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Help Is Not the Same as a Future

By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News

Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — May 15, 2026

The Difference No One Warns You About

There is a distinction that matters more than most people realize, and it is one America is very careful not to teach explicitly. Help and a future are not the same thing. One can exist without the other, and often does.

I learned that lesson most clearly in Minnesota.

After Illinois, help felt like progress. Assistance existed. People noticed. Systems responded. Compared to what I had known before, that alone felt like a step forward. It took time to understand that help, by itself, does not change trajectory. It only stabilizes the present.

A future requires something else entirely.

When Assistance Works as Designed

Minnesota’s support systems did what they were supposed to do. Food pantries were available. Churches stepped in with grocery vouchers. State assistance existed and was accessible. None of it was humiliating or hostile.

This matters, and it should not be minimized. Compared to many states, Minnesota treats need as a condition rather than a moral failing. That alone reduces suffering.

But systems designed to alleviate immediate hardship are not the same as systems designed to produce long-term mobility. One keeps you afloat. The other gives you a direction.

Minnesota offered flotation. It did not offer direction.

Stabilization Without Movement

Once basic needs are met, the next question is obvious: what comes next? That is where the silence returned.

Work was available, but it clustered in roles that did not lead anywhere else. Security work. Overnight shifts. Positions that absorbed time and energy without building leverage. These jobs kept people alive, but they did not help them move.

Labor economists have noted that many regional economies rely on what are effectively “containment jobs”—roles that stabilize labor markets without creating upward mobility (Autor, 2019). They are not meant to be ladders. They are meant to be endpoints.

If you enter one of those jobs from the outside, you tend to stay there.

The Ceiling You Don’t Hit—You Just Reach

In more openly stratified states, ceilings announce themselves. Wages stall. Housing becomes impossible. You are pushed out.

In Minnesota, the ceiling is quieter. You simply stop rising.

You receive help. You survive. You do not advance.

There is no dramatic rejection. No explicit denial. Just a gradual realization that nothing is opening further, no matter how steady your effort remains.

This is a subtler form of closure, and in some ways, it is more dangerous. It encourages patience where action might otherwise occur. It teaches people to wait.

Temporary Lives Become Permanent

When help replaces opportunity, lives become provisional. You do not plan long-term. You do not invest. You do not imagine permanence.

You tell yourself you are “getting through this period,” even when the period stretches into years.

Sociological research on precarity shows that long-term instability, even when buffered by assistance, erodes planning capacity and future orientation (Standing, 2011). People adapt to the absence of forward motion by shrinking their expectations.

That adaptation is rational. It is also corrosive.

Why Decency Is Not Enough

Minnesota is often held up as evidence that decency solves inequality. The logic is appealing: if systems are kind, outcomes will improve.

But kindness does not rewire labor markets. It does not dismantle closed networks. It does not create pathways where none exist.

Decency reduces harm. It does not redistribute access.

That is not a moral critique. It is a structural one.

The Emotional Cost of Waiting

There is a particular exhaustion that comes from being told, implicitly, that things are fine because you are being helped. Gratitude becomes an obligation. Frustration becomes inappropriate.

After all, the system is doing its part.

This dynamic silences critique. It frames dissatisfaction as ingratitude. It keeps people from naming the absence of a future because the present is tolerable.

I felt that pressure in Minnesota. I felt the need to justify leaving a place that had treated me decently—despite knowing I could not build a life there.

When Leaving Is the Only Honest Choice

Eventually, circumstances made the decision easier. My daughter returned to Texas. The reason I had come to Minnesota dissolved. What remained was a choice between staying static or moving on.

Leaving did not feel dramatic. It felt necessary.

That is often how exits happen in systems that offer help without futures. People do not flee. They drift away when they realize waiting will not change anything.

A National Pattern, Not a Local Failure

This essay is not an indictment of Minnesota alone. It describes a pattern visible across many “well-run” states and cities.

Assistance expands. Opportunity contracts. People survive longer without advancing further.

This is how inequality becomes normalized. Not through cruelty, but through containment.

Naming the Distinction Clearly

Help matters. It saves lives. It reduces suffering. It should exist everywhere.

But help is not a future.

