set of instructions on how to permanently destroy part of this device, but you could still go on using the now lesser product, missing a core feature that drove initial purchase. If you agreed and jumped through all the hoops, labeled defaced parts and sent the company photos, you’d receive a measly check for $25 in the mail in several weeks, for a product that was initially over $200.
Obviously a horseshit, non-repair for the damage they caused and the loss of key functionality in product.
Long story short, I emailed the CFPB, said “this seems like bullshit”, they said, “yeah, that doesn’t seem great, give me a minute…” The next day, I got a direct phone call from a woman at corporate for that large multinational cooperation who was just tripping over herself to offer me any solution I wanted, up to a full refund of original purchase price, without any further hassle.
These systems work if you use them. Fucking trump sycophant idiots voting to take existing benefits away from yourselves and the people you love. Godamned failures of life.
that’s what the working class seem to want
People’s wants can be manipulated easily, and there is an entire $500 Billion/year industry in the USA built upon this fact.
It’s time that we admit that what passes for “democracy” in this country is a lie. Voting doesn’t exist for people to make informed decisions about how this country should be governed, its purpose is to legitimize the decisions that the oligarchic owners of this country will make.
Sorry I ran out of sympathy for the working class.
You reap what sow and you deserve what you get.
Centrists have had no sympathy for the working class for decades. You’re just saying the quiet part out loud now.
Why should they? The working class doesn’t want to look out for itself, so why should they get any different then what they deserve?
The working class you’ve always hated voted for them in 2020. And then “Whoops! We don’t have the votes lol!” for minimum wage and childcare.
Democrats used the working class, gave them nothing in return, and then told them that they should be happy because the economy is doing great for billionaires. And now you’re acting like they’re ingrates for not appreciating it.
I’m working class and I very much want to look out for myself. I didn’t vote for this. I vote for the most progressive candidates I can every 2 years. Do I deserve to suffer the consequences of others actions?
Why does this news justify blatant classism for you?
Because I’m tired of eating shit because other people are too fucking stupid to know any better.
At this point all I do is resent you people.
And all I do is resent the billionaire class, who are actively extracting all of our wealth. I didn’t ask about your feelings though. I asked why you think the recent election justifies blatant classism against the working class.
Who exactly is “you people”?
I asked why you think the recent election justifies blatant classism against the working class
Well I literally just told you. No point in having a conversation with someone that can’t read.
You didn’t answer the question. You repeated your assertion that you’re more intelligent then (apparently) all working class people, yet you don’t seem capable of producing a coherent argument explaining why you believe that?
Well… We’re having this discussion on a text based website… Clearly, both of us can read. Unfortunately, in your case, reading ability doesn’t correlate with comprehension ability.
They’re getting exactly what they asked for.
A racist, misogynist, greedy America, to match what they look like on the inside.
And?
It’s what Americans literally voted or sat on their asses and let happen after all.
Yes. And the dumbasses who need those agencies voted for him.
Trump can’t have people getting warned from his cronies more profitable endeavors!
But think of all that sweet sweet trickle down.
Here we go again. Why do these threads always turn into pointing fingers at each other.
I guess things will never change. It’s so ingrained to take the path of least resistance as opposed to focusing on the root.
Yep.
The Electoral College screws us again.The stay at homes screws us again
“We don’t need to run someone people want to vote for! We’re second worst!”
“YOU FUCKERS STAYED HOME?!”
