NYC leads the way in the fight against poverty in the US

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Rak on Tur'

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beenthere said:
The war on poverty is just another term for more taxes.
It's nothing but lip service to garner votes, how many democrat presidents have declared a "war on poverty" and how's that worked out?
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How many have actually tried to go after the problem? I hope this guy truly does, and does so without the class warfare crap. It would be good for people to start trying to fix our own problems. I do admit I am a bit skeptical, it's hard to believe a single thing any politician does these days.
 
Nutes and Nugs

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Jimdamick said:
The new mayor of NYC, Bill de Blasio, was sworn in Wednesday by former President Bill Clinton on the frigid steps of the City Hall. He is the first Democrat to hold that position in over 20 years, and he is taking over from the Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who seemed to be more concerned about the size of soda containers, than the growth of poverty in that city, as it soared to new heights under his administration. He seemingly just watched as the numbers of poor increased, and the middle class decline to record highs and lows, respectively. That an acknowledged progressive liberal has been elected by a landslide in the most important city in the world is a telling sign of the future of America, in my opinion. He has promised that one of his most controversial programs will be implemented immediately, which will focus on education. He swore to provide pre-kindergarten opportunities for all students city wide. His method of helping to pay for this program is by adding a luxury tax on the rich, which has been met with the usual Republican rant that it will drive the wealthy from the city. I would like to know where they plan to go, and if they bitch about paying a few dollars more to live in the greatest city in the world, I say let them go, because they don't deserve that honor to be called a New Yorker (I was born in NY so I can say that) It's too bad that Washington doesn't see the urgency as Mayor Bill de Blasio does, but then in that conservative mindset so prevalent in that den of incompetents called Congress, that has been essentially been blocking anything considered progressive for decades. The conservatives state that all you have to do is pull your boot straps up to succeed in this country, even if you don't have the boots, or education to start with. It seems that is going to start to change, where at least in NYC, kids will start on a somewhat equal footing as their wealthy counterparts uptown. Time will tell how it works out, and it might actually succeed as long as the conservatives stay out of the way. Peace
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That's the biggest bunch of bull shit I've ever read.

What does giving pre kindergarten kids "equal footing as their wealthy counterparts uptown" have to do with poverty other than more free lunches.
You sound like Obama, "paying a few more dollars", lol, thousands of dollars!

I seriously doubt he will turn NYC into the shithole Detroit has become though
it will be like watching a circus in between.
 
MuyLocoNC

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Jimdamick said:
The new mayor of NYC, Bill de Blasio, was sworn in Wednesday by former President Bill Clinton on the frigid steps of the City Hall. He is the first Democrat to hold that position in over 20 years, and he is taking over from the Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who seemed to be more concerned about the size of soda containers, than the growth of poverty in that city, as it soared to new heights under his administration. He seemingly just watched as the numbers of poor increased, and the middle class decline to record highs and lows, respectively. That an acknowledged progressive liberal has been elected by a landslide in the most progressive and filled to the brim with liberal douchebags city in the world is so expected that only an idiot would mention it. He has promised that one of his most controversial programs will be implemented immediately, which will focus on education. He swore to provide pre-kindergarten opportunities for all students city wide. His method of helping to pay for this program is by adding a luxury tax on the rich, which has been met with the usual Republican rant that it will drive the wealthy from the city. I would like to know where they plan to go, and if they bitch about paying a few dollars more to live in the greatest city in the world, I say let them go, because they don't deserve that honor to be called a New Yorker (I was born in NY so I can say that) It's too bad that Washington doesn't see the urgency as Mayor Bill de Blasio does, but then in that conservative mindset so prevalent in that den of incompetents called Congress, that has been essentially been blocking anything considered progressive for decades. The conservatives state that all you have to do is pull your boot straps up to succeed in this country, even if you don't have the boots, or education to start with. It seems that is going to start to change, where at least in NYC, kids will start on a somewhat equal footing as their wealthy counterparts uptown. Time will tell how it works out, and it might actually succeed as long as the conservatives stay out of the way. Peace
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Fixed it for you.

I had to lol @ "most important city in the world". If New York disappeared tomorrow, most of us wouldn't even notice. Other than a few delays as companies relocate their headquarters, I doubt it would affect most of us in the least. Shit, the stock market would probably be up and running in a few days, not that the average citizen of the world would even notice that. New York is important to New Yorkers, the rest of us wouldn't give a squirt of piss to live there.
 
UncleBuck

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MuyLocoNC said:
Fixed it for you.

I had to lol @ "most important city in the world". If New York disappeared tomorrow, most of us wouldn't even notice. Other than a few delays as companies relocate their headquarters, I doubt it would affect most of us in the least. Shit, the stock market would probably be up and running in a few days, not that the average citizen of the world would even notice that. New York is important to New Yorkers, the rest of us wouldn't give a squirt of piss to live there.
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whereas if the american south were to disappear from the face of the earth tomorrow, the world would become instantly a much better, more accepting, and more tolerant place.
 
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UncleBuck said:
whereas if the american south were to disappear from the face of the earth tomorrow, the world would become instantly a much better, more accepting, and more tolerant place.
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I really would like it if we became our own country. 100 million people, third, maybe fourth largest economy in the world.

The rest of the united states would suffer, the south would prosper.
 
SirGreenThumb

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BigNBushy said:
I really would like it if we became our own country. 100 million people, third, maybe fourth largest economy in the world.