A future requires access to networks, mobility, housing stability, and work that compounds rather than consumes time. Without those, assistance becomes a holding pattern.

Minnesota taught me that lesson clearly.

It showed me that survival and progress are not the same thing—and that confusing the two can cost you years.

References

Autor, D. (2019). Work of the past, work of the future. AEA Papers and Proceedings, 109, 1–32.
Standing, G. (2011). The precariat: The new dangerous class. Bloomsbury Academic.

Trump Says It Out Loud: GOP Prioritizes War Over Healthcare, Childcare, and Survival

Trump openly dismisses healthcare and childcare as scams, revealing a GOP agenda that prioritizes war over people and shifts the burden to struggling states.

Capitalism has a Math Problem: How Wealth Growth Devours the Middle Class

Anand Giridharadas reveals how the “Epstein class” protected power and privilege across parties while victims waited for justice.

Capitalism has a Math Problem: How Wealth Growth Devours the Middle Class

Anand Giridharadas reveals how the “Epstein class” protected power and privilege across parties while victims waited for justice.

IMF Urges China to Shift Towards Consumption-Led Growth

China’s economy showed an impressive 5% expansion in 2025, with projections indicating a 4.5% growth for 2026.…
#Economy #Chinaeconomy #consumption-ledgrowth #domesticdemand #exportdependence #fiscalstimulus #globalgrowth #IMF #IMFreport #InternationalMonetaryFund #MonetaryPolicy #propertyslump #socialsafetynet
https://www.europesays.com/2792116/

The cost of living is getting worse in Anglosphere countries. These countries include the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand.

Resource:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Urbanism/comments/1kil0gl/the_anglosphere_has_a_housing_shortage/

#anglosphere
#affordablehousing
#affordability
#welfare
#socialsafetynet
#us
#uk
#canada
#australia
#ireland

With the #shutdown, #outofwork / #opentowork despite trying so hard to find a new role, needing #healthinsurance and so much more...? aka doing it tough in the USA? :\
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Try here maybe? :)
https://www.findhelp.org/
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#resources #socialsafetynet #findhelp #help #assistance

Now that it looks as though #Labor have NOT looked after the #environment, have NOT done anything about the investment-real estate nexus, it’s time to celebrate Labot NOT doing anthing to fix the messed up #SocialSafetyNet.

Here #FirstDogOnTheMoon explains it all…

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/oct/27/welfare-in-australia-is-a-cruel-shambles-how-about-we-actually-try-to-help-people-not-squish-them?

I had a dicussion about Ford and Trump and I drove the point that what made Ford successful were counter to Trumps policies. How the two are like apples and oranges. Ford increased pay, Trump has increased cost, while firing and reducing pay/purchasing power.

Increasing wages enhances consumer purchasing power, giving workers more disposable income to spend on goods and services. This boost in purchasing power drives demand, benefiting businesses across various sectors. Higher consumer spending stimulates local economies and creates a positive cycle of economic activity. Additionally, elevating wages leads to improved worker morale, reduced turnover, and increased productivity. When employees feel valued and adequately compensated, they are more likely to invest effort and loyalty in their jobs, contributing positively to a company’s bottom line and overall economic growth.

By increasing wages, fewer workers will rely on government assistance programs, which reduces the burden on taxpayers and allows government funds to be redirected toward infrastructure, education, and healthcare—areas that promote long-term economic stability. While tariffs may aim to protect domestic industries, they often result in unintended consequences, such as higher prices for consumers and retaliatory measures from trading partners. Tariffs can distort market dynamics, potentially leading to job losses in sectors reliant on global supply chains. In contrast, investing in wages fosters a more equitable and stable economy, as evidenced by historical data indicating that periods of rising wages often coincide with economic expansion, unlike tariffs which can lead to contraction and instability.

#WageIncrease #EconomicGrowth #ConsumerSpending #EmployeeMorale #Productivity #WorkersRights #EquitableEconomy #TariffImpact #SustainableGrowth #LaborMarket #BusinessStrategy #SocialSafetyNet #EconomicStability

I had a dicussion about Ford and Trump and I drove the point that what made Ford successful were counter to Trumps policies. How the two are like apples and oranges. Ford increased pay, Trump has increased cost, while firing and reducing pay/purchasing power.

