City of Sunderland, hammered by London & EU-led deindustrialisation, happy to vote for Brexit

[amandabeech]

8. A handout is not the same as a job, even a low paying one.

Jobs give self-respect. To many people, social welfare does not. These people want to WORK. Being forced to take welfare destroys them, their families and their communities.

Not everyone can work in the City of London, and not everyone can learn to code.

Ignoring the social costs of people left behind by neoliberal policies led to the Brexit vote.

The fact that few here on DU can understand that just increases the alienation of a large sector of the population here in the US just as it has in the UK.

If you can't account for the social and political costs of this, then you'll not understand when Michigan votes for Trump.

I'm here in Michigan. I am the daughter of an autobody repairman and the favorite of my bachelor uncle who worked on the line at GM in Grand Rapids.

I've been talking about these problems since the late '70s.

There's a reason why Bernie and The Donald won Michigan.

If the Dems don't understand and realize that social and political stability require jobs FOR ALL, then don't blame us out here in flyover country when The Orange One wins in November.

P.S. Some of my ancestors came from York, England.