***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[WASHED KING]

I'm so glad I haven't made any student loan payments in 2 years.

#DEBTFREE
#WASHEDVOTINGFORBIDEN

 

[RustyShackleford]

How you gonna tell me what my topic was, then proceed to....

Ohhhhhh.

Almost got me there

Case in point

 

[tay1]

This is huge for Biden. Will help his re-election chances a lot.

 

[Present]

Case in point

"Good Faith"

 

[RustyShackleford]

Meanwhile back at the Ranch...

The legislation, introduced by Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., and Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, aims to make the reporting of hate crimes more accessible at the local and state levels by boosting public outreach and ensuring reporting resources are available online in multiple languages.

It also directs the Department of Justice to designate a point person to expedite the review of hate crimes related to COVID-19 and authorizes grants to state and local governments to conduct crime-reduction programs to prevent and respond to hate crimes.

POLITICS​

Harris To Asian Americans: Turn Pain And Outrage Into Political Power​

Vice President Harris introduced Biden ahead of the signing and reflected on the increase in violence against Asian Americans.

"This violence — it did not come from nowhere, and none of it is new. In my life, my lived experience, I have seen how hate can pervade our communities," she said. Harris, who is the first Asian American vice president, added, "I have seen how hate can impede our progress. And I have seen how people uniting against hate can strengthen our country."




Black People:

 

[TSCQ]

Good on sleepy joe, wasn't gonna pay anytime soon.

 

[RustyShackleford]

Good on sleepy joe, wasn't gonna pay anytime soon.

Joined April 2022. Hmmm

What was your previous screen name on NT?

 

[MVP]

The fact Biden included the Pell grant thing and put the income gap means this order with disproportionately help black lenders.

I like it and not exclusively because I will benefit from this as a low income student. He followed through on the 10k being the minimum so I'll fall back. I too hope this does have more of the constituency show up to the polls.

 

[Nike Jordan]

 

[gry60]

After Brandon's blessings, conservative college gradsmaking less than $125k be like:

 

[elpablo21]

This is the spin I guess.

Coming from a state that still hasn't expanded Medicaid

 

[dinyc3st]

Officially debt free.
Thanks, Brandon

 

[RustyShackleford]

Short story

In the 1992 election deficit reduction became a massive issue. With Third Way Dems, Ross Perot, Republicans, pushing the issue

Dems win power and they take the polling seriously and Clinton figured deficit reduction is a political winner. So he pushes through a tax increase to reduce the deficit.

And then voters didn't reward them for addressing the issue. Instead the Dems got destroyed in the midterms.

It made Bill Clinton come to the conclusion it was a complete mistake to do, and the faction of the party that swore it was a political winner were flat wrong.

Other Dems still championed direct deficit reduction but it fell out of favor with the wider party.

Some, including me, argue this was a good thing.

But a similar thing can happen here and kill good policy. So if people who benefit from this don't show up, and the Dems take a beating in November. It will send a message to the party they is no political upside to tackling this. And no matter the demands of some Dems in Congress, others will be unwilling to take any action on it in the future.

So folk claiming this is a clear political winner, I hope you are right, because if voters don't show up a lot of people are gonna stop being interested in this.

 

[dinyc3st]

 

[dinyc3st]

$10K cancellation doesn’t solve the core problem.

Solved mine

 

[IATT]

 

[mplsdunk]

If Brandon cancels my debt I’ll still be mad Kanye didn’t win when I voted for him but I’ll see him as a viable second choice since Kanye isn’t running now.

 

[dinyc3st]

If Brandon cancels my debt I’ll still be mad Kanye didn’t win when I voted for him but I’ll see him as a viable second choice since Kanye isn’t running now.

You really voted for him after that "campaign?"

 

[IATT]

 

[elpablo21]

If Brandon cancels my debt I’ll still be mad Kanye didn’t win when I voted for him but I’ll see him as a viable second choice since Kanye isn’t running now.

I'm still writing in Harambe tbh

 

[stuntman mike]

my wife is super salty at that salary cap but we're glad for those who make it. $10k is a lot of money.

 

[mplsdunk]

You really voted for him after that "campaign?"

Those were some of the most motivating rants I’ve ever seen.

 

[Present]

From Kindergarten...Race



To the Job Market...Race

To the Paycheck...Race

Even more disturbing in the study is the assertion that the age-old mantra that pulling “yourself up by the bootstraps” and getting an education to change your place on the economic strata is false. In the chapter entitled “Education is Not the Great Equalizer When It Comes to Race and Wealth, ” the New School has this to say:

“Higher education is associated with greater wealth within race groups, but more education will not solve the problem of racial wealth disparity. The financial positions of similarly credentialed black and white families are markedly different. For families with household heads that have a college degree, the typical white household has $180,500 in wealth while the typical Black household has $23,400, a setback of nearly $160,000. Indeed, black families whose head earned a college degree have only 2/3 of the wealth of white families headed by a high school earned dropout. Moreover, white families whose head completed some college, but did not earn a four-year degree, have slightly more wealth than black families with a head that earned a graduate or professional degree.”

To Home Ownership / Generational Wealth: Race

Flanner House homeowner fights for fair home appraisal

Flanner House homeowner Carlette Duffy fights for fair home appraisal in traditionally black neighborhood, Thursday, May 6, 2021.

www.indystar.com

The problem is Racism my friend.

Unless and until we solve that problem...directly...nothing will change.

“I can’t pass laws that say I’m just helping black folks,” Obama.

Meanwhile...

Congress finds the following:

(1)
Following the spread of COVID–19 in 2020, there has been a dramatic increase in hate crimes and violence against Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders.

(2)
According to a recent report, there were nearly 3,800 reported cases of anti-Asian discrimination and incidents related to COVID–19 between March 19, 2020, and February 28, 2021, in all 50 States and the District of Columbia.

(3)
During this time frame, race has been cited as the primary reason for discrimination, making up over 90 percent of incidents, and the United States condemns and denounces any and all anti-Asian and Pacific Islander sentiment in any form.

(4)
Roughly 36 percent of these incidents took place at a business and more than 2,000,000 Asian-American businesses have contributed to the diverse fabric of American life.

(5)
More than 1,900,000 Asian-American and Pacific Islander older adults, particularly those older adults who are recent immigrants or have limited English proficiency, may face even greater challenges in dealing with the COVID–19 pandemic, including discrimination, economic insecurity, and language isolation.

(6)
In the midst of this alarming surge in anti-Asian hate crimes and incidents, a shooter murdered the following 8 people in the Atlanta, Georgia region, 7 of whom were women and 6 of whom were women of Asian descent:

 

[dragicon]

I was hoping this guy is actually from Idaho, but people are too well dressed, and all the words in the sign are spelled correctly.

 

[IATT]