No human being would want to live there. A ‘disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess’.

[AAAintheBeltway]

there is less and less upward mobility in this country.

There is a lot of truth to this statement but the important question is why. You try to tag it to Reagan but I would argue it actually started after he left office and gained momentum under Clinton with NAFTA, aka Ross Perot's "great sucking sound as jobs left US, unfair trade deals with China et al that hollowed out our manufacturing sector, vastly increased immigration, legal and illegal, which put downward pressure on salaries( which is the point of it after all), Fed and government policy that rewarded and bailed out Wall Street but screwed small savers, and the obscene increases in CEO and other high level compensation.

Another factor clearly is affirmative action, which disproportionately impacts smart but poor white kids in getting into universities. The elites take care of their own. They could give a shit about anyone else, but they make a show of obsessing over POC, immigrants etc. Why not? They're not the ones paying the price for it.

 

[AAAintheBeltway]

The real question that Cummings and every other democrat need to answer is why are they more concerned with conditions for illegals than they are about conditions for American citizens living in their own districts?

That is racist, ie they would prefer not to have to talk about such things. But Orange Man Bad.

 

[TreeFrogTrader]

Ahh the old pull yourself up by the boot straps and get out expectation. When those stories are true they are certainly remarkable. Kid born in nothing, crime ridden area pulls himself up and makes due. Great story. Too bad it’s so, so rare.

The truth is that no matter race, gender whatever, there is less and less upward mobility in this country. We are actually behind the Europeans in opportunity.

In this country you’re more likely to go from middle class to poor than from poor to middle class. Has been that way since Reagan.

So what you say about getting up and out sounds good but it’s not the American story.

And open borders will help how?

Oh, I see. By adding tens of millions of more people per year who also need to be raised up, while the existing Americans are left even further behind.

 

[UsualName]

There is a lot of truth to this statement but the important question is why. You try to tag it to Reagan but I would argue it actually started after he left office and gained momentum under Clinton with NAFTA, aka Ross Perot's "great sucking sound as jobs left US, unfair trade deals with China et al that hollowed out our manufacturing sector, vastly increased immigration, legal and illegal, which put downward pressure on salaries( which is the point of it after all), Fed and government policy that rewarded and bailed out Wall Street but screwed small savers, and the obscene increases in CEO and other high level compensation.

Another factor clearly is affirmative action, which disproportionately impacts smart but poor white kids in getting into universities. The elites take care of their own. They could give a shit about anyone else, but they make a show of obsessing over POC, immigrants etc. Why not? They're not the ones paying the price for it.

There was some imbalance in our trade deals, which included NAFTA, but it did not have the impact that you claim. We did go on an open market bender for a long time and that was ridiculous. Trade pacts need to be designed in a way that increases opportunity, not only reduces prices. I have a lot to say on this but I’d like to stick to what is prescient here.

The otherizing and demeaning of Americans in poverty is below the office of the president. Trump brings us back o new lows and tries to divide us even further.

Baltimore, Maryland is in his jurisdiction as president of the United States. He has now insulted an entire city he is supposed to be leading!

This is why Trump is so ineffective as President, he cannot find good will anywhere because he spoils people’s faith.

 

[UsualName]

And open borders will help how?

Oh, I see. By adding tens of millions of more people per year who also need to be raised up, while the existing Americans are left even further behind.

I’m sorry but why are you coming to me with this? The last democrat did a way better job with controlling our border and deportations.

 

[WeToddDid2]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1155812918467784704

 

[TreeFrogTrader]

I’m sorry but why are you coming to me with this? The last democrat did a way better job with controlling our border and deportations.

And when he left all the dems ran to the courts to make sure that the door was propped wide open and keeps going in that direction.

What have dems down in the last couple years to help with the border problem. Oh, I see. You have come up with 26 dem candidates who are all running on open borders. That would be one -of many- reasons that I am coming at you on this Cowboy.

 

[UsualName]

And when he left all the dems ran to the courts to make sure that the door was propped wide open and keeps going in that direction.

What have dems down in the last couple years to help with the border problem. Oh, I see. You have come up with 26 dem candidates who are all running on open borders. That would be one -of many- reasons that I am coming at you on this Cowboy.

You’re being pimped by a clown. What does that make you?

When this whole charade comes crashing down I will be here to remind you that I told you the entire time that you were being lied to.

 

[TreeFrogTrader]

You’re being pimped by a clown. What does that make you?

When this whole charade comes crashing down I will be here to remind you that I told you the entire time that you were being lied to.

Did you ever think of becoming a Visiting Angel working in Chappaqa, New York for Hillary?

You clearly have the dedication and servile manner required for that position.

 

[UsualName]

Did you ever think of becoming a Visiting Angel working in Chappaqa, New York for Hillary?

You clearly have the dedication and servile manner required for that position.

Caring for the aged and disabled is important and we need to do more for them. Saying these people are somehow servile in a derogatory manner does not do justice to the important work they do. They are under appreciated and underpaid.