Part of me wonders if the White House intentionally sat on these benefits instead of making it instantly a big selling point was that they knew that the other fights over the relief bill would take so much air from the room that they could fly stuff like this in under the radar. And yes, I regret the fact that was all…

Not mentioned in this recap, but Harry also mentioned that their leaving their roles didn’t blindside anyone and Meghan said that despite the toll it was taking on her that she was prepared to stick it out.

They deserve to win because they aren’t the GQP. When your choice is between “vote for the party who actively makes life worse for people” and “vote for the party that trips over its own feet trying to make things better for people” ... there is no fucking contest.

How quickly? Four years? And no one thinks it’s a silver bullet. No one thinks “Wow, if we only made the minimum wage the equivalent of a $30,000 salary all problems would go away.”

You’re right. It would REALLY screw over keyboard disinformation warriors.

Have you literally avoided or ignored every bit of research and experience from around the world (including the U.S.) that refutes that particular Republican talking point? If so, that’s almost impressively stupid so congratulations I guess.

God, what an obsolete talking point. That myth has been refuted every which way since the 1990s. 

https://irle.berkeley.edu/files/2019/07/Godoy-Reich.pdf

back to hell next year and then when you thought it couldn’t get worse... 2024! i will always vote blue because it is much better than the gop having unlimited power again. i’m already seeing so many people not wanting to vote and not caring if republicans take over because the dems didn’t go through with every single…

“We need to have enough working-age people to carry the load of these seniors, who deserve their retirement, they deserve all their entitlements, and they’re gonna live out another 30 years,”

We wanted children, but were never successful. Over the years when people asked if we have children and I said “no”, it was so often followed by how children are one of life’s greatest joys, or “you should do it”. Now that I’m turning 40, I’m coming to the sobering realization that some people still don’t just stop at …

Doesn’t require justification. “I don’t wanna” is good enough.

Exactly. Even countries with incredibly generous social support systems in place have seen their birth rates drop consistently over time.

The problem with your statement is the assumption that people can continue to work into old age instead of getting laid off first and unable to find another job because of age discrimination.

Always appropriate to remind people: Anyone who does not want to have children... and DOES NOT have children should be applauded.

you mean to tell me that you don’t want to work until the day you die under the thumbs of billionaires because a handful of jerks don’t want to tax the rich?

So it’s my responsibility to have a baby because I’m supposed to support other people in retirement even though I’m never going to get to have one?* I mean, I’m not one of those people who’s unwilling to pay taxes in to support the public good. I’m happy to pay a higher tax rate (obviously based on income with…

Also a fun time to remind everyone that we’ve never actually seen a generation retire with the 401k system rather than pensions, and the general assumption is that it’s going to go terribly.

Why hasn’t Jenna Bush updated her MySpace? Why are you trying to make “fetch” Ivanka happen? Can there be any kind of relevant journalism left after folks spent 4 years inhaling the fumes of an industrial dumpsterfire and detailing the particular scents and noises and colors?

And snakes?