>RAINELLE, W.Va. (AP) — Every month, Rebecca Michalski takes a deep breath before opening her electric bill. She lives on a fixed income, and heating her small house this winter has been staggering: Her February charge was $940.08 — more than her check.>In West Virginia, all 55 counties voted for Trump in 2024. But it was a Democratic stronghold for decades prior to the switch when coal mines were the lifeblood, and unions were virtually unbreakable. The state has struggled immensely under both parties: It has experienced a major brain drain, a devastating opioid epidemic, a growing elderly population and its coveted coal industry jobs have dried up with nothing to replace them. That leaves people who work minimum wage jobs, those on fixed incomes and even college-educated middle-class families with two paychecks being pushed to the breaking point with affordability issues, including rising car insurance, grocery bills, health care and housing.Why not just leave America?
AND I'M PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN
He WON.
>>532842548I dont know man, seems worse than Brazil. You guys need to form migrant caravans to go to Brazil.
>>532842760A lot of Americans moved to Brazil after the New Deal
>>532843434More should flee to Brazil. They are going to die in the next few winters.
>>532842491>Owns a houseNo sympathy.
>WVParasite state gutted by Obama. A 2k electric bill is ridiculous. No way her usage was anything but wasteful. Woodstove/coal furnace is basically free heat.
>>532842491I lived in southern ohio and Virginia before. I've seen how these stupid fucks get their 1k electricity bills. Central heating / cooling isn't enough for these faggots because they have it set to 85/60 in winter and summer but its never gonna get there because they have a shit ac unit and furnace that they never maintenance SO INSTEAD they have multiple window ac units or space heaters running 24/7 WITH CENTRAL AIR "oh but the shitbulls might need to go outside so we leave the back door open all day. " Or "well we like the airflow" so multiple windows are open.And even if that wasnt the case their piece of shit trailers and homes haven't had their doors or windows resealed ever and it's at the point you can feel the breeze from the sides and bottom. That's in additional to leaving every light on all the time, and when the siding and weatherproofing wrap gets damaged never fixing it so that all the insulation gets destroyed from the weather.These are the kinds of people using your tax dollars for food stamps and whatever other welfare bullshit.
>>532842491>just leave America No western country allows poor/middle class white immigrants except America. We have by far the most lax immigration policy amongst developed nations.
>>532842491>charges come from electric company>policies affecting electric rates come from local politicians>but TrumpIt's amazing the extent people go to not actually address a problem.
