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How will they rule ??!

  • YES - Qualified

    Votes: 41 82.0%
  • NO - Disqualified

    Votes: 9 18.0%

  • Total voters
    50
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Not getting your point. I'm not complaining about working at all. I taught special ed behavior disordered students, Downs kids, LD, Autistic etc for 28 years plus subbing for the last 5. Coached football, basketball, track etc for extra money as well as serving as team leader and dept head. Worked side gigs in the summer and weekends. Worked my whole life and never complained for a second.
My point was regarding the low pay. Sounds like you may have worked at a fairly affluent rural district where the cost of living was low and the pay was decent if you think teaching pays so well.
I worked in an affluent area right outside of Louisville where the pay was crap and the cost of living was high relative to my pay. Not even complaining about it...just pointing out that there was a times I was literally so broke that I could barely afford to heat my house, keep my car running and provide properly for my wife/kids. I was not born into money and was used to living cheaply.....but it was really bad at times on my teacher pay with my wife at home with the kids.
We were so broke I considered taking canned goods from the room my school was storing Thanksgiving supplies in for our indigent students. Clowns on here telling me it didn't happen and that teachers are rolling in the dough are the clueless ones.
**Side note--I also did early morning bus duty and crowd control till kids were released from the gym.
Liberals always complain about pay even when they are making good money or just living off the government. You always want more than you are worth. Entitlement nation.
 
Lol. I always chuckle at the crying about the notion of ID to ensure one legal voter gets to cast one legal vote.

Literally noone would complain about that unless they want to cheat. That's why msm has to twist and contort headlines and make up lies, because of the above was ever explained, they know most everyone would think it's just common sense.

Maybe pubs should call it "common sense voter integrity laws".
Yet everyone needs an ID to bank, pickup medications, fly for travel, etc...Everyone has an ID. We all know what the push to vote without an ID is for and that is simply so Dims can cheat to win.
 
Whether or not we want to admit it there are huge flaws in our system. As you said so many people only need a small helping hand in one way or another to unlock their potential. In the richest country in the world we have to be able to provide that stability.
Unlike some, I support many social programs. My issue is when they become a crutch or are abused. I absolutely agree though, there are many flaws in our system, especially anywhere there’s government interference and overreach. Our education system and it’s focus on standardized testing with blanket standards for all. The debt scheme for those that do go to college. There is plenty that needs to be fixed. Some I’m sure we’d agree on and some we won’t.
 
I'm all for education, but a college degree is not for everyone and all degrees aren't equal. While everyone is equal, everyone does not have the same physical or mental make up. Someone has to build or fix or grow things. I'd rather see someone with limited education actually earning a living than just drawing a check and I think most of those people would feel better about themselves if they did.
As automation continues to expand more and more of the population will become unemployable through no fault of their own. They just won’t have the faculties necessary to contribute. We can’t just let them starve, just like we don’t let our unemployable minors, seniors, and handicapped people starve now. There are more important things in life than work.
 
Liberals always complain about pay even when they are making good money or just living off the government. You always want more than you are worth. Entitlement nation.
Are you not living off of a government pension as a retired army vet? Let's not play the hypocrite game on here.
Btw...Thank you for your service regardless and I think you deserve every penny even if you think I don't.
 
I knew it...I gawd damn knew Herbie Husker was a white supremacist.



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"Languishing" in a hotel that's probably 100x nicer than anything most people in rural America will ever step inside.

"Languishing" in a nice hotel while veterans and other Americans sleep on the street or rural Americans struggle to feed their family.

It's am embarrassment of stupidity that 1 cent of taxpayer money goes towards this nonsense before going to support Americans, especially veterans
Let’s house them too. Not do neither.
 
So when Repubs claim election fraud and pass laws across red states related to elections it's legit, but when Dems start doing the same it's a monopoly on political power?
Imo it is BS on both sides of the aisle that is bad for democracy.
Dims aren't doing the same. They're trying to pass national election laws, not state by state laws. Plus their law makes it way easier to commit election frauds. Big differences.
 
I agree you should have to show proof of identification. Don't see the problem with same day registration with proper id or mail in ballots. As long as it is mailed to a legit address and that person's vote is counted one time...what's the issue?? That's how Trump votes and a lot of elderly people like my dad that doesn't drive.
All the whining about mail in voting is just hot air and excuses for the Big Lie.
With same day registration, how can you verify whatever ID is used is current? Poll workers supposed to drop everything to check the new person out in some manner? How?

Mail-in votes are fine IF 1) the voter requested the ballot, 2) the ID of the voter is confirmed via state ID number.
 
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As far as I know, every state has programs to provide free photo IDs to people who don’t have a drivers license; IDs for purposes of voting and obtaining other government benefits. I will stand corrected If you have links to demonstrate that certain states don’t provide this capability.
States have a range of ID programs covering some cost, 18 don’t have anything at all. Even the ones that do require you to jump through enough hoops that it isn’t really free.

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There are many urban voters of color that do not own a car. They also may not have money for a driver's license or may have difficulty traveling to get one made/renewed due to lack of transportation and costs associated with it. Hell, I've put off getting the "Real ID" myself because it is so damn pricey.
- They don't have cars because they can take public transportation or walk to where they need to go, including voting. Oh yea, they can't ask for a ride? I mean, WTF?
- States give free ID's. Don't need a driver's license.

Net, you make sh!t up.
 
Not poor but I am paying at least twice as much now for food and services under Biden that I did under that mean tweeting orange man. However, ignorance like yours would allow all of us to become poor if it were not for people like me.
I know prices are going up, but my key marker is the $44.99 Maker's 1.75L price at Costco. When that goes up there will be hell to pay.
 
