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'Don’t you all have jobs?' JD Vance mocks Americans protesting Social Security cuts (www.rawstory.com)
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Vice President JD Vance recently traveled to Bay City, Michigan to speak at a manufacturing plant to tout President Donald Trump's economic agenda, and was welcomed by a crowd of protesters.

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[–] SARGE@startrek.website 49 points 4 days ago (5 children)

if I go jobless.

LMAO I'm from the American Midwest and I HAVE a job and can't afford a serious medical illness.

I broke a tooth in November and I still can't afford to get it fixed.

[–] rigatti@lemmy.world 27 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Have you considered pulling yourself up by your toothstraps?

[–] SabinStargem 7 points 3 days ago

I have good health insurance, but still resist going to the doctor out of fear of debt entrapment. It is paranoia, but looking at other people, the fear takes hold of me. I fear poverty more than death, because life without the nice things ain't worth living with.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Travel to Mexico, get your tooth fixed, go back home

[–] cheers_queers@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

IDK, my mom did this for a front tooth crown, and it looks awful. she regrets it to this day

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If I didn't live paycheck to paycheck, sure.

[–] balssh@lemm.ee 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Man this breaks my heart, I wish american people would wake up and stop voting against their own interests…

[–] drtaco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 4 days ago

So do a huge portion of Americans.

[–] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 days ago

That honestly makes me feel a lot better about the cavity that has rotted through nearly the entire molar.. it’s gunna need extraction which I can’t afford, because the alternative is like.. losing my jaw or something..?

I’ve been sitting on doing anything about it for years because I can’t afford to fix it..

And sure sure I know dental isn’t covered by insurance because luxury bones… whomever can afford to have them has them..

But like.. I’d really like to get that tooth extracted.

I’m sorry we are in a shitty boat friend. I hope eventually we can at least patch it so we can keep above water..