Poverty in America

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  1. JFizzleRaider

    JFizzleRaider Yeast Lords Global Moderator

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    Put in a little effort and you can get out of poverty. My wife got grants to pay for one year of school which she attended dental assistant school at ccc with. Upon graduation she got paid $16/hour. The top dental assistant at her office makes $30/hour. Boom.

    Easy easy easy.
     
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  2. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Not that a hundred years of interference can be undone, but the notion that frustrates me more than any other is the idea that somehow it is incumbent upon the government to manage the nation's financial situation in the first place. The government should be responsible for infrastructure (physical, not financial), defense, legislation, adjudication, and I guess education (although there's certainly an argument to be made against that).

    There are so many things that the government is involved in that are outside the scope of what its responsibilities should be that I can understand why so many tend toward voting for candidates with socialist leanings, because trying to reverse the present course will probably do more harm than good at this point. It's pretty much impossible to put the toothpaste back into the tube.
     
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    dviss1 Emcee Referee

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    FDR's administration would probably disagree. When it comes to rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure, it's going to take
    Government teamed with Private Enterprise to get it done. I saw Trump complain about how China has nicer airports than
    we do... I just shook my head and said but no one wants to pay for them... Paying for them (spending) creates jobs....
     
  4. magnifier661

    magnifier661 B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

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    Of course it will take a democrat that will outwardly say "the president is not responsible", then use success in another debate on the presidency.

    Mr. Pot meet Mrs. Kettle
     
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    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    Yeah, or just fall ass backwards into a job that pays double that while you surf the net all day. All you have to do is be an asshole during the interview.

    Just so fucking easy bro!
    :MARIS61:
     
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    magnifier661 B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

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    Like the "Ted" reference
     
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    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    I never watched Ted.
     
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    No need, you're living it bro.
     
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    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    in all seriousness, we're all fucked.

    unless your Mags
     
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    JFizzleRaider Yeast Lords Global Moderator

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    Ironically I've found that sometimes the harder you work as a youngin, coupled with good interviewing skills gets you jobs that you get paid more money and don't have to work as much
     
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    Until that company realizes that they are paying you too much for your experience and dumps you for some fresh meat at half the cost.
     
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    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    I think it was his doing.

    He signed the republican bill to balance the budget.

    He let government shrink due to attrition.
     
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    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    Yeah, I worked 60-70 hours a week early on, now I barely work 5 real hours of work per week.
     
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    That's why you have to be somewhat shady and make things impossible to do without you there. :MARIS61:
     
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    Gotcha, working on that right now.

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    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    dental assistants soon to be replaced by filipino dentists who come to america illegally funneled through canada
     
  17. EL PRESIDENTE

    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    noticing way more homeless camps being set up everywhere.
     
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    Filipinos wants the boom boom with whitey so they'll keep her around
     
  19. EL PRESIDENTE

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    pretty much
     
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  20. JFizzleRaider

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    Have fun. I know more than some of the people who have worked here for decades.

    And I'm starting my own business on the side, so I'll be ok either way.

    I work with taxes, they will always be around
     
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