My deepest, weariest sympathies to US friends today.
Every step forward seems to be met with two steps back for the construction of a country that actually gives a hoot about average citizens. You rarely see the state benefits given to the rich clawed back, but everyone else is expected to boost themselves out of poverty and precarity out of shame alone.
You deserve so much better than this constant dangling and withdrawing of state protections and better social safety nets. 🫂
