In like, April when it was clear people would need tons of help to stay in their homes, and since Bad President was president, it was assumed they'd never get it, a friend and I joked that the 21st century Hoovervilles should be called "Trump Towers"es.
But Bad President or his Bad Party toadies kept shit together and mailed us 1800 in checks and 600/wk in unemployment, then Good President came in and cut the unemployment to 300/wk and gave us 1400 of a promised 2000, but they kept their word if you consider 600 of the 1800 that Bad President gave us as coming from Good President and now everyone is getting tossed on the curb by Good President and the Good Party, and yea, I know I'm The Reason Trump Won if I can't cognitive dissonance up a reason that this numerically obviously worse situation is better, actually. So just pretend I did, go to Slate and look up whatever Jordan Weissman 'well actually' column is arguing that and assume that's what I said too so I don't get the Good President fans riled up.
Anyway, different president, so a need for a different name for Hoovervilles. As a Scrantonian and hater of that Delaware Fuck's constant stolen poverty-valor, I like "Little Scrantons". If only so that we can say our town is the Best Scranton in America, by default.
I'll also submit: "Acela Corridors". References our contemporary Good President's most well known piece of Regular Guy Theater and simultaneously hearkens back to the golden age of railridin' hoboes in the Depression. A true fusion of old and new.
In like, April when it was clear people would need tons of help to stay in their homes, and since Bad President was president, it was assumed they'd never get it, a friend and I joked that the 21st century Hoovervilles should be called "Trump Towers"es.
But Bad President or his Bad Party toadies kept shit together and mailed us 1800 in checks and 600/wk in unemployment, then Good President came in and cut the unemployment to 300/wk and gave us 1400 of a promised 2000, but they kept their word if you consider 600 of the 1800 that Bad President gave us as coming from Good President and now everyone is getting tossed on the curb by Good President and the Good Party, and yea, I know I'm The Reason Trump Won if I can't cognitive dissonance up a reason that this numerically obviously worse situation is better, actually. So just pretend I did, go to Slate and look up whatever Jordan Weissman 'well actually' column is arguing that and assume that's what I said too so I don't get the Good President fans riled up.
Anyway, different president, so a need for a different name for Hoovervilles. As a Scrantonian and hater of that Delaware Fuck's constant stolen poverty-valor, I like "Little Scrantons". If only so that we can say our town is the Best Scranton in America, by default.
I'll also submit: "Acela Corridors". References our contemporary Good President's most well known piece of Regular Guy Theater and simultaneously hearkens back to the golden age of railridin' hoboes in the Depression. A true fusion of old and new.