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redqueen

(115,103 posts)
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 12:09 AM Feb 2020

You cannot end child poverty with education and childcare.

I don't know who said it, but it's wrong.

78% of us live paycheck to paycheck.

Let that sink in.

I personally know people with degrees in IT working at Build-A-Bear. I know people with MBA's working as security officers.

This winner take all economy is not going to magically start working for most of us within a couple of years because we offer education and childcare.

The ONLY thing that ends child poverty is cash. Not cash credits on taxes - direct cash aid to everyone.

It truly takes a village, and we have to lift the entire village up. And we can. And we must. And we will be forced to eventually, so what are we waiting for, and why?

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You cannot end child poverty with education and childcare. (Original Post) redqueen Feb 2020 OP
Yang has no chance squirecam Feb 2020 #1
Trump isn't going to the stockades, period. It is a non-starter. nt essme Feb 2020 #5
NY squirecam Feb 2020 #6
He will not go to prison regardless of NY. essme Feb 2020 #10
Fine. Let a jury acquit squirecam Feb 2020 #12
Do presidents indict former presidents? redqueen Feb 2020 #17
The prosecutors in NY would squirecam Feb 2020 #20
He never said he would let Trump go free. redqueen Feb 2020 #7
We had a trial in which squirecam Feb 2020 #9
Do most voters think he should be charged with a criminal offense? redqueen Feb 2020 #14
Please look at who I support squirecam Feb 2020 #18
Reparations are also the right thing to do, but I don't want a candidate championing that, either. redqueen Feb 2020 #19
It can't be ended WITHOUT education and childcare, elleng Feb 2020 #2
Exactly. nt redqueen Feb 2020 #8
I could understand IT working at build a bear during the financial crisis but that just doesn't UniteFightBack Feb 2020 #3
A lot of out of work IT people I know redqueen Feb 2020 #11
Agree. The comment about $500 bail would be moot. essme Feb 2020 #4
This is what we are saying. redqueen Feb 2020 #15
As Styer said, Wellstone ruled Feb 2020 #13
Anyone who DOESN'T live paycheck to paycheck redqueen Feb 2020 #16
You are preaching to one of the choir. Wellstone ruled Feb 2020 #21
Yeah you definitely get it redqueen Feb 2020 #22
 

squirecam

(2,706 posts)
1. Yang has no chance
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 12:11 AM
Feb 2020

Not because of the $1000....

But he would let Trump go free?

Unacceptable.

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essme

(1,207 posts)
5. Trump isn't going to the stockades, period. It is a non-starter. nt
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 12:15 AM
Feb 2020
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squirecam

(2,706 posts)
6. NY
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 12:17 AM
Feb 2020

Is waiting to indict him already.

If we vote him out.

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essme

(1,207 posts)
10. He will not go to prison regardless of NY.
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 12:23 AM
Feb 2020

I'm sorry it just won't happen. Iran Contra and ignoring the AIDS epidemic to kill certain people should have had Raygun in prison. Bush II lied to the UN to get us to invade Iraq and kill who knows how many thousands of civilians people.

Nixon had hired felons breaking into buildings. Jefferson Davis only spent two years in jail for the CIVIL WAR.

Trump is not going to jail. We are not Iceland or the USSR.

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squirecam

(2,706 posts)
12. Fine. Let a jury acquit
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 12:25 AM
Feb 2020

I’d still indict and try him.

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redqueen

(115,103 posts)
17. Do presidents indict former presidents?
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 12:37 AM
Feb 2020

Is that how it works?

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squirecam

(2,706 posts)
20. The prosecutors in NY would
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 01:08 AM
Feb 2020
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redqueen

(115,103 posts)
7. He never said he would let Trump go free.
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 12:20 AM
Feb 2020

He said he would let the justice department do its job once all the facts are in

It's called not alienating voters.

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squirecam

(2,706 posts)
9. We had a trial in which
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 12:22 AM
Feb 2020

Even Romney voted to impeach.

We don’t need another investigation. He is clearly guilty.

We just need people willing to do their jobs.

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redqueen

(115,103 posts)
14. Do most voters think he should be charged with a criminal offense?
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 12:34 AM
Feb 2020

I do think doing the right thing is important, but I also want our candidate to be elected.

If most Americans get the idea that because he wasn't removed from office, that means he's innocent, then I don't want our candidate banging on about throwing him in jail.

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squirecam

(2,706 posts)
18. Please look at who I support
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 01:04 AM
Feb 2020

Amy says she doesnt support M4A or free college. And she doesn’t so because she tells us what she believes, not what people want to hear.

Trump is a criminal. He needs to be put on an ACTUAL trial, with real witnesses. Even if he isn’t convicted. Because IT IS the right thing to do.

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redqueen

(115,103 posts)
19. Reparations are also the right thing to do, but I don't want a candidate championing that, either.
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 01:06 AM
Feb 2020

Not because it isn't right, but because it will make it harder to get elected.

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elleng

(131,063 posts)
2. It can't be ended WITHOUT education and childcare,
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 12:11 AM
Feb 2020

PLUS cash.

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UniteFightBack

(8,231 posts)
3. I could understand IT working at build a bear during the financial crisis but that just doesn't
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 12:13 AM
Feb 2020

sound right with the job market we have now.

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redqueen

(115,103 posts)
11. A lot of out of work IT people I know
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 12:24 AM
Feb 2020

actually trained their replacements.

It's brutal.

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essme

(1,207 posts)
4. Agree. The comment about $500 bail would be moot.
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 12:14 AM
Feb 2020

And if there was a UBI economic necessity crimes would probably decline making bail less of an issue.

30 years of straight up nationwide all encompassing redlining, Urban Renewal demolition and discriminatory deed restrictions, will take more than some Pell Grants to undo.

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redqueen

(115,103 posts)
15. This is what we are saying.
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 12:35 AM
Feb 2020

Direct cash assistance would do so much good. For our physical health. For our mental health. It would reduce crime. It would increase creativity...

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Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
13. As Styer said,
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 12:33 AM
Feb 2020

we are living in a Mar-A-Largo economy. Pay check to paycheck for most people,only the Country Clubbers need not worry were their next meal is coming from.

A mentor of mine as a twenty something told me,when you no longer know what the price of a loaf of Bread Costs,then you made it.

Think about it,remember George Bush Senior embarrassed himself at a Grocery Cashier Stand when asked about a price of something.

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redqueen

(115,103 posts)
16. Anyone who DOESN'T live paycheck to paycheck
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 12:36 AM
Feb 2020

should try thinking like someone who does.

I marvel at people who go out to lunch on a regular basis. Who get coffee from Starbucks on a regular basis. These things are luxuries to so many.

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Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
21. You are preaching to one of the choir.
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 01:09 AM
Feb 2020

Spend most of my working years doing tow and sometimes three jobs. Finally after sixty tow years,I am taking a break,might flunk Retirement again it happen five times before.

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redqueen

(115,103 posts)
22. Yeah you definitely get it
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 11:21 AM
Feb 2020

I wish those who don't would try to put themselves in others' shoes.

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