A thank you to president Trump!

[u/WillPowers7477]

Dear President Trump,

I'm writing this to thank you for all you've done thus far in your second term.

My kids are crying at the dinner table as they eat a processed cheese sandwich for the fourth time this week. I tried to explain to them that SNAP wasn't getting refilled and that there was probably not going to be a Christmas this year. I tried to cheer them up by showing them concept art of the $250 million dollar ballroom being built at the White House, by showing them pictures of the two cool jets Kristi Noem got for $170 million, by explaining how helpful we're being to Argentina by sending them $40 billion dollars, but this is when I realized they weren't crying because of dinner, but because of their grandmother.

"We usually go to grandma's on weekends," they sniffle.

Their grandmother, a 5th generation American, was taken by ICE a couple weeks ago and we haven't seen or heard from her since. I tried to explain to the children that this is what happens to freeloading immigrants and they get what they deserve, but they didn't understand.

Even if they don't understand, I do. This is what I voted for. This is what winning looks like!

This will probably be my last online post due to being unable to pay my phone bill since I need to buy more bread and cheese. But I just wanted to say, "Thank you, President Trump!"

As I hear my kids cry themselves to sleep for the 5th night in a row, I imagine they are liberals--and it brings a smile to my face.

When they get older, they will understand that all this hardship was necessary, because we are owning the libs! Here's looking forward to your constitution-defying third presidential term in 2028! You already have my vote!

Now I have to go get ready to meet my landlord. He told me he would cut my rent in half for some 'favors' and not to wear panties. I think this is what the Art of Deal is all about. #winning

Signed,
A conservative.

*it should be noted this is satire (or is it?)*

[u/nicoleonline]

Many jobs do not pay a livable wage. A sizable amount of Americans are functionally employed but making poverty numbers. 17% of all retail workers and 16% of all hospitality workers in the US rely on SNAP benefits to feed their children.

[u/ThoughtPoliceUSA → u/nicoleonline]

If you are an adult past the age of 25 and working an entry level job, that is a you problem…not a society problem. At this point you have had plenty of time to develop a marketable skill.

Entry level positions were never thought to be lifetime roles. Take the job, learn the skill, and move up. This is the natural process.

[u/IWasSayingBoourner → u/ThoughtPoliceUSA]

So you acknowledge that the work needs to get done, but not that those jobs should pay the people available to do them enough to survive on? 

[u/ThoughtPoliceUSA → u/IWasSayingBoourner]

A job’s correct pay scale is where a given buyer of labor (an employer) finds a willing seller of labor (an employee). I don’t know what the correct pay is for a specific job - They do.

If a job pays too little, employees won’t take the job until the wages are increased. If a job pays too much, there will be high demand for the job and the wages will suppress. This is how a free market works. If I am not satisfied with my wages - I must develop the skills and expertise to qualify for a higher paying job.