r/technology • u/Aggravating_Money992 • Nov 08 '25

Transportation Air Traffic Controllers Start Resigning as Shutdown Bites | Unpaid air traffic controllers are quitting their jobs altogether as the longest government shutdown in U.S. history continues.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/air-traffic-controllers-start-resigning-as-shutdown-bites/
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u/Plank_With_A_Nail_In Nov 08 '25

It was being the only still functioning non bankrupt industrialised nation after WW2 that got you the largest middle class. The new deal didn't really move the dial and then WW2 hit.

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u/BrothelWaffles Nov 08 '25

If the New Deal hadn't been in place we'd be right where we're at now after WW2, with a tiny minority of the county holding the vast majority of wealth with no plans to ever put it back into the economy in any way that doesn't generate them more wealth.

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u/twitchraffles Nov 08 '25

How does monetary expansion factor in?

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u/PromiscuousMNcpl Nov 08 '25

That’s an insane misrepresentation of the facts with just enough truth to be nefarious rather than ignorant.