Posts posted by F250
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13 minutes ago, EuroHorn said:
Just want to understand how much I got to pay for the “free” stuff? $1,000, $10,000, $50,000 per year?
I believe we will need to see your income before assessing an amount since it's all based on a progressive income tax.
You can upload images of your 2018 tax info here.
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8 hours ago, Brisketexan said:
It’s never been about anything more than that. Everything else they say is completely disingenuous bullshit.
And they WILL say a lot. Because they know that their real reasons are loathsome and evil. But know that what they say - all of it - is bullshit.
Preserving our “cultural purity” is the driver. Always has been. Always will be.
21sr century nationalist nazi dreams.The thing that gets me is that there is no cultural purity. The definition of white has changed so many times that it's meaningless. Then when you see these white pride mothefuckers on TV and they clearly are not WASPs but more than likely just a product of biracial breeding that resulted in mostly caucasian features it gets confusing. I don't understand what culture or heritage they are even advocating.
Its just stupid.
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20 minutes ago, troph said:
you may be right in a lot of ways re current outcomes. I don't think de-criminalizing completely is appropriate. but I think separating families is wrong. I don't think Beto was arguing separating families is ok, he is an advocate for a complete overhaul of the law. but simply repealing criminalization does have it's own set of problems potentially. and I don't think there is appetite for a full de-criminalization where there is room for fixing the child separation issue.
I understand that Beto has a reform plan as does Castro but the issue over Beto's plan is that it doesn't go far enough to address the issue at hand which is the overuse of arrests being made for a misdemeanor that didn't come into play until the Bush Jr. administration.
I believe Beto wants to stop separating families but based on the history of the past Presidents, I don't trust any future administration to not use this particular law as a weapon. As Castro pointed out, decriminalizing border crossings doesn't legalize drug smuggling or human trafficking. These crimes were being addressed prior to the Bush administration. It doesn't even prevent people from being deported after crossing illegally.
There is a shit-ton of distrust within the Hispanic community right now and by going against decriminalization Beto puts himself on the people not to trust side. Fortunately for Beto, Hispanics don't vote in large numbers so not scaring off the white voters might work out for him. However, if Castro can rally the Mexican-American vote in Texas, he might prove himself as great resource and VP for whoever wins the nomination.
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20 minutes ago, MidTexHorn said:
My very evangelical mother just posted this little essay on Facebook from that paragon of Christian decency James Dobson: https://drjamesdobson.org/about/july-newsletter-2019?sc=hpslider1
So much bullshit, I don't even know where to start. He acknowledges the fucking humanitarian nightmare of it all and then proceeds to blame the liberals and say that prayer for Trump and his Wall are the only fix (I'm paraphrasing). Unreal what so called Christians in this country have become. My mom was a fucking missionary in Central America for crying out loud, and this is what she has been reduced to.
And there it is...
"Their numbers will soon overwhelm the culture as we have known it"
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19 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:
Nuance. Just because you take the money of the bad guys doesn't mean you'll be loyal to them forever. That's kinda how this works. You take the money to obtain power and then you screw them over once you're in power. American politics in a nutshell really.
But that's not reality. If that were the case K Street wouldn't be a thing.
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4 hours ago, troph said:
outside of Warren who has every major issue handled in a Master's Thesis level detail, Beto is the best on immigration. Castro screamed "what about Section 1325?!??!" way to many times and he's dead as wrong about it. asylum is the bulk of the current immigration crisis and we need to honor that. we need to work with other countries instead of tearing them down. we need strong democratic central governments in central america. there's a reason why Costa Ricans and Ecuadorians aren't fleeing to the US. He outlined DACA and path to citizenship and then bluntly in the mayhem of "WHAT ABOUT 1325?!?!?" told Castro "if we reform immigration then I don't think it's too much to ask to require immigrants to follow our laws" and THAT is EXACTLY the right answer.
Fuck this, Castro won that interchange. He didn't, he was just louder.
I disagree. Castro highlighted an issue that has been quietly occurring for a couple of decades. Trump uses the federal crime portion of the law to justify the separation of children along with his zero tolerance policy. Trumpkins justify these acts with "it's the law!"
Leaving the misdemeanor on the books will only leave a tool for another Trump to build child prisons again. Hell, I don't trust any POTUS to use the tool humanely. Both Bush and Obama abused it and it took Trump going Final Solution for anyone to pay attention.
The current problem with kids in concentration camps is a direct result of what Castro called out last night. Highlighting 1325 in front of a national audience in the way he did last night was a very Big Deal for immigration reform.
It also cut O'Rourke off at the knees with the Hispanic vote. It didn't help that the Irishman decided to mutter a few sentences in broken Spanish. That was a bit insulting.
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2020 Democratic Debates Watch Thread
in Cloak Room
I like Pete a lot but that dude has as much of a chance at winning the PoC vote as Michael Cera does making the cover of Ebony magazine.