they want to give every american the opportunity to chase the american dream... oh god, the horror. Don't they know that poor people are immoral and deserve to stay in poverty?
Kamala reminds us all what the radical left wants for America.
Opportunities give those people born fucked up a chance and also allows people that want to choose to be fucked up to choose that freely without some communist Karen telling him he can't do that.
that seems like some really stupid hair splitting.
i can't seem to access the stats. it wants me to create an account. but again, what do they classify as a "luxury shoe"? or "luxury clothes".
ok, but again, you aren't talking about an improvement to their finances, IE wealth trickling down. You are talking about more consumer products for them to buy despite their wages being stagnant and living costs rising.
because in republican states they simply drive off homeless people. so they naturally move to states where they won't be harassed or even attacked (as much).
lol, even when trying to make fun of me you can't keep your utter contempt of poor people out of your answer.
Not really. I'm saying that they aren't just dumb, but that they make dumb decisions. They can learn better and make non-dumb decisions. If they are better educated on how to run a budget and invest, they are capable of making good decisions that will raise their position.
i can't seem to access the stats. it wants me to create an account. but again, what do they classify as a "luxury shoe"? or "luxury clothes".Well they use the word "premium" as well, which generally refers to "name brands". Luxury food would probably be buying Domino brand sugar instead of Great Value brand sugar.
I partially agree. Their lives are improved when they can purchase appliances for much less than they could 30 years ago. They might not have more free income, but they can achieve a higher quality of life with the same amount of money than they used to.
because in republican states they simply drive off homeless people. so they naturally move to states where they won't be harassed or even attacked (as much).How are homeless people able to move 3 states over to get to blue states? Maybe there are so many homeless people there because your building codes and taxes made housing very expensive?
lol, even when trying to make fun of me you can't keep your utter contempt of poor people out of your answer.There is no contempt there unless it is their fault that they are poor.
You demonize rich people and then put poor people on a pedestal, acting like against their best efforts, evil rich people are keeping them down.
Like it is not their fault they have 5 kids out of wedlock and never try to go rise above their fry cook job to become a manager.
so working for wages that are barely sufficient to keep them alive, they are magically going to get a high paying job and become wealthy? Even you can't believe that fairy tale.
so working for wages that are barely sufficient to keep them alive, they are magically going to get a high paying job and become wealthy? Even you can't believe that fairy tale.
oh, we are just making stuff up and guessing are we? maybe they are homeless because they lost their job and they can't afford the thousands upon thousands it takes to get an education.
I act like "rich people" aren't increasing wages even in periods of record corporate profits. that is an absolute fact.
there's that generalization and contempt again. mangers, by their nature are limited in number. You cannot have every employee become a manager. So even if every person works their absolute hardest, most of them will not succeed. So you acting like it is their fault that success is not possible says alot about you.
No, sorry, in right-wing economics, we don't believe in "magic".
I think that not spending a considerable amount of your income on premium items and instead saving that money and investing in yourself will get you to be wealthy. Imagine if they saved that money to pay for night classes instead of buying a new pair of basketball shoes.
The cost of living in blue states is much higher. If you cannot pay for the high housing costs, of course you're going to be homeless. Let's see if you can recognize that basic fact real quick.
Maybe stop importing a million third-worlders a year? Maybe, just maybe, increasing the supply of something decreases its price......
There is the possibility of going to other jobs, possibility of becoming a manager, move to a place with jobs, and then save money to take night courses. There are dozens of things you can do.
it will somehow, some day, trickle down to other people.
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it is a core principle of right-wing economics. If you funnel all the money to the rich, it will somehow, some day, trickle down to other people. That is some magical thinking.
since that data included food as a "premium item", i have no faith in that info. But again, there are a limited number of jobs. You keep pretending like if every american went to college, they would all be CEOs making millions. That is a fantasy. There are a limited number of high paying jobs. Yes, getting more education will help you fight to get them. but if I get that job, someone else doesn't. no matter how hard everyone works the majority of the country is going to struggle financially. It is how the system is designed.
that's because blue states are more urbanized and have higher wages than red states.
that's a great plan if you want america to decline. The US needs immigrants or it's population will start to decline. You are right, if america stopped immigration the cost of labor would rise. but this would also cause a drop in the size of america's workforce and cause the economy to decline.
