You are absolutely correct here. I was not trying to imply that the IMF or any of this aid is actually meant to benefit the masses. I just wanted to point out that one of the tools the imperialists use to give the appearance of a stable economy has been used and it failed. Just as a contrast to the VZ situation.

Yep,  you are a jerk.  Thank you for confirming the article.

it rules so much that this news cycle kicked off when Nancy Pelosi told a bunch of freshmen congresswomen to sit down, shut up, and stop talking about concentration camps being bad. and Trump chimed in with a “hey, yeah, what she said.”

He must be lucky. I worked since I was 16yo, paid for my own car(2k, bought it from my grandma) and cellphone. Went to community college to save money, later transferred to a tech school to get my 2yr, then transferred that to a 4yr to get my BA. During which I managed to get a co-op. All of which saved me money vs…

Free Trade hasn’t helped the middle class and import tariffs used to completely pay for the US federal government. 

And just like *that* I went from complete indifference about this Corvette to actually rooting for it and looking at my finances to see if I could afford one on my modest salary. I can’t. Yet.

Yes, NAFTA has greatly benefited the UAW membership.

The containers were transferred within one day of arrival to the DN5505, a cargo ship sailing under the flag of Togo, a West African nation, and bound for the port of Nakhodka in the far east of Russia. At this point, the cars were consigned to Do Young Shipping, a company registered in the Marshall Islands…

Pretty sure it’s Pig gets roasted.

Yeah, you’ve got to figure they widened their pool to the big earners to reach this number. And these stats are usually produced as arguments to let the top tier keep running things as they are. So it’s not as if they’re providing real and useful information.

Just how many second and third jobs do “average” workers have to have to hit $22.85/hour these days?

My dude, I’ve moved on to more interesting discussions. As I told you, I honestly have no idea what you are trying to say. I could go back and tease it out, but I just do not give a fuck. Not a single fuck. About you or Biden, because I have a short attention span and your conversation bores me and there are other…

Well, seeing as I work for UPS, I guarantee I wouldn’t have ANY benefits without a Union. They are busy taking away benefits yearly from management. Making their healthcare worse, not offering pensions to their newer hires.

Sounds about right for Philly. Remember hitchBOT? Little thing made it all the way across Canada, much of the world, and even two weeks in the US before being dropkicked and beheaded in - where else - Philadelphia!

Yeah, the Sync homescreen is tough as hell to get to... 🙄

Pat Shanahan is the acting Secretary of Defense? As a former Boeing employee, that scares me very deeply.

Degenerate scumbag, using a tragedy to shit on trans people and those who protest injustice.

The only problem is that he didn’t hit his head on the ground and was killed instantly. 

I demand Jalopnik stop reporting on new cars until they come to the North American market.  I can’t handle the repeated heartbreak.