#cutbacks

[stoicmike]

A job is a collar that chafes. -- Michael Lipsey

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

The Incredible Shrinking Power of Joe Biden’s Welfare State

This month's devastation of a popular food stamp benefit marks yet another reversal in the president’s once-vaunted war on poverty.

An estimated 31 million Americans have now been thrown off what’s been called “the hunger cliff.”

Those drastic cuts have food banks bracing for impact, and some grocery executives celebrating. On a late February earnings call of Grocery Outlet, a discount supermarket chain that relies on SNAP for a high percentage of its sales, the company’s chief financial officer cheered the coming reductions. “In many ways,” he told investors, it “is good for our model as those benefits decline.”

“It does put more pressure on those consumers, and they come to us to stretch their dollar,” he said of the impending cuts.

[newslink7com]

Elon Musk to Remain Tesla CEO for 5 More Years, Cuts Political Spending Amid Trump Administration Role
Musk says he's done “enough” in politics and plans to stay focused on Tesla, even as he remains a key player in Trump’s White House.
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[returnofstiqz]

It's cuffing season!

[lonestarflight]

Literally every time a politician or someone suggests this, it's always for something other than helping people.

[ancientstuff]

Help our profession or UK’s shared history will be lost, say archaeologists

Brexit and university cutbacks are fuelling a crisis in recruitment of skilled workers

I've been talking lately with students about the necessity to justify our field of ancient history and all it encompasses, including archaeology. The benefits are intangible but real and very important. It would be a travesty if the archaeology in Britain suffered at the expense of 'progress'.

[why-cant-we-be-solarpunk]

I just found out that Greyhound is cutting all service in Canada (source). While I imagine this decision is at least partly based on usage statistics, it's still super frustrating. It also comes on the tail of the news that the ONLY bus that runs from my hometown to the nearest city has been cancelled as well.

In an age of climate crisis, where we should be trying to reduce emissions in any way possible, we are instead cutting public transit back every chance we get. So, so frustrating.

I want to offer solutions, I want to be positive, but I'm drawing a blank here folks

[rickmctumbleface]