***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[aepps20]

Country roads, take me home, to the pla... WHAT YOU DOIN ROUND HERE BOY?

Why I love my home state

 

[aepps20]

What I appreciate most about M Mark Antony is that he effectively translated the bass my fellow West Virginians use when getting ready to use a racial slur. The caps weren't for show.

 

[gry60]

the contempt you have for your fellow american...
I think yes people are busy and they don't know the details of global trade

It has a lot more to do with asking themselves how their neighborhoods and towns lost factories to Asia, which they refuse to do with honesty because that would lead them to question the assumptions they have about the type of capitalism we have here.

But it goes beyond that. For the most part, Americans have checked out of civic life:

Will U.S. Education Remedy A Half-Century Of Neglecting Civics Education?

A survey by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni found that less than 40 percent of respondents—and only a little more than half of college graduates—could correctly answer a multiple-choice question about the length of terms for members of Congress.

www.forbes.com

If the above assertion sounds unduly apocalyptic, consider these facts: Recent polling of Americans’ civic literacy, conducted by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, should shame all of us involved in education: While 90% of immigrants to this country pass the USCIS Citizenship Test (passage of which requires answering correctly six of ten multiple-choice questions), only a third of native-born Americans can pass the test.

Digging deeper into the numbers reveals even more alarming news. Seventy-four percent of senior citizens can pass the test, but only 19% of Americans under the age of 45 can answer even six of the ten questions correctly.

And most can't tie economics, politics, history, geography together with a semblance of coherence.

Most Young Americans Can’t Pass a Test on Global Affairs—Can You?

A new survey finds that even college-educated Americans have a lot to learn about the world around them. Take our quizzes to see how much you know.

www.nationalgeographic.com

They also had a poor grasp of what countries the U.S. is bound to protect and where U.S. troops are stationed around the world.

The global literacy survey asked 1,203 young adults 75 questions about geography, current events, and economics and trade. Among 18-to-26-year-olds who attend or have attended a two- or four-year college in the United States, the average score on the survey was just 55 percent—a failing grade in most U.S. classrooms.

“Even people who’ve been through college are still not gaining this sort of basic level of understanding about the world and how things are connected to each other,” says Kathleen Schwille, vice president of education at the National Geographic Society.

That worries Schwille, who says Americans “can’t ignore things that are happening on the other side of the world, because they do impact us. … Water availability and climate change and religious conflict—those are things that don’t pay attention to borders.”

How can you not feel contempt for people who celebrate ignorance? How can you not feel contempt when you know that watching the most watched news network on TV is worse for your knowledge than not watching anything at all?

im going by what americans choose.
and judging by what they choose.

If you're talking about ballot measures, maybe.

If you're talking about seats, the claim that elected officials represent the choice of the majority is contestable, considering that you don't need +50% of the vote to win an election.

There's also the issue that among western democracies, the US ranks low when it comes to the participation rate of those eligible to vote (about half of the qualified public actually vote), either because of lack of interest or because of voting restrictions.

Given all the particularities this country has with its electoral system, electoral outcomes are a poor tool to gauge what people want.

 

[gry60]

We'd use those handouts for drugs.

West Virginians Die Of Diabetes At The Highest Rate In The U.S. A Bill Seeks To Make Treatment More Accessible - West Virginia Public Broadcasting

This story was originally published by Mountain State Spotlight. For more stories from Mountain State Spotlight, visit www.mountainstatespotlight.org.When

www.wvpublic.org

According to the Health Care Cost Institute, the cost of routine care for a person with Type 1 diabetes was around $18,000 a year in 2016. Prices have gone up since then

Damn...

 

[Wargames]

West Virginians Die Of Diabetes At The Highest Rate In The U.S. A Bill Seeks To Make Treatment More Accessible - West Virginia Public Broadcasting

This story was originally published by Mountain State Spotlight. For more stories from Mountain State Spotlight, visit www.mountainstatespotlight.org.When

www.wvpublic.org

Damn...

This is so damn absurd it’s funny. The worst state in the US is holding back progress for the rest of us because they kept voting in a local elite jackass who got rich from loathing them and in effect abandoning them to their fates.

Manchin is use to spreading misery and suffering. That’s like his thing.

 

[art vandelay]

best thing to come out of WV...and that's it

Also, his high school basketball teammate, Jason Williams.

 

[IATT]

 

[Rootin4EverybodyBlack]

West Virginians Die Of Diabetes At The Highest Rate In The U.S. A Bill Seeks To Make Treatment More Accessible - West Virginia Public Broadcasting

This story was originally published by Mountain State Spotlight. For more stories from Mountain State Spotlight, visit www.mountainstatespotlight.org.When

www.wvpublic.org

Damn...

Literally more than a year’s salary, BEFORE TAXES, on minimum wage in WV.

 

[frink85]

The Rose with the Fax

she already apologized but she wasn't wrong

 

[Based Jesus]

This is going to go well

 

[Brownstone]

He speaking truth right there though, he still a cop

 

[05fordgt]

Also, his high school basketball teammate, Jason Williams.

Already posted this above buddy, with his most memorable move, the Payton gif!

 

[had pants]

 

[IATT]

dwalk31 pretty sure you still supported dude then

 

[IATT]

 

[Mark Antony]

America deadass let proud q loser incels become lawmakers.

 

[RustyShackleford]

As someone whose report card was crippin in high school, I feel this shot is unnecessary

 

[gry60]

STEM professionals who don't know about ethics, economics, history, and politics are the ones most likely to end up in the defendant spot at the Hague talking about "I was just doing my job."

 

[storm2006]

STEM professionals who don't know about ethics, economics, history, and politics are the ones most likely to end up in the defendant spot at the Hague talking about "I was just doing my job."

This. That is exactly why when I speak to students looking into a STEM major or STEM-related job I stress the importance of taking their electives and non-core courses seriously. They go a long professionally and depending on which ones you take there are many life lessons/skills to be learned as well.

That guy is an **** hat.

 

[Deleted member 42060]

Abel need to hit up his lawyers asap

Need some good old fashioned country music .

 

[biggie62]

I agree with the above. As much we I hated all those liberal arts core classes my university forced me to take in undergrad, it makes you a more well rounded individual where you can speak and hold a conversation on a lot of topics which you wouldn’t be able to before.

But it was one of my economics classes on world poverty which really opened up my eyes. People need to take classes such as that to be exposed, forced to think, challenge your rational, and move out of your bubble.

 

[uncalled4boy]

May 1st.

Biden administration extends pause on student loan payments until May 1

Interest rates will remain at 0% during that period, and debt collection efforts will be suspended.

abc13.com

 

[Nike Jordan]

 

[Beruseruku Desu]

At this point just cancel it plz

 

[Wargames]

At least he listened. Let’s see where this issue is in May.