***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[frenchbreadbuilds]

And before someone brings up the "but immigrants" rhetoric. The immigrant experience =/= generationally black & generationally poor experience.

 

[IATT]

 

[rico x hood]

I applaud you and your parents success. Truly I do. It's always good to hear stories like that.

I don't ignore and discount disenfranchisement. I just wonder aloud why people don't do more to supplement themselves when the government aid or racist policy is in effect. It seems to me that there's the idea that's been pervading people that if the government doesn't step in and you need help then your suddenly absolved of all blame.

I highlight steps and actions on a daily basis that can be used to elevate ones station. The realest post in here by my opposition was about lack of outreach. Maybe the things I preach are unknown unknowns. So I'd be all for my tax dollars going to concerted efforts to educate people about all the various ways I champion to be used to make them more competitive in today's world.

 

[RIP sleazyy]

"Born smart"

Donald Trump is a god damn moron

 

[jape]

Trasoulmusic.

Haven't recorded in years and I'm pretty sure most of the tracks are hidden, but it's easy to see who my #1 fan is.

your music is trash lmao

ok back to the regular scheduled program

 

[frshstunna]

I applaud you and your parents success. Truly I do. It's always good to hear stories like that.

I don't ignore and discount disenfranchisement. I just wonder aloud why people don't do more to supplement themselves when the government aid or racist policy is in effect. It seems to me that there's the idea that's been pervading people that if the government doesn't step in and you need help then your suddenly absolved of all blame.

I highlight steps and actions on a daily basis that can be used to elevate ones station. The realest post in here by my opposition was about lack of outreach. Maybe the things I preach are unknown unknowns. So I'd be all for my tax dollars going to concerted efforts to educate people about all the various ways I champion to be used to make them more competitive in today's world.

The last paragraph is probly the most sensible thing u ever wrote

 

[osh kosh bosh]

If you send your kid to a good school and they want to start language immersion program which is very beneficial. They may not be able to do so because the tax money is going to some other school that you have no connection to other than it just happens to be in your district.

Congrats you just played yourself and your kid lost a chance to be bilingual. Now you'll have to shell out hundreds for Rosetta Stone or a private tutor.

And some how the candian government manages to offer French immersion free of charge.



#mapletower

My parents are black. Both born poor in the Bronx and one in Jamaica. Everything I believe about how to get ahead is a testament to what I saw growing up.

does anyone care what race Rico is?

I couldn't imagine caring less.

 

[cashbanks]

i dont even think he's really black honestly.

 

[rico x hood]

It's been called into question a few times.

 

[Belgium]

And some how the candian government manages to offer French immersion free of charge.



#mapletower

 

And yet somehow here in Belgium, the French-speaking south does not mandatorily learn Dutch (our native language in the north) 

Been that way since I was born, still the same today

My French is fairly decent because it's mandatory in the north but whenever I'm traveling to the south I just communicate in English instead 

 Much more convenient

I went to a parliament session once a few years ago and it really stuck with me that many of the politicians had earpieces in because they can't understand eachother without a translator. It's pretty sad.

 

[rolaholic]

@mattyglesias: The key to understanding the ACA debate is that repeal is a giant tax cut for millionaires https://t.co/kidk2r8GoS

Go figure...

Of course big tax cuts for the rich >>> the health of your constituents easily

 

[frenchbreadbuilds]

I applaud you and your parents success. Truly I do. It's always good to hear stories like that.

I don't ignore and discount disenfranchisement. I just wonder aloud why people don't do more to supplement themselves when the government aid or racist policy is in effect. It seems to me that there's the idea that's been pervading people that if the government doesn't step in and you need help then your suddenly absolved of all blame.

I highlight steps and actions on a daily basis that can be used to elevate ones station. The realest post in here by my opposition was about lack of outreach. Maybe the things I preach are unknown unknowns. So I'd be all for my tax dollars going to concerted efforts to educate people about all the various ways I champion to be used to make them more competitive in today's world.

What I think you don't take into consideration is that being generationally poor, being generationally disemphranchised, and generationally black IN AMERICA all have an impact on the way poor minorities think speak and act. There's a reason crime is higher amongst those in lower classes. There's a reason out of wedlock pregnancies are higher in lower classes. People born poor don't suddenly wake up with the mindset and awareness and experiences as someone in the middle class. Add to the fact racist policies of the past disproportionately had a negative impact on these groups that limited upward socioeconomic progress for generations, and how low income areas can't provide a quality educational foundation. All of that snowballed and compacted for generations. So much so you have to realize that completely shapes how people on those situations think.