Increasing wages enhances consumer purchasing power, giving workers more disposable income to spend on goods and services. This boost in purchasing power drives demand, benefiting businesses across various sectors. Higher consumer spending stimulates local economies and creates a positive cycle of economic activity. Additionally, elevating wages leads to improved worker morale, reduced turnover, and increased productivity. When employees feel valued and adequately compensated, they are more likely to invest effort and loyalty in their jobs, contributing positively to a company’s bottom line and overall economic growth.

By increasing wages, fewer workers will rely on government assistance programs, which reduces the burden on taxpayers and allows government funds to be redirected toward infrastructure, education, and healthcare—areas that promote long-term economic stability. While tariffs may aim to protect domestic industries, they often result in unintended consequences, such as higher prices for consumers and retaliatory measures from trading partners. Tariffs can distort market dynamics, potentially leading to job losses in sectors reliant on global supply chains. In contrast, investing in wages fosters a more equitable and stable economy, as evidenced by historical data indicating that periods of rising wages often coincide with economic expansion, unlike tariffs which can lead to contraction and instability.

#WageIncrease #EconomicGrowth #ConsumerSpending #EmployeeMorale #Productivity #WorkersRights #EquitableEconomy #TariffImpact #SustainableGrowth #LaborMarket #BusinessStrategy #SocialSafetyNet #EconomicStability

I had a dicussion about Ford and Trump and I drove the point that what made Ford successful were counter to Trumps policies. How the two are like apples and oranges. Ford increased pay, Trump has increased cost, while firing and reducing pay/purchasing power.

Increasing wages enhances consumer purchasing power, giving workers more disposable income to spend on goods and services. This boost in purchasing power drives demand, benefiting businesses across various sectors. Higher consumer spending stimulates local economies and creates a positive cycle of economic activity. Additionally, elevating wages leads to improved worker morale, reduced turnover, and increased productivity. When employees feel valued and adequately compensated, they are more likely to invest effort and loyalty in their jobs, contributing positively to a company’s bottom line and overall economic growth.

By increasing wages, fewer workers will rely on government assistance programs, which reduces the burden on taxpayers and allows government funds to be redirected toward infrastructure, education, and healthcare—areas that promote long-term economic stability. While tariffs may aim to protect domestic industries, they often result in unintended consequences, such as higher prices for consumers and retaliatory measures from trading partners. Tariffs can distort market dynamics, potentially leading to job losses in sectors reliant on global supply chains. In contrast, investing in wages fosters a more equitable and stable economy, as evidenced by historical data indicating that periods of rising wages often coincide with economic expansion, unlike tariffs which can lead to contraction and instability.

#WageIncrease #EconomicGrowth #ConsumerSpending #EmployeeMorale #Productivity #WorkersRights #EquitableEconomy #TariffImpact #SustainableGrowth #LaborMarket #BusinessStrategy #SocialSafetyNet #EconomicStability

I had a dicussion about Ford and Trump and I drove the point that what made Ford successful were counter to Trumps policies. How the two are like apples and oranges. Ford increased pay, Trump has increased cost, while firing and reducing pay/purchasing power.

Increasing wages enhances consumer purchasing power, giving workers more disposable income to spend on goods and services. This boost in purchasing power drives demand, benefiting businesses across various sectors. Higher consumer spending stimulates local economies and creates a positive cycle of economic activity. Additionally, elevating wages leads to improved worker morale, reduced turnover, and increased productivity. When employees feel valued and adequately compensated, they are more likely to invest effort and loyalty in their jobs, contributing positively to a company’s bottom line and overall economic growth.

By increasing wages, fewer workers will rely on government assistance programs, which reduces the burden on taxpayers and allows government funds to be redirected toward infrastructure, education, and healthcare—areas that promote long-term economic stability. While tariffs may aim to protect domestic industries, they often result in unintended consequences, such as higher prices for consumers and retaliatory measures from trading partners. Tariffs can distort market dynamics, potentially leading to job losses in sectors reliant on global supply chains. In contrast, investing in wages fosters a more equitable and stable economy, as evidenced by historical data indicating that periods of rising wages often coincide with economic expansion, unlike tariffs which can lead to contraction and instability.

