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How is that not conservative?I used the words "give" and "free" more than once.
Sounds great. Let's hear more than platitudes and moral lectures.I've mentioned my ideas a couple of times, and nobody commented except for Dave to tell me that I will lose my conservative creds.
That does seem to be the case. With conservatives it seems to be an all or nothing proposition. You're either with them, or you're against them. If you disagree with one of the conservative platforms, your are then labeled a liberal. So yeah, a lot of people look liberal to a true conservative that would never consider themselves a liberal.But then it's the liberals that think that if you are against illegal immigration, you
Believe the reverse is also true!Of course,
Guess if one is way out there on the right, everyone looks liberal.
Gary
Any website, news site, fact checker... etc. will have a bias.. They are all written by people who inherently have their own bias built in. That being said, I've found that Politi-fact to be one of the more accurate and least partisan ones out there. They never struck me as unabashedly liberal. Your opinion may differ.The more liberal you are, the less liberal they look.
Gary
The "Dear Leader" is an allusion to the fact that Trump is running purely on a "Cult of Personality". He is the biggest threat to the Republican Party I've seen in my lifetime, and as such, I will do what little I can to try and stop him."Dear Leader" is a reference to the North Korean leadership under the Kim Jong rule.
Sadly, I see no practical solution to poverty in this country. The Left's big hand out gravy train is proven to not lift many up and the Right's tough love, lift yourself up on your own, sink or swim ideals have been tried and never worked before. As a person who was born into a family of engineers, I see solutions, they just wouldn't be popular, or constitutional. So yeah, the poor will be with us for a good long while.I want to expound on this without creating a new thread with a poll.
The Left's big hand out gravy train is proven to not lift many up
the Right's tough love, lift yourself up on your own, sink or swim ideals
Corrected that to make your point more honestly.I don't think Jeff is clueless. I think he is extremely smart and very opinionated. When I am on his side (most of the time), I appreciate his depth of knowledge and his insight. But when we are on opposite sides, he is extremely annoying. His continuous use of "Dear Leader" really turns me off and makes me not even want to debate him, or read his posts.
This solution predicated on a supposition that we have an epidemic of people having babies for welfare benefits. I'd like your data on that, please.Just because a lot of the evidence is anecdotal doesn't mean it isn't valid.
What about not having children until you can afford them, you know, personal responsibility?That should be made a national priority.
Great job, and I mean that. Despite your poverty, it sounds like your mother was a great role model. Let us endeavor to understand whether there are structural changes we can make so that those born into poverty without role models, and not as intrinsically well-prepared for success, may join our ranks. That's what I'm getting at.One start would be to provide assistance to young "couples" with kids. In my opinion, one of the greatest failings of government is forcing the fathers of young children to leave the family so that the single mother can qualify for assistance. But the assistance should be limited in both scope and longevity. Give them basic foodstuffs like beans and rice (both are healthy). Provide BASIC shelter for a limited amount of time. But don't just give them money. And make them earn what assistance they are given. Providing child care for other working couples comes to mind. Even picking up trash in their neighborhood can be productive and give the residents something to be proud of. I hated my neighborhood when I was a kid because it was filthy and I was embarrassed to bring my friends home. I wanted to get out of that neighborhood so bad I was willing to work for it.
Do you suggest that babies, toddlers, and primary-school aged children have an ability to "make choices" that will lift their families out of poverty? Do you reject the idea that being brought up in poverty causes structural and biological deficiencies that may affect social mobility? And since studies have shown that those brought up with wealth have a far greater chance of maintaining wealth in their own adulthood (and vice versa), do we conclude that there is a causal link between the amount of money your parents have and how lazy you will be later in life?No. I don't reject those things at all. Poverty is definitely an obstacle that needs to be overcome. But overcoming obstacles takes effort. That may require effort over generations so that each new generation has more opportunities than their previous generation. Making excuses for failure makes failure easier.
Do you suggest that babies, toddlers, and primary-school aged children have an ability to "make choices" that will lift their families out of poverty? Do you reject the idea that being brought up in poverty causes structural and biological deficiencies that may affect social mobility? And since studies have shown that those brought up with wealth have a far greater chance of maintaining wealth in their own adulthood (and vice versa), do we conclude that there is a causal link between the amount of money your parents have and how lazy you will be later in life?Do you reject that government programs that pay single women to have more and more babies, and penalizes them if they actually do get a job, doesn't contribute to the "generational poverty" that is rampant?