you keep ignoring my argument. If everyone is a manager, then they aren't managing anyone. There is a limit to the number of high paying jobs. Even if every single american was highly educated, half (if not more) would struggle financially. Education helps you fight over the limited number of good jobs, but no matter how hard the general population fights, half the country will struggle to make ends meet.
it is a core principle of right-wing economics. If you funnel all the money to the rich, it will somehow, some day, trickle down to other people. That is some magical thinking.
since that data included food as a "premium item", i have no faith in that info. But again, there are a limited number of jobs. You keep pretending like if every american went to college, they would all be CEOs making millions. That is a fantasy. There are a limited number of high paying jobs. Yes, getting more education will help you fight to get them. but if I get that job, someone else doesn't. no matter how hard everyone works the majority of the country is going to struggle financially. It is how the system is designed.
that's a great plan if you want america to decline. The US needs immigrants or it's population will start to decline. You are right, if america stopped immigration the cost of labor would rise. but this would also cause a drop in the size of america's workforce and cause the economy to decline.
you keep ignoring my argument. If everyone is a manager, then they aren't managing anyone. There is a limit to the number of high paying jobs. Even if every single american was highly educated, half (if not more) would struggle financially. Education helps you fight over the limited number of good jobs, but no matter how hard the general population fights, half the country will struggle to make ends meet.
Whilst I am certainly sympathetic to outrageous students loans debt
there are worse things young people commonly do to wreck their lives like dropping out of highschool and having babies before they are married.Those consequences persist much longer than school debt.
The key difference is my usage of the word "predatory",
Whatever economic band aid immigrants provide for the U.S. economy is many-fold outweighed by the cultural and spiritual destruction it causes.
The U.S. needs immigrants like a man with gangrene needs a chainsaw -- you'll get rid of the gangrene but you'll kill the man.
. America was founded on immigration.
America was founded on the assimilation of diverse cultures into a melting pot seeking liberty from the tyranny of government.
Not today's tribal cutural saladbowl falling at the altar of the government elites for table scraps.
what has changed?
well, you can also then make the claim that everything that entices young people to make critically bad decisions are also predatory. From people offering jobs to teens to members of the opposite sex. Where do the excuses end and responsibility begin?
holy shit that is some jingoistic bullshit. America was founded on immigration. Virtually every single American is an immigrant or a descendent of an immigrant. Almost certainly including you.
this comparison doesn't make sense. If anything, it is the opposite. without immigration the U.S. will die. The population will dwindle and the economy will shrink. And then America drops out of it's status as a super power.
You kinda dodged my question
and also made a claim that "predatory" is a clear term when dealing with young people making critical life decisions.
You do know the 3 Brookings rules yes? I mentioned them earlier in this thread I think.
Sorry I am listening to a hour and a half audiobook of John Glubb
It's actually a fact based on mountains of research and statistical analysis.America was founded on European immigration.
his is very distinct from general immigration (i.e. immigrants of every race allowed access) because different races have different abilities and in-group biases.
Historically, every empire that has suffered immigration of differing/races cultures inevitably experiences bloc politics which degenerates the empire into being weak enough to be trampled by invasion or implode.
Whatever short term benefit you gain from having immigrants do the low-status jobs the native population doesn't want to do, you will suffer tenfold when the ancestors of those immigrants become complacent and expect the same lifestyle as the native population, thus creating the same problem they supposedly fixed.
Communism - "A theory or system of social organization in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs."
lol, no. There were large waves of immigrants from lots of places. Asia, africa etc. The idea that america is founded on Europeans only is a literal whitewash of history.
I really wanted to avoid having to say your opinions are racist. But saying "different races have different abilities" pretty much closed the door on that. That is some clear cut racism.
There are cases where that is true. Often because the ruling class discriminates against these people and causes them to have no loyalty to the state or it's ruling class. So it often isn't the immigration that is the problem, but the discrimination causing immigrants to become a problem.
But some of those empires he talks about could not have survived as long as they did without immigration. The romans for example relied on immigration to survive. Without it they would have collapsed centuries earlier than they did. The military basically required germans to function.
why are you assuming that immigrants "do the low-status jobs the native population doesn't want to do"? immigrants come with all sorts of educational backgrounds. There are tons of doctors, nurses, lawyers etc who are immigrants. This seems like more racist assumptions.
