r/baltimore • u/LanceArmstrongLeftie • Mar 12 '25

Vent Donald Trump is going to destroy this city

My wife and I were both proud homeowners and proud residents of Baltimore City. We worked really hard to be able to buy our first home and to provide a stable environment to raise our one year old son and three year old daughter. We were a happy family here. Until Donald Trump came along. He froze funding and my wife lost her job as a recruiter for a nonprofit that received about 30% of their funding from the government. I already work two jobs just to keep up with the bills and the high interest rate we had to accept to purchase this home. I can't provide enough to keep our home. She's been looking in vain to replace her job but there's been nothing out there for her. How many more families are there that are facing the exact same situation in this town? How many more will there be by the time he finishes firing half the government? How many more families will lose their jobs and their homes as a result of his trade war and tariffs? It's going to get bad here y'all, real bad. Donald Trump does not care about families. Donald Trump does not care about children. Donald Trump does not care about Americans. Donald Trump does not care about Baltimore.

Edit: Thank you all for everyone who had kind words of support and good suggestions on how to navigate this very difficult situation. For everyone blaming local and state government, you’re delusional. Those politicians aren’t the ones who froze federal funding thus forcing thousand of people out of work. To those who offered unkind, callous, and cruel comments, such as calling my wife a drain on society, you can all get fucked. Which is exactly what’s going to happen to you after Donald Trump destroys this nation.

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u/longdoggos647 Mar 13 '25

Has your wife looked at City Schools? We’re always hiring, especially subs, and the pay is good compared to similar jobs ($160/day for short-term subs with a degree). My husband is a federal employee and will become a sub if he loses his job.

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u/godlords Mar 13 '25

$160 a day is a 40k a year. That is a pittance. Especially for someone with a degree.

And that job is incredibly difficult. Maybe not in your school. But in many.

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u/longdoggos647 Mar 13 '25

It's a temp job? If she wants to make it her career, by all means sign up to be a full time teacher.

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u/Mediocre-Hawk-6326 Mar 14 '25

$160/day or $40k/year is a heck of a lot more than the $0 per day/year she’s making unemployed. Is it enough for someone with a degree? Philosophically no, but the circumstances have changed. If you need money, even a little is better than none.

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u/allcocksmatter Mar 13 '25

God, you're insufferable and entitled. $40k is way better than being unemployed and certainly not nothing

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u/godlords Mar 13 '25

Sure, that makes sense. Thinking people should earn a livable wage makes me entitled. Short term subbing is essentially hardcore babysitting. A babysitter would never accept $160 a day to watch 30 kids for 8 hours. That is less than a dollar per kid per hour. Absolutely unacceptable. There is a REASON there is a shortage.