Nope, the reality, America is racist to its core. When poor white people realize they are in the same boat as the poor black folks, you will see change.
I think the difference is that poor white people don't blame the gov't, but one. You. Have poor white trash in my family. Guess what, their own doing. They have bred generational habit after habit. But what they don't do is bitch about 1%, capitalism, the rich, etc. They have made their bed of choices. But as pointed out, you can get out if you choose. Yet, you don't acknowledge that at all.
How is getting a benefit from a government that I vote for being a slave. I mean, I realize you have a brain full of Koch Brother Brainwashing where you think this is true.
Define benefit?
I have know idea who Koch Brother Brainwashing is... All I know is I have a good job, make decent money, have a 401K, health benefits, that skills and an that education have served me well.
Yes, yes, we've heard that before.
Doesn't make it not true.
We need to let the Investor Class run roughshod over us because some us won't live in 2 bedroom apartments... oh, wait, no, we have a housing shortage, some of us can't even get that. Meanwhile the Chinese are eating our lunch.
I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to say here. All I know is in my street, home being sold are being bought by younger families or young couples starting out. There is plenty of housing. I know you will want to cite corporations buying up properties, but that is not happening everywhere and is not a representation of a national narrative.
The point: If you want to work, either for yourself, or for someone else, you can and can become successful at it. IF YOU WANT TO. But you continue to bitch, moan and find every excuse in the book as to why poor people can't get a head up. There are opportunities out there. People can sit on their ass, bitch about their position in life all they want. There is nothing stopping them from walking out the door and make life changing decisions for the better.
This is a fucking laugh... whenever a country chooses socialism, the rest of the world bends over backwards to punish it for doing so. But it's probably inevitable because people will eventually get fed up with a rigged game.
Only the lazy people who become jealous, envious, and bitter get fed up. They eventually start protesting and burning places to the ground while their political leaders look through their little black book of excuses.
It isn't about my skill set (Why do you always want to make it personal?) I do well. I'm fairly close to retirement. But I realize that our system of 1% having half the wealth while 60% of us argue over less than 4% of the wealth isn't sustainable.
First, my statement was a general statement not directed at you personally.
Second, you insult people all the time, illogically so. It's really shows a few things: You're bitter and lack the emotional intelligence to balance facts and data. You're just a sounding board of tired leftist memes at this point.
The whole 1% argument, for me, is that, I'm not missing it myself. I don't deserve anything they have as I haven't put forth the effort, nor perhaps the smarts to create something that I was able to grow into a business, venture etc. Do I have enough, sure. Do I have more than enough to save and prepare for retirement. So far. I'm happy. However the narrative that you like to espouse is that these 1% have ALL generated their wealth unfairly and have stepped on the little man. That's not the case. You, me, anyone else can take a chance and do something different if we don't like where we are at. Cry about the 1% while doing nothing to take some of it back of your own accord is childish. Instead, you want the gov't to take it from them. That means you trust the gov't more than you trust yourself and or someone's ability to earn. That is not idea that this country was founded on. Perhaps you should reconsider your position in life and move to China if you prefer socialism and communism. I think you'd be happier.
Educate yourself. -
And this is the point. Most of these arrests will never lead to a conviction. But they are enough to screw up someone's job prospects... and because our rotten justice system is racist to the core, this impacts heavily on
One doesn't have to face the justice system if they don't commit crimes. It's fairly simple to do, like clicking your seatbelt when the state law requires it. Pretty easy.
Now, I don't disagree that something can be done with criminal records and hiring. But that is an entirely new conversation. My point. Don't break the law. It's pretty simple. I've managed to do it.
Uh, I live in a state where 16 men were sent to death row and eventually exonerated.
Irrelevant to the topic
Where the police shoot 1000 people a year in this country and very few of them go to jail for it. the police shouldn't have as wide of powers as they do to mess up people's lives.
You're running on bitterness political rampage fuel and diverting the topic.
Or we can just stop letting the wealthy abuse the rest of us. Make them pay exhoribant taxes, regulate the shit out of them and require worker represenation and rights.
This is what we did before that drooling old fool Reagan came along, and the country ran much better.
I've never been abused by any wealthy person.
Don't make so many things a Crime
Don't bother people for what they choose- it's kind of silly that drugs are illegal and booze is legal.
Oh, yeah, and fix the criminal justice system so it's equal. When Rush Limbaugh gets sent to the same prison as a poor drug user, then I'll take the system seriously.
I don't disagree with this. We have victimless crimes that are weighed to heavily, and we can think Regan and his "Say no to Drug" campaign for making some offenses life sentences. I'm sure that will relax and is beginning to relax.
