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And I'm just flat out LOLing at you for thinking Bezos, Big Tech, et al, are Trump supporters.
Don't put words in my mouth. You seem to be trying to frame a narrative that will help you feel better about the fact that the Republicans lost the trust of the people in the nation's cities.
Most of the big globalist corporations, the 'blue chip' manufacturing companies, the biggest banks and the venture capitalists have been big supporters of the Republican Party for more than the last 100 years. They are also the same entities that have abandoned the cities and their own employees to life shattering and family breaking tragedy.
Bezos is a libertarian. The only problem between him and Trump starts with Trump. Trump tried to muzzle the newspaper Bezos bought in 2013 and as a true believer in free enterprise Bezos let the paper do what it does best.
This lady STILL does not have any policy proposals we can examine. All she says is 'vote for me, what have you got to lose?', but actually she is running for congress, not for alderman or mayor, so what does she intend to do from Washington? The big cities have had Republicans in charge in the past and they lost that. We have also had many years of Republican Congresses and white houses and still no national policies to help the big cities. Republicans have no intention of helping.
Don't put words in my mouth. You seem to be trying to frame a narrative that will help you feel better about the fact that the Republicans lost the trust of the people in the nation's cities.
I'm just stating that the people in those cities are suffering the consequences of their own stupidity. But like I said, it's their right to choose to live that way in crime- and poverty-ridden Democrat-run hell holes.
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Most of the big globalist corporations, the 'blue chip' manufacturing companies, the biggest banks and the venture capitalists have been big supporters of the Republican Party for more than the last 100 years. They are also the same entities that have abandoned the cities and their own employees to life shattering and family breaking tragedy.
So you're glad Bezos, Big Tech, Wall Street, etc., are backing Biden?
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This lady STILL does not have any policy proposals we can examine. All she says is 'vote for me, what have you got to lose?', but actually she is running for congress, not for alderman or mayor, so what does she intend to do from Washington? The big cities have had Republicans in charge in the past and they lost that. We have also had many years of Republican Congresses and white houses and still no national policies to help the big cities. Republicans have no intention of helping.
Sure she does. You never even bothered to educate yourself.
The biggie is school vouchers. 2/3 of adult Blacks and Hispanics support school vouchers and are disappointed at every turn by Dems that continually prioritize teachers unions over our nation's future, our nation's children.
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"Pro-voucher voters among racial minorities overwhelmingly support Barack Obama, but they are baffled by the Democratic nominee's opposition to vouchers. They also say they are frustrated that Democratic leaders appear to be more concerned about keeping the peace with teachers unions --which adamantly oppose vouchers-- than about finding alternatives that could advance desperately needed education reforms for minority students.
...Public opinion polls also show solid support for school vouchers among minority parents. Sixty-five percent of adult African-Americans and 63 percent of adult Hispanics favor the use of vouchers, according to a national survey conducted earlier this year under the auspices of the journal Education Next and the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University. In the survey, more than half of minority adults gave higher marks to their local police than their public schools. "There is no doubt that on this issue, ...Obama has it wrong," Martin wrote."
2/3 of Black and Hispanic adults want school vouchers so their kids can escape their abysmal public schools. Obama, our first Black POTUS, was a HUGE disappointment in that regard.
No one is asking for detailed budgets and project plans at this point, but ideas.
Ownership by the tenants, better schools (with a plan of how to do that, like mention foundations that have promised to donate), and self-governed crime watch.
Would take about 8 seconds to say those kind of ideas.
I agree. The next step is to hear specific ideas. That would be a nice change from any politician right now. The dem convention has been a bash Trump party without specifics of how they will help the American people. Nice sounding hominems are useless. Like him or hate him, Trump at least in the last election gave a few specific things he would do and has pretty well stuck to them.
I think if you fix the big picture economic stuff, most of the social stuff works itself out. I wish the Republicans would back off the social stuff a bit more, & focus on jobs & wages, & education/training.
The schools in Kim Klacik's Baltimore are horrendous, as are most inner city schools. I would start there. I like Trumps enterprise zones, but you must protect those businesses at all costs...with police.
They bring jobs to the inner cities. Specific skill training (like welding & CDL truck drivers) will bring higher wages.
I love those shows/movies about the hardazz Principal who takes over a crappy inner city school and makes it the best around. I'm all about that.
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I've said for a long time that these "Isms" ie racism, sexism, ageism etc are SOCIAL issues and as hard as we try, the politicians are almost powerless to make improvements. I'll argue that SOCIAL issues are not the same as political issues. We can try to make them political issues but we fail miserable 99% of the time.
It's always the same net result and that is no social programs designed by politicians work. So it's back to the ol' Hail Mary desperation at the end of the football game which is "just give me free stuff."
We are seeing this materialize more than ever these days:
1. Students wanted their college loans forgiven
2. Minorities asking for reparations.
3. Heck there is even a thread on here about women wanting reparations.
4. The rise of socialism where lazy young kids want a redistribution of money.
Where are we supposed to get money to fund these demands? To add insult to injury, Dems LOVE these ideas as long as they don't have to pay for it. They are quick to applaud these ideas as long as it's not THEIR income that is redistributed or THEIR income tax increased.
It’s kind of hard to go over a detailed plan on limited ad space. One thing I can extrapolate from the ad would be not defunding the police for starters.
best schools, job skills training, opportunity zones, higher wage jobs, strict law enforcement (like Rudy & Bernie did in NYC), life skills training.
Good point. I absolutely love the ad and the message but what is her message? Will she have the courage to advocate for the end of the welfare state, holding absent fathers accountable for their children?
I thought the message was very clear: Democrats think you are stupid; Democrats don't care about you or your city; You don't have to vote Democrat.
If Federal govt. was able to change things in Baltimore, Chicago, etc....and Trump hasn't in the last three and a bit years, why would we think he will now.
In fact -- it seems there is more tension, violence, gun deaths etc. Maybe he's not the right guy.
So vote her in -- vote HIM out.
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