why you should never be a socialist

[Willie99]

Now this is some welfare I can agree with...And Akphi, you are so fucking retarded you don't even know it.

What A Concept: Governor Makes Able-Bodied Food Stamp Recipients Work For Benefits


35,945 Shares By Jennifer Van Laar 22 hours ago

Under a new policy proposed by Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R), most able-bodied food stamp recipients will be required to work 20 hours per week or volunteer for a community agency, the Washington Post reports.
It’s such a logical policy, it’s amazing that more states haven’t gone to this model, especially in light of budget crises and increased strain on community agencies. As the Governor stated:

“People who are in need deserve a hand up, but we should not be giving able-bodied individuals a handout. We must continue to do all that we can to eliminate generational poverty and get people back to work. We must protect our limited resources for those who are truly in need and who are doing all they can to be self-sufficient.”
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The Governor hinted at this change during his State of the State speech.

“There is no excuse for able-bodied adults to spend a lifetime on welfare at the expense of hard-working, struggling Mainers.”
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Recipients who don’t meet the work requirement will have their access to food stamps restricted to three months of benefits over a three-year period, which should be sufficient to meet the needs of those who are temporarily caught in a rough situation.

clean your neighborhoods, have neighborhood watch groups, organize and participate in youth activities keeping them off the street, work in the parks, clean them and provide security and run activities

so many little things people can do to improve their own neighborhoods

 

[JDeuce]

You need a link, and don't possess common sense. I guess I forgot the line, to always know your audience. Here's something to start you on your way.

http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2012/09/20-pathways-middle-class-sawhill-winship

And the very first sentence from your article:

The defining narrative of the United States of America is that of a nation where everyone has an opportunity to achieve a better life.

Bam, case closed. Thanks for making my point, and thanks for playing.

All these evil imaginary socio-economic factors don't erase opportunities for anyone. Whether someone is born into wealth of poverty, they both have opportunities to do something with their life. Whether they choose to pursue them is entirely another matter.

There is nothing that guarantees everyone will have an equal outcome in life. The problem then becomes "fairness." If someone makes something of themselves, why...that just isn't fair to someone who didn't. Therefore, lets level the playing field by implementing unfair programs like affirmative action. Yes, that'll show em!

My parents and grandparents came to this country with maybe $10 of cash in their pockets and didn't speak a word of English when their ferry docked. They never accepted welfare, yet both of my parents and every one of my aunts and uncles went to college and/or grad school. A lot of them are well to do today. My wife's parents...very similar story, except her family is from the Caribbean. Her grandma came to California, worked multiple jobs, raised the family in a shitty part of South Central, and now each of her grand kids owns a house in a much nicer part of LA. Tens of thousands of Asian immigrants have followed the same path. Explain to the audience how that's possible when none of them were born into wealth and none of them had Kennedy-like connections to help them...

 

[Willie99]

http://www.imatternot.com/

and the poor victims in life, and the professional victims, here's a website just for youse

 

[Acebb]

Socialism supports free speech... I like that you pulled that one out of your ass

Laugh out loud funny.

Why don't you tell us about the free speech rights in the former USSR, Cuba, and Venezuela.

I can't wait to read all about it.

 

[Acebb]

Socialism supports free speech... I like that you pulled that one out of your ass

It isn't even funny what a stupid, silly liar you are.

[h=1]Venezuela TV channels taken off air[/h]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8477428.stm

On Monday, December 20th, the Venezuelan Parliament passed the bill that gives the Executive the power to regulate all content accessible in Internet within Venezuela. Through an administrative organ, CONATEL, all venezuelan-based ISPs will have the responsibility to block all content that collides with article 28 and 29:

http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2010/12/22/venezuela-the-bill-to-regulate-internet-has-been-approved/

(Washington, DC) – Venezuela should end censorship and intimidation of media that challenge the official line regarding President Hugo Chávez’s health and inauguration, Human Rights Watch said today.

In recent days, the government has ordered a television station to cease transmission of spots that question its interpretation of the constitutional requirements for the re-elected president’s inauguration. Intelligence agents have searched the home and confiscated the computers of a blogger suspected of authoring tweets questioning official information provided about Chávez’s health.

http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/12/venezuela-halt-censorship-intimidation-media

If it were not for comical ignorance, you would have absolutely nothing to say.

