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Oct 22, 2026
Surly Voices for 10/22/2026
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3:55DonnaHOST
often are cut off at the knees when we try to place ourselves on par with our sistren of other societies.
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4:03DonnaHOST
The working poor are subsidizing everybody else's comfort.
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4:07DonnaHOST
So what do I mean by that? Wages aren't keeping up with the pace of living.
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4:12DonnaHOST
Corporations and politicians are practicing personal, keep preaching personal responsibility, right? But at what point do we admit that working hard is no longer a reliable path? to out of poverty.
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4:27DonnaHOST
Well, one of the three things is why Angie is even a factor in a state that has 1.5 million more Republicans than Democrats, and yet she's within a stone's throw Based on polls, I have thoughts about polls, but she's still within a stone's throw of someone where a Republican victory in the U.S. Senate race should be a foregone conclusion.
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4:53DonnaHOST
And yet it's not.
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4:54DonnaHOST
And it is because the working poor are taking all the hits and that those hits are starting to move into other classes that once thought themselves safe.
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5:06DonnaHOST
Right.
How Edwardians Survived the Brutal Winters | Boring History For Sleep — Coal Fires, Frosty Streets, and Quiet Comforts
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9:05speaker_1HOST
Teachers regularly found children with blue lips and numb fingers, unable to hold a pencil properly because their hands were too cold to function.
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9:17speaker_1HOST
The working poor face the most brutal conditions of all.
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9:21speaker_1HOST
Factory workers might labour in buildings with broken windows and no heating beyond what their own body heat could provide.
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9:31speaker_1HOST
Coal miners, ironically, often returned home to freezing houses despite spending their days extracting the very fuel that should warm their families.