As I have mentioned several times here on ET, I was was raised by a single, substance abusing single parent who dealt drugs, engaged in prostitution, received welfare and food stamps, ultimately received disability for a non physical issue, and was an activist in Leftist politics. My mom was also brilliant and helped get several environmental laws changed before environmentalism was monetized. I was brought up in a poor neighborhood comprised mostly of minorities and recent immigrants in New York City.
My greatest personal achievement was diminishing the disfunctional mindset that I was taught by my mom as in drug dealer good; policeman bad. There were other disfunctional mindsets such as a sense of entitlement for the only reason of being poor. Having seen the lifestyles of several socio-economic classes, the general differences in work ethic, how people treat each other, and just basic reasoning skills, I believe I'm well qualified to address political issues on a personal level that effects people from a wide variety of socio-economic classes. I also tend to not tolerate what appears to be purposeful misinformation being presented to further a harmful political agenda.
I seek truth and justice for those wronged, but do not believe there should be automatic handouts. Hopefully you understand that politics nowadays is more about monetizing voters or corporate contacts and obtaining power for the agenda of a select few entities that seek to concentrate power rather than representing the people.
