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markodochartaigh

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1. I don't understand this article.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Jun 7, 2025, 09:52 PM

Jun 7

Ending the Job Corps would only be "short sighted" if you believe that Trump cares about helping impoverished young people improve their lives and lift themselves out of poverty.

Are the Herald Editorial Board really so dim as to believe that Trump and the reich-wing Republicans who support him care in the slightest about helping the lowest economic rungs of our working class? I don't care what they talk about at the dinner parties that they all attend together, if they believe that they better be checking their dinner wine for drugs.

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Ending Job Corps a short-sighted move by White House [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 7 OP

I don't understand this article. markodochartaigh Jun 7 #1

From what I'm reading, there is a decent chance this won't happen. Plus, I'm hoping this Silent Type Jun 7 #2