Summary

The Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a memo prioritizing federal funding for communities with marriage and birth rates above the national average.

The directive, which applies to grants, loans, and contracts, also prioritizes projects benefiting families with young children.

A congressional aide criticized the policy, saying, “Considering fertility rates when prioritizing federal grants? We obviously have no idea what the full impact of that will be… It’s absolutely creepy. It’s a little ‘Chinese government.’”

The memo also blocks mask mandates and requires compliance with immigration enforcement.

  • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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    23 hours ago

    I’m sorry to tell you this but there will be fewer workplaces in the future.

    There have been three significant developments throughout human history:

    • agricultural revolution
    • heavy industrial revolution
    • information technology

    I’m afraid there won’t be a third wave, and technological progress will slow down. I’m sure it will lead to a decline in well-paying employments, and wages will go down. An effective counter-measure would be if the number of workers in the country would also drop, as that would lower supply in workforce and increase prices for labor (a.k.a. wages).

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      17 hours ago

      I’m sure people at the agricultural and heavy industrial stages said the same thing. Maybe stop roleplaying you can see the future?

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      21 hours ago

      And instead of life being improved for everyone, all of the fruits of technological innovation are being given to the people who already have more than they could ever possibly use in thousands of lifetimes while everyone else is left to starve.