Hersh Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Blaming one side or the other is pointless as they have both had failures in states and cities. While I love the GOP's new found concern for poor people, I want to know what policies they are interested in implementing to help them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/289883-trump-draws-backlash-for-comments-on-slain-soldiers Trump draws backlash for comments on slain soldier's father Donald Trump is facing backlash from both sides of the aisle for attacking Khizr Khan, the father of a U.S. soldier killed in Iraq that strongly rebuked Trump last week at the Democratic convention. A spokeswoman for Speaker Paul Ryan Saturday responded to Trump's comments, reaffirming the Speaker's distaste for Trump's rhetoric about Muslims. "The speaker has made clear many times that he rejects this idea, and himself has talked about how Muslim Americans have made the ultimate sacrifice for this country," AshLee Strong said in a statement to CBS News. Tim Miller, a former communications director for Jeb Bush's presidential campaign, called Trump's comments "inhuman." "Her son is dead. This is inhuman," he tweeted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Blaming one side or the other is pointless as they have both had failures in states and cities. While I love the GOP's new found concern for poor people, I want to know what policies they are interested in implementing to help them. both vocational and advanced classes in schools combined with partnering with businesses for both mentoring and internships creating job opportunity and reducing barriers to both employment and starting a business adjusting zoning so both living and working can expand lowering the cost of college and expanding both access and offering job specific training courses come see, we been doing it for awhile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskins59 Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 The Democrats have always been about protectionism and ensuring that jobs don't ship overseas. Trump is appealing to the same people as well, and it appears that he will win that vote in a landslide. He will do much better than Romney did. Here is what my White colleague told me ( and I am a minority): whites are becoming a minority in this country. She plans to vote for Trump. She also believes that Obama is a Muslim. I called her a racist, but then I immediately apologized, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshile Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 what policies do some of you want to see in a platform that would help poor people? Or how are they supposed to demonstrate the "really care?" I'd like to see the education system significantly reformed. That would help with the future generations. A training/relocation program for the poor of today. I'd like serious change in our drug policy. I think our current system negatively affects them the most. The current system, and fighting over the funding, doesn't work. I'm sure I could come up with specifics but the reality is it would take someone smarter than me in the various areas to come up with a good plan. It would take months of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Obama is a Muslim according to Muslim doctrine and attended Christian church....it's a wonderful country whites have been a minority round my parts for awhile ....they still got jobs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshile Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Blaming one side or the other is pointless as they have both had failures in states and cities.Which is why I blame both sides.The right's insistence that they just need to not be lazy is as frustrating to me as the left's insistence that they have done anything worth being proud of. Poverty is bad in our country and the signs of it can be found everywhere. Especially in the prison system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/donald-trump-elevator-colorado-226470#ixzz4FweHSMvm Donald Trump was trapped in an elevator for 30 minutes ahead of a Friday rally before being rescued by Colorado Springs fire department, multiple local news outlets reported Saturday.According to news station KRDO, emergency crews responded to an elevator rescue at The Mining Exchange Hotel where a group of 10, including the Republican nominee, were trapped between the first and second floor. "The firefighters were able to secure the elevator, open the top elevator hatch, lower a ladder into the elevator which allowed all individuals to self-evacuate, including Mr. Trump, onto the second floor lobby area," Steven Wilch, who is with the Colorado Springs Fire Department, told KRDO. Within an hour, the station noted, the GOP presidential nominee was bashing the fire marshal at his rally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/donald-trump-elevator-colorado-226470#ixzz4FweHSMvm I thought it had to be an onion article at first glance. wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hersh Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 both vocational and advanced classes in schools combined with partnering with businesses for both mentoring and internships creating job opportunity and reducing barriers to both employment and starting a business adjusting zoning so both living and working can expand lowering the cost of college and expanding both access and offering job specific training courses come see, we been doing it for awhile While some of those are fine ideas that I agree with, Texas has a pretty high poverty rate. How does adjusting the zoning help or hurt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 what policies do some of you want to see in a platform that would help poor people? Or how are they supposed to demonstrate the "really care?" Free health care. (Health care with no or very little change to our tax structure) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 While some of those are fine ideas that I agree with, Texas has a pretty high poverty rate. How does adjusting the zoning help or hurt? allows affordable housing and business creation....while reducing costs I'd rather be in poverty here where I can get by ......I am in poverty if I lived in some of your restricted areas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Trump draws backlash for comments on slain soldier's father http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/289883-trump-draws-backlash-for-comments-on-slain-soldiers He is a despicable human being. