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Post by Elvado on Dec 23, 2017 12:41:40 GMT -5
For me it is 2011 and seeing Harry and Morgan joyously riping open. Packages at Disney World. While he still had along way to go, that Christmas morning made me feel he would be okay.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 22, 2017 22:48:49 GMT -5
Cody Riley and Jalen Hill suspended for the season by UCLA. Any comments now, Elvado? Frankly, after Ball 2 bolted, I was sort of hoping that Riley and Hill would be immediately reinstated as an up yours to LaVar, but this is the correct result. I am both shocked and pleased that UCLA took this stand.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 22, 2017 15:51:36 GMT -5
Serious crime? You've got to be ting me. Yes serious crime as in compromise of the border of a sovereign nation.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 22, 2017 14:57:01 GMT -5
I didn’t say it was a cure. Just an improvement...
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Post by Elvado on Dec 22, 2017 14:56:04 GMT -5
How exactly is that an overcount? 1 in 5 federal inmates was born outside the US. Of that 20%, 94% are here illegally. Illegal immigration may or may not be the crime for which they are incarcerated. But I think you and I both know that this particular government isn't known for being neutral on their immigration stance. They're expecting people to make the leap from saying that 1 in 5 is there because they're "druggists, rapists, etc." What I'm saying is if you pull out those people whose only crime is illegal immigration - what does that rate look like? Is it 1 in 5, 1 in 10, 1 in 20? For instance: "Those who think illegal immigrants are unusually crime-prone tend to make several errors when making their case. The most common is to only look at non-citizen incarcerations in federal prisons. First, that is a bad measurement because non-citizens includes illegal immigrants and also legal non-citizens, so it is an over count. Second, federal prisons only hold about 10 percent of all prisoners, with the other 90 percent incarcerated in state and local prisons and jails. Federal prisons hold prisoners convicted of federal crimes or crimes committed while crossing a border, including immigration offenses and drug smuggling, which disproportionately lead to foreigners being imprisoned. In May 2017, the last month for which data are available, 46.3 percent of federal inmates were incarcerated for drug offenses and 8.2 percent for immigration crimes. Imprisonment of non-violent drug and immigration offenders is not the hallmark of a crime wave. ...Focusing on prisoners between the ages of 18 and 54, 1.53 percent of all native-born adults are incarcerated, compared with 0.85 percent of illegal immigrants in the same age range – including those incarcerated for immigration crimes and in immigration detention. Excluding those particular crimes brings the illegal immigrant incarceration rate down to 0.50 percent – one third of the native rate. This holds true even when you take race into account. Whereas white, native-born Americans are incarcerated at a rate of 0.90 percent, illegal immigrants of every race and ethnicity are still less likely to be incarcerated, at a rate of 0.85 percent." www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/07/12/illegal-immigrant-crime-wave-evidence-is-hard-to-find.htmlWhich is a lovely view if you ignore that illegal immigration is serious crime all by itself. Ps. We should not be housing them; we should be returning them whence they came
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Post by Elvado on Dec 22, 2017 13:11:54 GMT -5
His Sports Challenge show in the 70’s sparked my life long love of sports trivia.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 22, 2017 13:07:40 GMT -5
DOJ study reports that 1 in 5 federal inmates was born outside the US and 94% of those inmates were here illegally. Staggering. Don’t we have enough homegrown criminals? Doesn't that report also count "Illegal Immigration" as a crime (meaning, it's ipso facto overcounting immigrants)? What does the percent actually look like when you pull that crime out? How exactly is that an overcount? 1 in 5 federal inmates was born outside the US. Of that 20%, 94% are here illegally. Illegal immigration may or may not be the crime for which they are incarcerated.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 22, 2017 11:07:20 GMT -5
Or they cut your salary in order to pay for two other families who don’t work... To me, that's the fundamental belief system of the conservative movement. But I just don't see that on the ground. I see people who can't work due to various obstacles; mental health, substance use(usually a result of self-medicating for mental health issues), physical disabilities, cognitive disabilities, criminal records, lack of opportunities, lack of resources, etc. Are there moochers? Yeah, I know of one or two guys who I think are taking some advantage of the system but they are very much the exception in my experience. Most people suffering from homelessness are struggling with poverty and broken systems. Broken healthcare systems and broken judicial systems are some of the two main offenders. We used to be the land of opportunity but the data I've seen shows that most other nations have surpassed the US in economic mobility. Now we're the land of trapping people in unhealthy communities and then demonizing them for being there. I'm pinning my hopes on Bernie in 2020. Here’s hoping the word gets out and someone else’s borders get overrun...
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Post by Elvado on Dec 22, 2017 10:59:00 GMT -5
Funny how you leave out some of the real junk like PBS, the NEA, Etc... The deficit can however be reduced if not eliminated with cuts to some of those non-essential programs, though can’t it?
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Post by Elvado on Dec 22, 2017 9:44:23 GMT -5
That said, Washington’s primary problem is not revenue; it is expense. The analogy I'd come up with to Elvado's position here is someone cuts your salary in half to give the company's board a big raise and then repeatedly tells you your problem is that you are spending too much. You can argue that a home budget is a terrible analogy for the federal government intake/outflow, but it's the one Republicans always use. Or they cut your salary in order to pay for two other families who don’t work...