#WageIncrease #EconomicGrowth #ConsumerSpending #EmployeeMorale #Productivity #WorkersRights #EquitableEconomy #TariffImpact #SustainableGrowth #LaborMarket #BusinessStrategy #SocialSafetyNet #EconomicStability

I had a dicussion about Ford and Trump and I drove the point that what made Ford successful were counter to Trumps policies. How the two are like apples and oranges. Ford increased pay, Trump has increased cost, while firing and reducing pay/purchasing power.

Increasing wages enhances consumer purchasing power, giving workers more disposable income to spend on goods and services. This boost in purchasing power drives demand, benefiting businesses across various sectors. Higher consumer spending stimulates local economies and creates a positive cycle of economic activity. Additionally, elevating wages leads to improved worker morale, reduced turnover, and increased productivity. When employees feel valued and adequately compensated, they are more likely to invest effort and loyalty in their jobs, contributing positively to a company’s bottom line and overall economic growth.

By increasing wages, fewer workers will rely on government assistance programs, which reduces the burden on taxpayers and allows government funds to be redirected toward infrastructure, education, and healthcare—areas that promote long-term economic stability. While tariffs may aim to protect domestic industries, they often result in unintended consequences, such as higher prices for consumers and retaliatory measures from trading partners. Tariffs can distort market dynamics, potentially leading to job losses in sectors reliant on global supply chains. In contrast, investing in wages fosters a more equitable and stable economy, as evidenced by historical data indicating that periods of rising wages often coincide with economic expansion, unlike tariffs which can lead to contraction and instability.

#WageIncrease #EconomicGrowth #ConsumerSpending #EmployeeMorale #Productivity #WorkersRights #EquitableEconomy #TariffImpact #SustainableGrowth #LaborMarket #BusinessStrategy #SocialSafetyNet #EconomicStability

Republican’s #TownHall Blows Up in His Face as He’s Showered in Boos

by Robert McCoy
Fri, August 1, 2025

"#BryanSteil entered the Elkhorn High School auditorium on Thursday to resounding boos, and faced a raucous crowd for the duration of the 80-minute session, including fierce questions on his support of Trump’s agenda, as well as frequent interruptions, chants, and jeering.

"Attendees were evidently fired up over Steil’s support of Trump’s budget, poised to tilt taxes in favor of the #rich while tattering the #SocialSafetyNet. Steil defended his vote on the bill, which is also estimated to balloon the national debt by trillions of dollars. (When the lawmaker mentioned national debt as a pressing issue, one attendee interjected: 'Thanks to you!')

"He also voiced his support of Trump’s controversial immigration policies—a topic which elicited 'some of the loudest boos,' according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

"More than one person in attendance referred to the Florida immigrant detention camp callously dubbed '#AlligatorAlcatraz' as a #ConcentrationCamp, which Steil objected to. A constituent noted that 'the difference between a #prison or a #DetentionCenter and a concentration camp is #DueProcess.'

"Steil also had to address Trump’s tariffs (which one attendee called 'a terrible tax that’s going to be placed on the citizens of the United States'), as well as Trump’s push to all but abolish the Department of Education ('Education is best resolved at the local level,' Steil said).

"Many questions Steil faced reflected a widespread perception that Steil is in Trump’s pocket. One attendee said, 'Southeast #Wisconsin has not been represented by you. President Trump seems to run Southeast Wisconsin through you.'

"Another made similar remarks in the context of immigration. 'What I see happening to our #Immigrant population embarrasses me—horrifies me,' she said.
You have not raised a voice to complain about it. Where do I see your leadership? I see no leadership—I see you following Trump 100 percent of the time.' In response to this latter question, Steil, ironically, 'lauded Trump’s executive orders and #deportations,' Wisconsin #PublicRadio reports."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/republican-town-hall-blows-face-132736634.html

#USPol #TaxBreaksForTheRich #BigUglyBill #MedicaidCuts #SNAPCuts #PublicBroadcastingCuts #DoYourJob #WeKnowWhereYouLive

Reforms Fail to Reach Masses

The International Monetary Fund has raised concerns over the lack of a robust social safety net to protect…
#Economy #BolaTinubu #cashtransfer #Economicgrowth #economicreforms #foreignexchange #fuelsubsidyremoval #IMF #Inflation #InternationalMonetaryFund #Nigeria #Poverty #socialsafetynet
https://www.europesays.com/2241661/

Why we need a #solidarity #economy now

As the #US faces historic cuts to the #socialsafetynet, local #economic alternatives can meet #basicneeds and provide #opportunities to #organize for a better future.

https://wagingnonviolence.org/2025/07/why-we-need-solidarity-economy-now/

WHAT IS THE "PROBLEM" T****'s #BigBloatedBullshitBill trying to "solve"?