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMP Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 allows affordable housing and business creation....while reducing costs I'd rather be in poverty here where I can get by ......I am in poverty if I lived in some of your restricted areas http://urbanedge.blogs.rice.edu/2015/09/08/forget-what-youve-heard-houston-really-does-have-zoning-sort-of/#.V51iMusrLDc "For Festa, the evidence is clear: there’s something that seems a lot like zoning in Houston. It’s almost useless to debate whether it exists. Instead, what’s more important is to have a discussion about whether the de facto zoning system is working for all residents. That doesn’t seem to be happening. The problem, Festa said, “is there’s no comprehensive plan.” As decisions about building are made, they’re often not done in a way that examines how they positively or negatively affect each neighborhood. Instead, it’s the communities with the time, resources and political clout that essentially have the power to restrict development within their borders. That pushes it to other areas without a meaningful discussion of the citywide implications." What Houston might have is the worst of both worlds: all the burdens of regulation and none of the foresight to use it effectively. “It works like zoning,” Festa said, “but it’s not the product of a comprehensive plan.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedskinsFan44 Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 can you explain why Detroit and Chicago are bankrupt or near it? we could follow the model of a non-welfare state that has the highest credit rating of all states whose self interests are you referring to? http://www.msnbc.com/interactives/geography-of-poverty/ne.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 He is a despicable human being.This, surely, is going to loose him significant support. It's one thing to make general fear-mongering statements tying all Muslims to radicals, and to make connections with terrorism, security, immigration etc.It's quite another to make a personal attack on the parents grieving over the loss of their son who is a national hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Excuses Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Mark Cuban formally endorsed Hillary today and campaigned with her in Pittsburgh and called Trump a jagoff. Twitter barrage from Trump is coming at any point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 What Houston might have is the worst of both worlds: all the burdens of regulation and none of the foresight to use it effectively. “It works like zoning,” Festa said, “but it’s not the product of a comprehensive plan.” festa seems bigoted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMP Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 can you explain why Detroit and Chicago are bankrupt or near it? we could follow the model of a non-welfare state that has the highest credit rating of all states whose self interests are you referring to? A lot of things affect the economy of states. Predicto has written quite a bit about the ability of middle class people being able to flee cities in what are plains states. But other things also had an effect that most people don't even think about. Things like the legality/enforcement of non-compete clauses. http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20150318/NEWS01/150319843/laws-on-noncompete-agreements-hurt-michigan-new-study-says "The inventors were, unsurprisingly, particularly likely to relocate to states that did not enforce noncompetes. The researchers controlled for other factors that could have encouraged entrepreneurs to pack up, such as the decline in Michigan’s auto and agriculture industries, and found the same pattern. Even worse for Michigan, its most talented inventors were also the most likely to flee." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 people fleeing is usually bad....and caused by something bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMP Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 people fleeing is usually bad....and caused by something bad. Yeah, the inability to leave their jobs for a better job without their being legal consequences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hersh Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Free health care. (Health care with no or very little change to our tax structure) Not just free health care but access to quality care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 https://twitter.com/ChrisMegerian/status/759580325592739840?lang=en Trump has a new statement on the Khans, saying he respects their son as "a hero to our country."10:43 PM Trump also says Khan's father "has no right to stand in front of millions of people and claim I have never read the Constitution."10:43 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistertim Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 https://twitter.com/ChrisMegerian/status/759580325592739840?lang=en How much you want to bet he files a defamation lawsuit against Khan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Lucifer cares for all humans. Haven't you seen Star Trek? He's a fan of man... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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