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Vanity - Get Ready For The Left's Latest Talking Point
Real Time With Bill Maher ^ | April 18, 2025 | TwelveOfTwenty

Posted on 04/19/2025 6:08:38 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty

New Rule: The Not-Working Class | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

The latest leftist argument against Trump's efforts to bring jobs back are that Americans, especially Gen-Z, don't want the jobs.

There are two problems with this.

First, not all Gen-Zrs are deadbeats. As Bill Maher himself pointed out, that is painting with a broad brush. Many would take those jobs.

Second, it wasn't only manufacturing jobs that were offshored. Tech jobs were offshored, too. I think it's even more important to get those jobs and our technology back.

Maybe I'm missing the point, which was that this was meant to be tongue in cheek, but you can bet the left will run with this if they think it will stop Trump.

Let's have our answers ready.


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: labor; vanity; workforce

1 posted on 04/19/2025 6:08:38 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty
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To: TwelveOfTwenty

AI is going to do a lot of the coding so learn plumbing, HVAC etc. Good money too;-)


2 posted on 04/19/2025 6:11:35 PM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than saving to WORK like the rest of !US:-))
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To: TwelveOfTwenty
First, not all Gen-Zrs are deadbeats.

That’s not the prevailing wisdom of many FReepers.

3 posted on 04/19/2025 6:20:50 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s² )
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To: Harpotoo

so how exactly are the “not working” paying for their lifestyle choices because IF one isn’t willing to work then they should starve in the woods with the other bums.


4 posted on 04/19/2025 6:21:10 PM PDT by Qwapisking ("The left will rue the day they cheated Trump out of the 2020 election forever" L.Star )
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To: DoodleBob
First, not all Gen-Zrs are deadbeats.

That’s not the prevailing wisdom of many FReepers.

I have been amazed in the last few weeks how many young folks I have met who really have their act together and are very ambitious.

A most surprising and good development.

As recently as 2 months ago, the opposite was my experience, deadbeats.

5 posted on 04/19/2025 6:24:43 PM PDT by Mogger ( 7th generation Vermonter, refugee in New Hampshire hoping NH remains sane.)
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To: TwelveOfTwenty

And return to the qualification aspect of employment which will restore the pride and prestige factor of holding the job and delete fake jobs now showing as a winner winner chicken dinner dei poseition.


6 posted on 04/19/2025 6:27:13 PM PDT by Recompennation
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To: Mogger; DoodleBob
I would add that it wasn't Gen-Z that offshored our manufacturing and tech jobs.

And they weren't the ones who inherited the top auto industry in the world and turned it into a basket case that can't even compete in its home market.

7 posted on 04/19/2025 6:29:00 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Prayers for the US and President Trump)
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To: Mogger

To be sure, over the 2022-2024 timeframe, a lot of youths became conservative.

I can tell you that my experience at work, for a long time, with folks under 35 has been very positive.

It’s also been positive when I go shopping. The “kids” do a great job.


8 posted on 04/19/2025 6:36:06 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s² )
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To: Mogger

Many are also deeply religious and conservative, too. Bodes well for the country.


9 posted on 04/19/2025 6:37:07 PM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man, a subject.")
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To: TwelveOfTwenty

A lot of people would love to have a good paying manufacturing job with benefits. Think of the thousands of black youths who have never had an opportunity at anything but fast food jobs. This will be life changing !


10 posted on 04/19/2025 6:46:05 PM PDT by cquiggy (Ck)
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To: DoodleBob

That’s because 1) they fell for ALL of the lies 2) they don’t know any GenZers.


11 posted on 04/19/2025 6:49:47 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: TwelveOfTwenty

As with all people groups, there are morons and there are hard working good people. Let’s be real here, Maher doesn’t know any actual middle America Gen Zers anyway.


12 posted on 04/19/2025 7:24:38 PM PDT by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: Qwapisking

Mama Dada;-)


13 posted on 04/19/2025 8:07:45 PM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than saving to WORK like the rest of !US:-))
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To: ripnbang
Many are also deeply religious and conservative, too.

We should be willing to pay more for American made to help them out.

In return, they help us out by producing and paying into OUR infrastructure, instead of collecting.

14 posted on 04/20/2025 4:08:37 AM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Prayers for the US and President Trump)
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To: TwelveOfTwenty

“Vanity - Get Ready For The Left’s Latest Talking Point”

I think their latest talking point is: “Elect us unless you want to help the Republicans MAGA”.


15 posted on 04/20/2025 6:55:05 AM PDT by antidemoncrat ( )
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To: TwelveOfTwenty

I don’t think its a generational difference as much as a difference between those who came of age under (and bought into) the collectivist vision of Obama and those who did not.


16 posted on 04/20/2025 7:00:33 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: antidemoncrat

That’s their message. The topic of this thread is one of the talking points they’ll use to push that message.


17 posted on 04/20/2025 7:06:56 AM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Prayers for the US and President Trump)
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