If we can do both, sure. If we have to choose one (which we do at the moment) then it must be Americans
We don't. I don't see the GOP out there advocating for housing for homeless vets. What you're saying would only make sense if there was a large political coalition to make it happen that was being stymied only by a lack of funds. That just isn't the case. We always find the funds, look at military or any other spending. Sorry, but the GOP doesn't give a shit about the vets.
 
I knew it...I gawd damn knew Herbie Husker was a white supremacist.



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Perfectly epitomizes the lunacy of the left. Nobody knew for decades that this was something sinister. It took “educated” “progressives” to teach us.

I can’t say it loudly enough-Republican legislatures must defund liberal arts/ humanities. It is the swamp from which this disease emanates. The private schools can do what they want but the taxpayer must no longer subsidize nonsense.
 
States have a range of ID programs covering some cost, 18 don’t have anything at all. Even the ones that do require you to jump through enough hoops that it isn’t really free.

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They still have to get one to bank, get meds, fly, etc...so we know they have them. Requiring citizens to show and ID to vote ensures that only citizens vote. No other entity in this country should have a say on what we the people think is best for us. The only reason the left does not want to show ID to vote is that it will make it much harder for them to win. When you eliminate ballot harvesting, illegal voting, the dead vote, pet voting, international student voting, work visa voting, and others you take away over 50% of the democrats votes.
 
Are you not living off of a government pension as a retired army vet? Let's not play the hypocrite game on here.
Btw...Thank you for your service regardless and I think you deserve every penny even if you think I don't.
The big difference is that I spent 20 years of my life and put my life on the line a few times and worked my ass off training to defend this country when others just sponge off of the system instead of going out and earning it. It's not hypocrisy, I earned mine. Do you think those living off of social security who went out worked and paid into SS did not earn it either?
 
Put me in the category of people who think there are too many idiots voting already.

If someone doesn't have/cant get an id, doesn't have a car to drive to the voting location, doesn't have enough money to ride public transportation to said voting location, do I really think their making a vote based on knowing the candidates and knowledge of the issues? Hell to the no.

Voting is every Americans right is not entirely accurate. It should be knowledge/intelligent voting should be every Americans right.
 
Not getting your point. I'm not complaining about working at all. I taught special ed behavior disordered students, Downs kids, LD, Autistic etc for 28 years plus subbing for the last 5. Coached football, basketball, track etc for extra money as well as serving as team leader and dept head. Worked side gigs in the summer and weekends. Worked my whole life and never complained for a second.
My point was regarding the low pay. Sounds like you may have worked at a fairly affluent rural district where the cost of living was low and the pay was decent if you think teaching pays so well.
I worked in an affluent area right outside of Louisville where the pay was crap and the cost of living was high relative to my pay. Not even complaining about it...just pointing out that there was a times I was literally so broke that I could barely afford to heat my house, keep my car running and provide properly for my wife/kids. I was not born into money and was used to living cheaply.....but it was really bad at times on my teacher pay with my wife at home with the kids.
We were so broke I considered taking canned goods from the room my school was storing Thanksgiving supplies in for our indigent students. Clowns on here telling me it didn't happen and that teachers are rolling in the dough are the clueless ones.
**Side note--I also did early morning bus duty and crowd control till kids were released from the gym.
Sounds like you made some bad choices. You should have moved, quit having kids, or changed professions, or all three. And yes, it did seem like you were whining.
 
We don't. I don't see the GOP out there advocating for housing for homeless vets. What you're saying would only make sense if there was a large political coalition to make it happen that was being stymied only by a lack of funds. That just isn't the case. We always find the funds, look at military or any other spending. Sorry, but the GOP doesn't give a shit about the vets.

I agree most times they done either. However the libs cater to other countries and their people. Both are wrong but one method is more wrong than the other
 
Unlike some, I support many social programs. My issue is when they become a crutch or are abused. I absolutely agree though, there are many flaws in our system, especially anywhere there’s government interference and overreach. Our education system and it’s focus on standardized testing with blanket standards for all. The debt scheme for those that do go to college. There is plenty that needs to be fixed. Some I’m sure we’d agree on and some we won’t.
I agree with supporting social programs but my thoughts on welfare or any government assisted programs is that those known to abuse it should not get another dime. Those who are able bodied and can work should not get anything if they don't go out and work for it. Give them enough time to find a job. There are plenty out there even if it means cleaning floors and bathrooms or flipping burgers until you find a better one. The ones we should be supporting are those working 2 or more jobs to make ends meet. Help them make it so that they can spend more time at home with kids or educating themselves to get a better job. Those who don't work don't eat. Understanding there are people who can't because of disabilities regardless of what it is.
 
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My daughter just turned 16 and we are dealing with this right now. We have been looking at the used car market and it is ridiculous. Going to probably be hard to find her an affordable vehicle that isn't a piece of junk.

My son bought a 2019 Chevy Sonic Premier in 2020 for I believe $14k with under 20k miles. That same car with that mileage about a year and a half later is over $20k. That's insane. He had to work hard at UPS saving up his money for about a year to afford that and we still had to loan him like $4k.

It will take my daughter working part time at a restaurant years to save up money for something similar to that. So she likely will have to settle for a higher mileage car that's probably 10 years old to be able to drive before she graduates in 2 more years.
I always buy from individuals. You can buy it for in between trade in and retail.

But, it’s made it hard to find a private seller with under a 100000.

We put feelers out with anyone we had small talk with for two months and I bought a car for my oldest in August. I had been looking since the previous December.

It was a friend of a friend deal. He charged me what it was retail back the end of 2020.

That saved 4000 2021 dollars.


For now, it seems like prices have stabilized to slightly lower.
 
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