 

[Acebb]

Now, large numbers of their younger brothers and sisters have returned to the streets to demonstrate against the government of President Nicolás Maduro. They aren’t calling for the government to cease helping the poor; they’re protesting the government’s economic ineptitude and the ever-tighter limits on free speech in the national media.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/28/opinion/venezuelas-angry-students.html?_r=0

Socialism is totally into free speech and stuff!

 

[BleedingPurple]

And the very first sentence from your article:

The defining narrative of the United States of America is that of a nation where everyone has an opportunity to achieve a better life.

Bam, case closed. Thanks for making my point, and thanks for playing.

All these evil imaginary socio-economic factors don't erase opportunities for anyone. Whether someone is born into wealth of poverty, they both have opportunities to do something with their life. Whether they choose to pursue them is entirely another matter.

There is nothing that guarantees everyone will have an equal outcome in life. The problem then becomes "fairness." If someone makes something of themselves, why...that just isn't fair to someone who didn't. Therefore, lets level the playing field by implementing unfair programs like affirmative action. Yes, that'll show em!

My parents and grandparents came to this country with maybe $10 of cash in their pockets and didn't speak a word of English when their ferry docked. They never accepted welfare, yet both of my parents and every one of my aunts and uncles went to college and/or grad school. A lot of them are well to do today. My wife's parents...very similar story, except her family is from the Caribbean. Her grandma came to California, worked multiple jobs, raised the family in a shitty part of South Central, and now each of her grand kids owns a house in a much nicer part of LA. Tens of thousands of Asian immigrants have followed the same path. Explain to the audience how that's possible when none of them were born into wealth and none of them had Kennedy-like connections to help them...

I agree with most of what you are writing, everyone could make the right choice, poverty or not. I think I had a better opportunity with the way I was raised compared to my counterparts. When people at an early age are left to fend for themselves it seems different. You posted some good examples and kudos to those people.

 

[Dave007inVegas]

Life is not fair. Life will never be fair. Boo fucking hoo. Nice fucking participation trophy.

To the Liberals of the world that’s all that matters.

 

[GasMan]

I think you are confusing choice with opportunity. One can make all the correct choices, yet be limited by lack of opportunity because of socio-economic factors out of their control. Some are lucky enough to overcome those factors, but to deny they exist is not realistic.

I completely agree with you. A black friend of mine, Lori Grice, was excepted into the University of Michigan pre-med program with a 3.3 or 3.4 grade point. My other friend, Sandy Sassack, who is white, was not accepted into the University of Michigan premed program with a 3.6 - 3.7 grade point average.

Sandy cried for days while Lori sat there and gloated. Now Lori was very cool and very smart, but Sandy just didn't get the same opportunity to chase her dream of become a Maxillofacial surgeon because she was white and was being held to a higher standard due to racism.

 

[GasMan]

I agree with most of what you are writing, everyone could make the right choice, poverty or not. I think I had a better opportunity with the way I was raised compared to my counterparts. When people at an early age are left to fend for themselves it seems different. You posted some good examples and kudos to those people.

BINGO

It is about parenting, and the liberal democratic party are anti-family unit.

 

[SheriffJoe]

[/B]
I completely agree with you. A black friend of mine, Lori Grice, was excepted into the University of Michigan pre-med program with a 3.3 or 3.4 grade point. My other friend, Sandy Sassack, who is white, was not accepted into the University of Michigan premed program with a 3.6 - 3.7 grade point average.

Sandy cried for days while Lori sat there and gloated. Now Lori was very cool and very smart, but Sandy just didn't get the same opportunity to chase her dream of become a Maxillofacial surgeon because she was white and was being held to a higher standard due to racism.

It blows me away how left wing fanatics give themselves the moral authority to help themselves to things that do not belong to them simply because "life is too hard"

:neenee:

 

[mplastered]

[/B]
I completely agree with you. A black friend of mine, Lori Grice, was excepted into the University of Michigan pre-med program with a 3.3 or 3.4 grade point. My other friend, Sandy Sassack, who is white, was not accepted into the University of Michigan premed program with a 3.6 - 3.7 grade point average.

