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comes along bort posted:Lewis Black gave a talk at the National Press Club today, dispelling the idea that he'd lost his edge in his old age. Things we learn: he's a socialist, he used to work for the Appalachian Regional Commission, and reliance on entrepreneurship to fix social ills is a crock of poo poo. FYI he writes about his experiences working there in detail in his pseudo-memoir-ish book and it's pretty frickin' hilarious.
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Mitt Romney posted:First time I've seen something like this: There's been a lot of this going on, smaller government! Except if it's smaller than a state government. gently caress your local rights. These kind of bills. Nothing is a more true bellweather of Republican "ideals" than state-level laws.
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Rexicon1 posted:I'm less upset at the notion of getting a bunch of mega rich kids together to discuss methods of charity and philanthropy than I am at the fact that these mega rich kids exist. It's the sheer fact that the only avenue for social change is to become the pet project of aristocratic youth. I'm less upset by them than that this reflects the idea that we will never have a fair share of their inheritance money. That seems implicit in the solicitation of their generosity. The whole meeting reeks of "we will never have the power to tax you, so can you please do us a solid and spend the money on good works?" Also, keep in mind individuals make limited choices on helping the world. No one person sees the big picture and can effectively create the necessarily changes. Many, many reforms are needed and many of them work in tandem. Only a large, effective entity like a government with voter accountability can provide many of these forces. Remember there are rich kids who think developing Uber is going to "change the world;" the world being upper middle class and rich people getting better taxis. Blindeye fucked around with this message at 02:26 on Apr 20, 2014 |
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mooyashi posted:If you follow US politics you can't waste time measuring more than two ingredients. Two ounces of gin over ice, top with tonic water. This man knows what's up. In minor GOP news, Utah's mostly stuck with incumbents over crazier people, a bit disappointing (to me) but what can you do? http://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2014/04/26/utah-gop-convention-preliminary-results/ Oh, and for shits and giggles, Oregon's beleaguered website has been dissolved in favor of known failure of a website, Healthcare.gov: http://www.cruxialcio.com/oregon-ditch-troubled-state-exchange-healthcaregov-6834 Blindeye fucked around with this message at 00:00 on Apr 27, 2014 |
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mdemone posted:Also if the story about armed checkpoints is true, Bundy's going to lose the small portion of the right that can at least see reality from where they're standing. I want the secret service to make a run through the checkpoints in a spare presidential armored limousine. Nothing offensive, just drive through without stopping to see which of 'em opens fire. As gently caress people who think we should go eye for an eye on every person they believe committed evil acts.
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So as I read news articles I occasionally like to wade in the morass of the stupid ads that show up on news sites, behold: 108.5 Million Americans on Welfare?!?!!? Oh why I do declare! No fat lazy smoking bastard should get my money! http://moneymorning.com/ext/articles/wealthandpoverty/new-study-shows-average-american-pays-8577-for-welfare.php?iris=205888 Money Morning posted:
It's all for hawking scams and books, but it's just so perfect, like a turd shaped like the Venus de Milo.
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Amergin posted:Yes, I think the government should prevent children from being homeless. I do not, however, think the government should prevent adults from being homeless. Just world fallacy. I would give my left foot for a society that never mistook bad fortune for poor life choices, or that punished poor life choices with the false assumption that everyone has good judgment, omniscient information about the world, and perfect mental health. Amergin posted:No, I'd rather local governments work with local businesses and shelters/social workers to figure out what training could be provided to the homeless, what skills they currently have, and what roles they could fill in finding jobs to find an apartment themselves. http://www.cmajopen.ca/content/2/2/E69.full Not all these people will ever be able to find work that a free market would provide them. They need support, helping people is a stretch for you unless you get to give the money whenever and however you want, but fortunately governments formed to solve the problems of charity not cutting it anymore. I wish every kid in this country had Rawlsian concepts drilled into their thick heads. We are not cut from the same cloth, struck from the same mold, equal in all things. Many will never be able to aspire to any kind of thing we deem a decent living, but we should be motherfucking magnanimous enough to not see their lives be an endless span of suffering and abuse.
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