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Post by Elvado on Dec 22, 2017 7:30:34 GMT -5
Actually, one illegal immigrant in the US is one too many, but you were close
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Post by Elvado on Dec 22, 2017 7:10:23 GMT -5
DOJ study reports that 1 in 5 federal inmates was born outside the US and 94% of those inmates were here illegally. Staggering.
Don’t we have enough homegrown criminals?
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Post by Elvado on Dec 21, 2017 12:18:40 GMT -5
That said, Washington’s primary problem is not revenue; it is expense. While a cute line, I believe (haven't done the math to be 100% sure) we're now at or near the point where federal revenues will be so low that cutting the entire non-defense discretionary budget still wouldn't balance the budget. So we either need to cut Defense (like the GOP would ever do that) or Medicare/Social Security as well, and just hope the world's opinion of America's finances doesn't turn negative, since we're dead as a country if we ever have to pay 5%+ on our debt... Assuming your numbers are correct, does that mean that Washington doesn’t have spending problem? Try saying that with a straight face.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 20, 2017 15:10:44 GMT -5
I am frustrated with the hypocrisy of the GOP on this tax bill. The one silver lining I saw to the GOP gaining control of the executive and legislative branches was that finally we'd get movement towards reducing, or at least not adding to, the deficit. One of the most consistent messages of the GOP has been how they don't want to increase the deficit. But, apparently, that message was just partisan schtick and now the deficit is only a concern when the Democrats are in control. I am not buying at all the message of the cuts will produce enough economic growth to offset the increase in the deficit. I fear the GOP is reenacting some of the failed plans that plunged Kansas into economic problems, but now on a nationwide scale. Your concerns are all completely legitimate and if Washington hypocrisy were dollars there would be no deficit. That said, Washington’s primary problem is not revenue; it is expense.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 20, 2017 12:25:02 GMT -5
I am quite sure you have every statement he has ever made st your disposal. That said, he clearly spoke the truth in the piece you just posted. Can you say the same about the laundry list of nonsense spouted about ACA and cost? As for the stimulus package, I quite enjoyed the money in my wallet. I will let you in on a little secret. I vote with my wallet and what happens to my family. That may be selfish; in fact I am sure it is. That said self-interest is not necessarily a bad thing. 1 truth doesn't excuse many lies Elvado. That's a pretty stupid argument, and you didn't exactly answer the stimulus package question... In favor, yes or no? Ryan said the bill was "designed" as a middle-class tax cut. True or false? When he was selling this bill he said: "I don't think [the tax bill] will increase the deficit." Clearly he knew that was likely false, correct? I’ll let you know when I get back from my new doctor affiliated with my newer more expensive Heath care plan. Bull crap flows out of donkeys as well as elephants my friend.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 20, 2017 12:06:49 GMT -5
I am quite sure you have every statement he has ever made st your disposal. That said, he clearly spoke the truth in the piece you just posted. Can you say the same about the laundry list of nonsense spouted about ACA and cost?
As for the stimulus package, I quite enjoyed the money in my wallet. I will let you in on a little secret. I vote with my wallet and what happens to my family. That may be selfish; in fact I am sure it is. That said self-interest is not necessarily a bad thing.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 20, 2017 11:50:08 GMT -5
Contrast Ryan's Honesty with the bilge sold to the public about Obamacare costs...
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Post by Elvado on Dec 20, 2017 11:48:58 GMT -5
Then you my friend are in the vast minority... Merry Christmas and Happy New Year He's not in the vast minority at all, millions of Americans will be voting against this bill in less than a year Elvado.. He is most certainly in the vast minority if he is willing to give the money back. Don’t kid yourself.
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Post by Elvado on Dec 20, 2017 9:54:49 GMT -5
I think that everyone who is against this tax bill should immediately give back the extra money in their paychecks. Or, they should shut the hell up. I am generally a fiscal conservative. I find a sentiment like this so disheartening, in addition to be ridiculously over-simplistic and disingenuous. Without even getting into the impact on the individual tax payer and who benefits, and how long the benefits will last for all but the top brackets, do you really think this is the correct road to tax reform? Honestly? With the potential for a huge increase in the deficit, and then the clear signaling that the GOP will be attempting to fill that hole with cuts to programs for those that most need assistance? I am far from a bleeding heart liberal, but I am convinced this "reform" is a travesty. Again, do you really think this is the right approach? I have not reached an opinion on the bill. I am happy to admit I don’t know if it is good, bad or indifferent. I am simply tired of the constant carping, whining and bitching from the left on this as if this were the first major policy piece ever rammed through with no support from the minority. Sauce for the goose...
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Post by Elvado on Dec 20, 2017 9:28:18 GMT -5
Sounds just like how I felt about ACA... Funny world... With the exception that no one told you if you kept a kid on insurance or benefitted from pre-existing condition coverage that you "should shut the hell up" or go uninsured. That you don’t see the difference neither surprises nor disappoints me. Merry Christmas.
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