Sandy cried for days while Lori sat there and gloated. Now Lori was very cool and very smart, but Sandy just didn't get the same opportunity to chase her dream of become a Maxillofacial surgeon because she was white and was being held to a higher standard due to racism.

IDK, I'm calling bullshit story here. Last time you spelled her name Laurie.

 

[Dave007inVegas]

BINGO

It is about parenting, and the liberal democratic party are anti-family unit.

No true. They love those man/man and lesbo couple families. Not as much as the single women with 10 kids and no job but none the less they like em.

 

[Ricboff]

[/B]
I completely agree with you. A black friend of mine, Lori Grice, was excepted into the University of Michigan pre-med program with a 3.3 or 3.4 grade point. My other friend, Sandy Sassack, who is white, was not accepted into the University of Michigan premed program with a 3.6 - 3.7 grade point average.

Sandy cried for days while Lori sat there and gloated. Now Lori was very cool and very smart, but Sandy just didn't get the same opportunity to chase her dream of become a Maxillofacial surgeon because she was white and was being held to a higher standard due to racism.

maxillofacial surgeon? pre-med? in N America it's recognized as a specialty of dentistry (in UK as a speciality of medicine).

anyway, GPA is not the only factor weighing at admissions at Dental schools. Perhaps Lori had outstanding DAT scores? A component of the DAT deals with manual dexterity, poor scores can harm the candidates chances of getting in.

do American Universities mandate 'X' number of admission spots must go to minorities?


http://www.dent.umich.edu/admissions/dds/prerequisites-and-requirements-admission




http://www.dent.umich.edu/admissions/dds/how-apply-dds#selection-factors

 

[GasMan]

That is correct.. Her two older brothers went through the Dentistry program at U of M and were already Dentists/Surgeons.

She was trying to follow in their footsteps..her other brother went to Michigan to be a lawyer.

Semantics and Sandy was President of Student Counsel, a cheerleader, honor society, deans list, etc. etc. etc.

Call all the bullshit you want they were both good friends of mine who I liked very much, just was not fair to Sandy.

 

[Ricboff]

damn , Lori was part of the 1% crew?



[h=3]The University of Michigan
School of Dentistry
2013 Entering Class Profile[/h]

• [h=3]Number of applications: 1,991[/h]
• 106 students enrolled: 60 resident, 46 non-resident
• Demographics
  • 35% Female, 65% Male
  • 0% American Indian
  • 21.7% Asian/ Pacific Islander
  • 1% Black/African American
  • 1 % Hispanic/Latino
  • 74% White
  • 2.8% 2 or More
• Average GPA: 3.55
• Average DAT: Academic Average 20, Perceptual 21
• Average Age: 24 years old
• Education: 0 Ph.D., 12 Masters degrees, 92 Bachelor’s degree, 0 with four or more years of college and no degree, 2 with three or more years college

 

[Ricboff]

hopefully your friend can get into another Faculty of Dentistry ,

gl to her Gas.

 

[GasMan]

Would like to tell you I know all of the answers to your questions as I am sure admission standards have changed since 1989, but this is what happened, clear as day.

As far as the 1%, I guess she was.

 

[GasMan]

IDK, I'm calling bullshit story here. Last time you spelled her name Laurie.

LOL, I also spelled excepted as "accepted"

 

[akphidelt]

damn , Lori was part of the 1% crew?



The University of Michigan
School of Dentistry
2013 Entering Class Profile

• Number of applications: 1,991
• 106 students enrolled: 60 resident, 46 non-resident
• Demographics
  • 35% Female, 65% Male
  • 0% American Indian
  • 21.7% Asian/ Pacific Islander
  • 1% Black/African American
  • 1 % Hispanic/Latino
  • 74% White
  • 2.8% 2 or More
• Average GPA: 3.55
• Average DAT: Academic Average 20, Perceptual 21
• Average Age: 24 years old
• Education: 0 Ph.D., 12 Masters degrees, 92 Bachelor’s degree, 0 with four or more years of college and no degree, 2 with three or more years college

It's just hilarious how they act like blacks are taking all the white spots in college or higher education programs but all across the country you get these same type of numbers. Blacks getting in to private colleges or higher degrees are usually in the 1-10% range but the way they talk about them it seems like if you went to a private university or some higher level program it would be all minorities, lol.