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Trump ran on a promise to lower costs on day one, but a year into his presidency, the real beneficiaries are his billionaire donors. Instead of making life more affordable for everyday Americans, Trump has used the presidency to enrich himself and his billionaire allies, while making the largest cuts to Medicaid and food assistance in history and leaving working families behind.

As families struggle with rising costs, Trump has effectively turned the White House into a slush fund, running the federal government like a personal ATM.

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[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

MLK told his followers to practice economic withdrawal. The exact same thing must be inflicted upon the collaborator corporations and individuals who enable the Trump regime to exist.

[–] gnuthing@piefed.social 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

We need to combine this with strikes and slowdown strikes. The rich now make up enough of the economy that our spending doesn't matter as much. But our labor is something they need or the whole machine stops

[–] breadleyloafsyou@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

It's going to take repealing the taft hartley act before labor unions can do anything like that. Any union endorsement of these actions would see them buried in lawsuits and the leadership sent to jail. That's why these general strikes movements use lots of language saying it's an individual choice or individual action to participate.