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It has to do with social and economic mobility, the US had relatively high mobility but since the 80s has been decreasing to the point it is almost at monarchical levels.

This is more poor shaming. A lot of working people is in social programs because a. they cannot afford to live without assistance, and b. because we have built a lot of working requirements into welfare.

Or you have two parents or one parent that work 2 and 3 jobs, can't make ends meet and don't have time to help you with anything, not to mention that probably you will be shamed at school for getting food assistance and wearing raggedy clothes.

Or shame the poor for being poor.

So when you start to study you are required to know what you're going to get paid in 2 or 4 years? Or if you don't study, can you compete with Pete the Barista with the masters degree? True, a lot of kids make poor choices, but it is not as simple as they getting on a sick loan because they wanted to study some unprofitable career. College education has become too expensive and a bachelors degree is the minimum requirement for jobs that only pay 40k or 50k per year, so we as a society need to tackle both, our education inflation and stagnant salaries. Just for information purposes, here is an income vs tuition costs graph:

 

It has to do with social and economic mobility, the US had relatively high mobility but since the 80s has been decreasing to the point it is almost at monarchical levels.

This is more poor shaming. A lot of working people is in social programs because a. they cannot afford to live without assistance, and b. because we have built a lot of working requirements into welfare.

Or you have two parents or one parent that work 2 and 3 jobs, can't make ends meet and don't have time to help you with anything, not to mention that probably you will be shamed at school for getting food assistance and wearing raggedy clothes.

Or shame the poor for being poor.

So when you start to study you are required to know what you're going to get paid in 2 or 4 years? Or if you don't study, can you compete with Pete the Barista with the masters degree? True, a lot of kids make poor choices, but it is not as simple as they getting on a sick loan because they wanted to study some unprofitable career. College education has become too expensive and a bachelors degree is the minimum requirement for jobs that only pay 40k or 50k per year, so we as a society need to tackle both, our education inflation and stagnant salaries. Just for information purposes, here is an income vs tuition costs graph:

 

Wow bro that’s scary!!!

I mean, I’m no stranger to the picture but things seem comparably good in Florida in the middle of the road scenario. My best friend’s son is graduating this year and I’ve been syphoning information and Florida ain’t that bad, although not cheap.

Here the in state tuition to public universities is about 12k per year with more or less a similar costs for room and boarding. Assuming we stay in about the same income bracket, plus our yet to start college savings, I think that amount would be manageable (prepaid tuition plans plus some cutting and trimming). But for most other families, saving for college and/or forking out extra money for food and rent are probably impossible as it is now.

 

The end of democracy:

‘Mitch McConnell Reassures Hannity: Don Jr. Subpoena Will ‘Have a Happy Ending’’

@senatemajldr ‘said the “good news” is that Burr has “already indicated that the committee will find no collusion’ 😑https://t.co/Ji2quuGyvi

— RynheartTheReluctant (@TheRynheart) May 10, 2019

 

I hereby call for total and complete shutdown on the word “Washington,” which both ignores the issue of asymmetric polarization AND materially aids the GOP by serving up their chief talking point that “Washington is broken” and government is disfunctional. 1/ https://t.co/6beZwD0g1b

— Lawrence Glickman (@LarryGlickman) May 12, 2019

 

It would be really helpful for journalists reporting on Barr's unhinged attempts to drum up a there there to note:

1) HILLARY was also under CI investigation, one conducted in the press.

2) HILLARY was also investigated based off oppo research, Clinton Cash. https://t.co/1pCJDiCZxl

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 17, 2019

 

Fvck you Confederate States of Misogyny:

I don't know who made this,but it's brilliant. pic.twitter.com/kmWr1V2IUp

— Jay Kuo (@nycjayjay) May 17, 2019

 

On why voting in every election is important:

https://www.motherjones.com/politic...g-voter-suppression-abortion-heartbeat-bills/

 

Amazing thread from Amash:

People who say there were no underlying crimes and therefore the president could not have intended to illegally obstruct the investigation—and therefore cannot be impeached—are resting their argument on several falsehoods:

— Justin Amash (@justinamash) May 20, 2019

 

The problem is that 45% will still vote for him, and another 3 to 6 % will think of their vote as too important to waste it on democracy. That plus the electoral college and the GOP attacking voting rights and we’re nowhere near a safe margin.

 

Whenever anyone tells you that Fox is a news station, show them this clip:

Brian Kilmeade says critics of Trump's plans to pardon war criminals "believe the wrong story" and "have not listened to [the war criminals'] side." Tomi Lahren adds that the outrage "just shows where their priorities are. It's always been terrorists over American warfighters." pic.twitter.com/nKQ7xlfqfl

— Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) May 22, 2019

 

Or this:

We are under minority rule.

Trump lost by 4 million votes.
Senate dems got 12 million more than GOP.
In 2016, GOP got 21 more seats than expected in proportion of vote because of gerrymandering.
GOP stole one SCOTUS seat.

Dems dont have to just win. They have to win by blowout.

— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) May 21, 2019

 

I'm sure your narrative applies to a section of the voters, but just to go around one fact, the election was decided in 4 states by less than 200k votes (or 3 and less than 100k if you exclude FL), while there was voting suppression, misinformation and probably Russian hacking at several levels.

So yeah, some Dems look for perfection, while most republican voters will even take the tax hike (or a recession) as long as they can get abortion bans or the racist wall, but that the system is rigged against democrats (and that they're to blame to an extent) is a reality that we have to deal with.

 

Infrastructure Week:

Two Democratic sources familiar with the WH / Dem meeting tell NBC News: pic.twitter.com/7CuGtvsOrH

— Alex Moe (@alexmoeflo) May 22, 2019

 

So Presidential:

Why not just put up a sign on the podium saying, “I am a loony tune”? https://t.co/RuWO3ccV4M

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) May 22, 2019

 

I bet Tillerson knows how to spell "Accomplishments". Just saying... https://t.co/azxSwXhp9k

— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) May 23, 2019