The rest of the united states would suffer, the south would prosper.
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I'm good with that, most others beside southerners are very hateful people. Not all, but most. Hell, a southerner will give u the shirt off their back if u needed it more than themselves.
 
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BigNBushy

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SirGreenThumb said:
I'm good with that, most others beside southerners are very hateful people. Not all, but most. Hell, a southerner will give u the shirt off their back if u needed it more than themselves.
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We have a lot of transplants from Ohio and Michigan in my town. One moved next door. We went over to introduce ourselves. They thought we were being rude. Intruding and trespassing.

Sirgreenthumb, where your from, when a funeral procession is making it's way from the funeral home to the cemetery, to people on the road still stop until it passes? They do here. Folks from Ohio and Michigan get stuck behind stopped cars and start blowing their horn.

In the south, a valid excuse for being late for work is "there was a funeral."
 
SirGreenThumb

SirGreenThumb

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BigNBushy said:
We have a lot of transplants from Ohio and Michigan in my town. One moved next door. We went over to introduce ourselves. They thought we were being rude. Intruding and trespassing.

Sirgreenthumb, where your from, when a funeral procession is making it's way from the funeral home to the cemetery, to people on the road still stop until it passes? They do here. Folks from Ohio and Michigan get stuck behind stopped cars and start blowing their horn.

In the south, a valid excuse for being late for work is "there was a funeral."
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I'm from the south. :wink:
Yes, we do stop for a funeral procession. Its a form of respect to the family.

Even if you didn't want to, you don't have a choice, they force you to stop while they pass. 2 escorts usually block the intersection while they pass.
 
ginwilly

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BigNBushy said:
We have a lot of transplants from Ohio and Michigan in my town. One moved next door. We went over to introduce ourselves. They thought we were being rude. Intruding and trespassing.

Sirgreenthumb, where your from, when a funeral procession is making it's way from the funeral home to the cemetery, to people on the road still stop until it passes? They do here. Folks from Ohio and Michigan get stuck behind stopped cars and start blowing their horn.

In the south, a valid excuse for being late for work is "there was a funeral."
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LOL!
I moved from Detroit down south and my first perception was damn these people are nosy, everyone keeps coming over and asking me personal questions. It took a few years, but now when I go back to Detroit, I actually miss someone asking me how's it going. Was working on the roof one day when a neighbor climbed the ladder and asked if he could help. Detroit me thought, I didn't say this guy could come on my property, wtf? the new south me said thanks man, grab a beer from the cooler and hold this metal for me please.
 
ginwilly

ginwilly

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SirGreenThumb said:
I'm from the south. :wink:
Yes, we do stop for a funeral procession. Its a form of respect to the family.

Even if you didn't want to, you don't have a choice, they force you to stop while they pass. 2 escorts usually block the intersection while they pass.
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My Dad's procession went by the school while they were having a baseball practice. Every kid on the field stopped as we passed, took off their hats and bowed their heads. Was one of the coolest things ever and I'll never forget it.

We wouldn't have noticed or cared about the funeral parade in Detroit. Unless it was somebody famous of course.
 
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slimj

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Jimdamick said:
So your saying that a lack of EQUAL educational opportunity is not a problem?. That logic is telling as to why we have the most ignorant students on the fucking planet, courtesy of the Republican agenda to cut every educational program that helped the disadvantaged, going from Head Start to Pell Grants. We reap what we sow, and so far all we are sowing are idiots.
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Ill take a page out of your play book here and say that by equal, you in fact mean giving us "blacks" another hand out? I'm so sick of you white m...... F..... Trying to help us out. You're in salving us with all these hand outs and no amount of money is going to fix our broken culture you liberals created. Liberals can't even tell the truth about our problems but damn it you guys are always trying to fix em!
 
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slimj

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UncleBuck said:
so southerners aren't hateful as long as you close your eyes and remain ignorant.

got it.
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The worst I've been treated in my life was in the north. I was in uniform with my wife and kids as white dudes yelled for me to take off my uniform before I ruined it with my greasy hair. You are a ignorant white man....you sure like to act like your helping us poor black folk, we'll thank you master....is it ok if I go pick some more Cotten master? I mean you seem to know what's best for us dumb black folk...
 
UncleBuck

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slimj said:
The worst I've been treated in my life was in the north. I was in uniform with my wife and kids as white dudes yelled for me to take off my uniform before I ruined it with my greasy hair. You are a ignorant white man....you sure like to act like your helping us poor black folk, we'll thank you master....is it ok if I go pick some more Cotten master? I mean you seem to know what's best for us dumb black folk...
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ooooh, a sock puppet claiming to be black this time around. this promises to be entertaining.
 
UncleBuck

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ginwilly said:
Actually, all southerners are just alike. If this weren't true, your statements would make you a bigot, so... must be true.
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it's just funny that you guys have so much hate for el tib, who is trolling, and not a peep to say to bignbushy, an actual white supremacist.

that kind of thing speaks for itself.
 
SirGreenThumb

SirGreenThumb

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UncleBuck said:
so southerners aren't hateful as long as you close your eyes and remain ignorant.

got it.
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I have no need to click on a link in an attempt to find something mean or hateful in said link to attack the believer or whatever. It serves no purpose. Ignorance isn't the same as accepting someone for their personal views, even if I don't agree with it. I look at it like this; as long as their not trying to shove it down my throat there is no need to attack.
 
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