As Jen points out, #Obama's first big bills were to resolve the financial crisis #Dubya left him, and to pass the #AffordableCareAct.

#Biden ALSO had to bailout the country after #DisasterDon collapsed the economy, and end the #Pandemic.

So, what does the #BBB "fix"? It SLASHES the #SocialSafetyNet, but DOESN'T SAVE any money. #UE was only 4.2%.

So what are they wasting so much time & energy on?🤔
https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/the-backlash-begins-republicans-heading-home-from-d-c-face-local-protests-over-trump-bill-242696261879

Senator Bernie Sanders' report unveils the alarming consequences of GOP budget cuts to Medicaid, claiming 19 Americans would lose health coverage for every millionaire benefiting from tax breaks. Healthcare professionals warn that these cuts could lead to unnecessary deaths, especially among vulnerable groups. Sanders argues that this legislation is a "death sentence" for low-income families and insists healthcare should be a universal right. Read more here: https://www.alternet.org/trump-mike-johnson-millionaires/ #GOPBudget #Healthcare #BernieSanders #MedicaidCuts #TaxBreaks #PublicHealth #SocialSafetyNet

Newscats Insights: One Big Beautiful Bill 101: What It Is and Why It Matters: https://newscats.org/newscats-insights-one-big-beautiful-bill-101-what-it-is-and-why-it-matters

#Democrats #DonaldTrump #OneBigBeautifulBill #PolicyExplained #KnowYourBills #USPolitics #TaxReform #EconomicPolicy #SocialSafetyNet #WorkIncentives #FiscalResponsibility #AmericaFirst #PoliticalExplainer #BillBreakdown #VulnerableAmericans #BorderSecurity #TaxRelief

Newscats Insights: One Big Beautiful Bill 101: What It Is and Why It Matters: https://newscats.org/newscats-insights-one-big-beautiful-bill-101-what-it-is-and-why-it-matters

#Democrats #DonaldTrump #OneBigBeautifulBill #PolicyExplained #KnowYourBills #USPolitics #TaxReform #EconomicPolicy #SocialSafetyNet #WorkIncentives #FiscalResponsibility #AmericaFirst #PoliticalExplainer #BillBreakdown #VulnerableAmericans #BorderSecurity #TaxRelief

Newscats Insights: One Big Beautiful Bill 101: What It Is and Why It Matters: https://newscats.org/newscats-insights-one-big-beautiful-bill-101-what-it-is-and-why-it-matters

#Democrats #DonaldTrump #OneBigBeautifulBill #PolicyExplained #KnowYourBills #USPolitics #TaxReform #EconomicPolicy #SocialSafetyNet #WorkIncentives #FiscalResponsibility #AmericaFirst #PoliticalExplainer #BillBreakdown #VulnerableAmericans #BorderSecurity #TaxRelief

Newscats Insights: One Big Beautiful Bill 101: What It Is and Why It Matters: https://newscats.org/newscats-insights-one-big-beautiful-bill-101-what-it-is-and-why-it-matters

#Democrats #DonaldTrump #OneBigBeautifulBill #PolicyExplained #KnowYourBills #USPolitics #TaxReform #EconomicPolicy #SocialSafetyNet #WorkIncentives #FiscalResponsibility #AmericaFirst #PoliticalExplainer #BillBreakdown #VulnerableAmericans #BorderSecurity #TaxRelief

Newscats Insights: One Big Beautiful Bill 101: What It Is and Why It Matters: https://newscats.org/newscats-insights-one-big-beautiful-bill-101-what-it-is-and-why-it-matters