 

[whywesteppin]

there's a difference between hard work and really hard work. i think many of us came from immigrant or minority families and it is definitely a difficult task to overcome financial, cultural, and linguistic issues. however, it is nothing at all compared to growing up in a broken home where violence and drug use are everywhere around you, where the infrastructure from roads to schools has become completely rundown, where you have no role models among your friends to know what success looks like.

sure, there will be the occasional person who makes it, but think of how many more could make it as successful contributors to society if a little more was invested.

this isn't just an issue of fairness and justice but also a selfish issue. helping more people succeed in this country ultimately benefits all of us. of course, I'm just speaking on principle here. in practice i think most would agree that we just have to find the right balance.

 

[AEA18]

@mattyglesias: The key to understanding the ACA debate is that repeal is a giant tax cut for millionaires https://t.co/kidk2r8GoS

Go figure...

Of course big tax cuts for the rich >>> the health of your constituents easily

Why would a billionaire care about cutting taxes for his friends and family?

 

[rolaholic]

The GOP is really playing with fire if they're actually going through with the repeal without an alternative like it looks like. They already have the most unpopular incoming president in decades and I doubt folks are gonna be exactly happy once they lose their coverage with no alternative. You're already seeing Trump voters having buyers remorse as a result of all the repeal talk.

Dudes think it's all good now since they won recently but we've all seen how fast the pendelum can swing, they might just get what's coming to them when they're up for re-election

@GMA: Donald Trump enters office as most unpopular of at least last 7 newly-elected presidents, new ABC/WaPo poll finds: https://t.co/ulYJYjdruI https://t.co/Kjae1Btvtr

Wouldn't even be all that upset if I was a dem, it'd be a temporary L that would open the doors for some highly effective attacks on the GOP as well as turning GOP favorability/approval ratings on their heads

 

[trueprada]

Good morning from "The Horrible 5th District"...

 

[the qbz]

Good morning from "The Horrible 5th District"...

Look at those siege machines


Wait those are crane for building
Never mind

 

[Belgium]

The GOP is really playing with fire if they're actually going through with the repeal without an alternative like it looks like. They already have the most unpopular incoming president in decades and I doubt folks are gonna be exactly happy once they lose their coverage with no alternative. You're already seeing Trump voters having buyers remorse as a result of all the repeal talk.

Dudes think it's all good now since they won recently but we've all seen how fast the pendelum can swing, they might just get what's coming to them when they're up for re-election
Wouldn't even be all that upset if I was a dem, it'd be a temporary L that would open the doors for some highly effective attacks on the GOP as well as turning GOP favorability/approval ratings on their heads

I wonder how many are rejoicing about the Obamacare repeal while not realizing it is the same thing as the ACA and that they're using it

 

[RustyShackleford]

Deez ethered Rusty a page or two back.

Still on my nuts I see

 

[RustyShackleford]

I wonder how much Rico complained about other people's tax dollars being used for public schools, when he was attending them.

BTW, because of white flight, and red lining, the way schools are funding on the local level is very discriminatory.

That is why the Federal government tries to balance it out.

 

[rolaholic]

S/o to президент Trump for helping John Lewis start a movement

@Fusion:
FYI: For the first time in history, at least 38 members of Congress are boycotting Donald Trump’s inauguration http://fus.in/2ixAx3a

 

[RustyShackleford]

osh kosh bosh go ahead and point and laugh. Dese people mannnn

 

[ninjahood]

"Born smart"

Donald Trump is a god damn moron

let's be honest, by what metric are u judging him?...da man is a billionaire and just won da Presidency.

are u making da "that NBA bench warmer is a scrub but he can ICE anyone regular Joe Schmoe at a local YMCA, blacktop court in NYC" context?

 

[RustyShackleford]

Trump's success in life is not based on his genetics, it is because of his dad's money.

Trump can't speak about the American meritocracy, because he never had to take part in it.

 

[RIP sleazyy]

"Born smart"

Donald Trump is a god damn moron

let's be honest, by what metric are u judging him?...da man is a billionaire and just won da Presidency.

are u making da "that NBA bench warmer is a scrub but he can ICE anyone regular Joe Schmoe at a local YMCA, blacktop court in NYC" context?

The context of thinking people are born smart. You serious right now?