bearrock Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 39 minutes ago, twa said: Give the sanctuary city folk time and it will be like the place they fled. Is this a quote from the early 1900s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 1 minute ago, bearrock said: Is this a quote from the early 1900s? No, it is from me in the 1990's in the barrio here. Little place I call home that refused to let the govt allow things to degrade further while they hide in their enclaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Word salad for lunch at the body shop today, apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearrock Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 3 minutes ago, twa said: No, it is from me in the 1990's in the barrio here. Little place I call home that refused to let the govt allow things to degrade further while they hide in their enclaves. LA, San Francisco, New York.... Yeah, who wants to live in those places? Maybe if Arlington and Fairfax stop being sanctuary municipalities, they'll climb even higher on the list of richest county in the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshile Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 9 minutes ago, bearrock said: richest county in the country. with a broke school system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 7 minutes ago, tshile said: with a broke school system It’s not broke(n)*, it’s exactly what we want it to be. If we wanted to be Singapore, we’d be Singapore. But we don’t and you don’t and we aren’t. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/02/15/u-s-students-internationally-math-science/ *savor the irony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshile Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 (edited) 6 minutes ago, TryTheBeal! said: It’s not broke(n)*, it’s exactly what we want it to be. If we wanted to be Singapore, we’d be Singapore. But we don’t and you don’t and we aren’t. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/02/15/u-s-students-internationally-math-science/ *savor the irony Broke as in fiscally. Though I may be working with old info and they've fixed it since. I know it was a problem a year or two ago. Tax revenue should be up now that the real estate market is on fire (maybe "poor" is a bad word, so i swapped it...) Edited June 26, 2018 by tshile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 24 minutes ago, bearrock said: LA, San Francisco, New York.... Yeah, who wants to live in those places? Maybe if Arlington and Fairfax stop being sanctuary municipalities, they'll climb even higher on the list of richest county in the country. apparently the homeless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacks 'n' Stuff Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 I think we should create some sort of augmented reality video game for twa and the like. Call it MAGACraft or some ****. Only white people in the MAGACraft universe... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearrock Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 15 minutes ago, tshile said: Broke as in fiscally. Though I may be working with old info and they've fixed it since. I know it was a problem a year or two ago. Tax revenue should be up now that the real estate market is on fire (maybe "poor" is a bad word, so i swapped it...) FFX County just approved a 2.9 Billion budget with per pupil spending of 15K. Most recent number I could find was 11.7K per pupil as a national average in 2016. Living wage minimum of $14.50 per hour for all contracted employees, 50 million for teacher pay increases, 40 million for other employees' pay increase. 13 million for increased spending on employee health care. And if my water cooler talk is any indication, there is more appetite for increased taxes to support our schools. I think "broke" is a bit of an overstatement. All those teachers striking for fairer treatment? Those jurisdictions seem to have a bit of political similarity imo. 12 minutes ago, twa said: apparently the homeless Between the over 13 million people living in SF, LA, and NY, I'm sure some of them have housing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshile Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 1 minute ago, bearrock said: FFX County just approved a 2.9 Billion budget with per pupil spending of 15K. Most recent number I could find was 11.7K per pupil as a national average in 2016. Living wage minimum of $14.50 per hour for all contracted employees, 50 million for teacher pay increases, 40 million for other employees' pay increase. 13 million for increased spending on employee health care. And if my water cooler talk is any indication, there is more appetite for increased taxes to support our schools. I think "broke" is a bit of an overstatement. All those teachers striking for fairer treatment? Those jurisdictions seem to have a bit of political similarity imo. 2 or 3 years ago they had like a 70-80 million dollar deficet and people who lived there were quite angry that 60-65% of the county taxes, in a county with very high taxes, were going to a school system that was asking for more money because it was quite broke at the time. Like I said, maybe they've fixed it. I wish I could afford to live in fairfax county and send my kids to school there. They, at least recently, were quite broke though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TradeTheBeal! Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 9/11 radicalized rural America. These are the fruits it has borne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tshile Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 I was not expecting that scotus ruling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TradeTheBeal! Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 5 minutes ago, visionary said: Pointing out that Russia absolutely loves this. The refugees turn to Europe instead and this narrative drives the rise of pro-Putin political movements. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 27 minutes ago, tshile said: I was not expecting that scotus ruling I have lower expectations than you, I guess. I fully expect a lot of 5-4 rulings in favor of the current admin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DogofWar1 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Justice Kennedy and Jeff Flake sound like bffs in cowardice. Both lament issues with the majority, yet both keep voting for it and guaranteeing those issues continue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Says the guy who lives in a tree.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bozo the kKklown Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, TryTheBeal! said: 9/11 radicalized rural America. These are the fruits it has borne. Rural america was radicalized when reconstruction ended and the fed government didn't burn down those plantations and hang those confederate traitors. Edited June 26, 2018 by BenningRoadSkin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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