#Democrats #DonaldTrump #OneBigBeautifulBill #PolicyExplained #KnowYourBills #USPolitics #TaxReform #EconomicPolicy #SocialSafetyNet #WorkIncentives #FiscalResponsibility #AmericaFirst #PoliticalExplainer #BillBreakdown #VulnerableAmericans #BorderSecurity #TaxRelief

How to build a well-designed national basic income program – at half the cost
#Canada #BasicIncome #GuaranteedBasicIncome #PovertyReduction #IncomeSupport #EconomicJustice #SocialPolicy #Budget #IncomeInequality #AffordableSolutions #UBI #SocialSafetyNet
https://the-14.com/how-to-build-a-well-designed-national-basic-income-program-at-half-the-cost/

To learn more, see "The High Moral Stake: Our Budget, Our Future," a report from @BRepairers, the Institute for Policy Studies, & the Economic Policy Institute.

#2025Budget #SocialSafetyNet #MDPPC #PoorPeoplesCampaign #RepairersOfTheBreach #MoralMovement

The Road Not Taken Is Guaranteed Minimum Income

https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-road-not-taken-is-guaranteed-minimum-income/

#HackerNews #GuaranteedMinimumIncome #RoadNotTaken #IncomeInequality #SocialSafetyNet #CodingHorror

General Insurance Association of Korea Chairman Lee Byung-rae outlines plans to strengthen the industry's role as a social safety net, focusing on challenges posed by low birth rates and an aging population.
#YonhapInfomax #GeneralInsuranceAssociation #SocialSafetyNet #LowBirthRate #AgingPopulation #InsuranceInnovation #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=51366

Just 4 years ago: the campaign to win the Excluded Worker Fund, path-breaking relief that provided $15,000 on average, to undocumented immigrant workers who were excluded from federal assistance

Parallels with the creation of UI in The Depression

#SocialSafetyNet #taxonbillionaires #classdivide #guaranteedincome

Base-Building in Community Organizing
with Make the Road NY’s José Lopez and Ángeles Solis
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0r2xqo1N6KpP9Njoyt32Rx

Um... Proving again that #ProBirth is NOT #ProLife!

In states that ban #abortion, #SocialSafetyNet programs often fail families

By LAURA UNGAR and KIMBERLEE KRUESI, December 27, 2024

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — "Taylor Cagnacci moved from California to Tennessee with hopes of starting a new chapter in a state that touts a low cost of living and natural beauty.

"But she’s infuriated by Tennessee’s meager social services, which leave her and many other moms struggling in a state where abortion is banned with limited exceptions.

"'I was going to have my child no matter what, but for other women, that’s kind of a crappy situation that they put you in,' said Cagnacci, a 29-year-old Kingsport mom who relies on #Medicaid and a federally funded nutrition program. 'You have to have your child. But where’s the assistance afterward?'

"Tennessee has a porous safety net for mothers and young children, recent research and an analysis by The Associated Press found. It’s unknown how many women in the state have given birth because they didn’t have access to abortion, but it is clear that from the time a Tennessee woman gets pregnant, she faces greater obstacles to a #HealthyPregnancy, a #HealthyChild and a financially stable family than the average

"Like other states with strict abortion bans, Tennesseans of childbearing age are more likely to live in maternal care deserts and face overall doctor shortages. Women, infants and children are less likely to be enrolled in a government nutrition program known as #WIC. And Tennessee is one of only 10 states that hasn’t expanded Medicaid to a greater share of low-income families."

https://apnews.com/article/abortion-tennessee-medicaid-wic-2a67e38c0d523a008ec8e1b173b67297
#AbortionBans #SafetyNets #ChildPoverty #FoodInsecurity #USPol

Historian #HeatherCoxRichardson with a typically timely, crucial, & interesting history lesson…
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/october-28-2024
#1929StockMarketCrash #GreatDepression #HerbertHoover #FDR #NewDeal #SocialSafetyNet #WWII #fascism #DwightEisenhower

Morning music from Roy Acuff, 1939. Social Security was only 4 years old at the time. Republicans are still angling to wound or kill it even now, nearly a century later. #SocialSecurity #RoyAcuff #CountryMusic #Republicans #SocialSafetyNet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNXFkvY7haA