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July 22, 2025 20 mins

Air Date: 7–22-25

Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss:

  • The need for universal childcare and the pressure release valve of fighting your employer over working from home
  • The need for universal benefits and the pressure release valve of gig workers fighting for a patchwork of crumbs from giant corporations
  • The need to get rid of the business model of tipped jobs and the pressure release valve of fighting over tipping culture and taxing
  • The need for expanded social welfare programs and better wages and the pressure release valve of expanding food banks
  • The need for effective federal disaster support and universal healthcare and the press release valve of GoFundMe culture

 

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REFERENCES:

 

Exploring portable benefits for gig workers - Brookings Institute

Ride-Hailing Apps Make Traffic Worse - And Now They’re Admitting It - Futurism

Tipping Is Racist and Harms Us All — It’s Past Time to Eliminate It - Inequality.org

Expanding food banks is no substitute for tackling poverty, charities warn - The Guardian

GoFundMe Is The New FEMA - Wessiler via Substack

GoFundMe Is a Boon for Disaster Survivors. Especially the Wealthy Ones. - The New York Times

How GoFundMe Perpetuates Myths of Merit and Deservingness - MIT’s The Reader

GoFundMe CEO - Dropout.tv

For Trump’s ‘no taxes on tips,’ the devil is in the details - The Conversation

 

EXTRAS:

Snopes: Investigating claims Kerr County rejected Biden admin's $10M offer to improve flood warning systems - Snopes via Yahoo News

Study Erin mentions at 00:28:38 showing those in lower economic class think they are higher than they are. - Marketplace

Did politics delay approval of Kerr County life-saving infrastructure? - Chrom.com (Former Houston Chronicle digital))

 

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