Barquentine

Any proof of proxy, hmm...? "SMART Elections, a nonpartisan watchdog group." https://freepress.org/profile/lulu-friesdat Lulu Friesdat: Founder. "She's had assignments with NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, CBS, Fox News Channel" FOX NEWS CHANNEL!!! Someone who participates in their seminars: Laura Pressley https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2012-05-11/the-gop-friends-of-laura-pressley All you Cons can do is lie, fabricate, insinuate, and flood social media with misinformation.

Before I reply...... since I don't know you - are you serious?

But we can't look ahead. Short term thinking only for you. Remember the definition of a conservative: 'Someone averse to change." Lead us on to the 1950's.

And of course that's not just a bigoted opinion. You have facts to back it up?

You're a regular Canadian Qanon. Let's hear some more conspiracy theories. Hope you're stocked up on tinfoil hats! That's the spirit! Get rid of the Vermin! ( I prefer your rants in their original German.)

Those Damn Canadians! Let's kick about 10 million of 'em out.

I'm sorry you're so slow in the uptake. The TEACHER is CANADIAN, the students are FOREIGN. Get it? The STUDENTS bring in a lot of MONEY and spend it here. That is GOOD for our ECONOMY. ( I'm writing slow so you'll understand.)

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A lot of those foreign students bring in a lot of money. I did renovations for an ESL teacher at a small school for foreign students, mostly Chinese and Saudis. Apart from paid tuition and paid accommodations, they all had allowances from their families of up to $10,000 a month. And a lot of the university students stay on and contribute after their education.

Ok. I'll give you a point for that one.

https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-21-45 "Millions of American adults who earn low wages rely on federal programs to meet basic needs, such as Medicaid for health care and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for food. To learn more about the people who use these programs, we analyzed employment data from 11 states and Census data. We found: About 70% worked full time Most worked for private sector employers in places like restaurants, department stores, and grocery stores. Others worked for state governments, public universities, or nonprofit organizations." And those are just the full time workers. We can assume that a lot of others worked part-time and others either can't find work, or have circumstance that prevent them from working. My point is that while thee are undoubtably some free riders, the myth of the welfare bum is overstated.

You mean Prison.

What's your point? I was responding to Cdnfox's idea that all immigrating doctors have to be 'Western', meaning white.

A lot of adults don't use much judgment when they vote. How about a cognitive test for eligiblity? Oh no - even Trump can pass one of those. Ok, let's stick with the status quo.

Well that's dumb. There is so much wrong with that sentence. If ALL we allowed in were WESTERN doctors....... My doctor was trained in Nigeria. She's great. But I guess you you racists need 'western culture' doctors. Import as many as we can build houses for? Who's going to build the houses and supply the labour to support all these doctor's needs? Oh wait - doctors earn enough to buy the houses that are already on the market. You're solving our healthcare, housing, and racial discomfort problems all at once. Keep up the good work!

Ok - lets differentiate between management workers and production workers, and if you don't think there's a difference then you've never had a job. Management can fire or sanction production workers but production workers can't fire management. And generally, if there's a union, management workers aren't part of it. They both work but there is definitely a separation. What I'm talking about is upper management and shareholders. When shareholders get greedy and take a much bigger ROI that often does come at the expense of workers. The whole point is fairness. After all, who is the economic structure for? Just a few at the top, or every one? Now I know some of the troglodyte right wingers on here will call me a Commie leftard libbie. They have no imagination. And give me an example where someone on here has suggested Canada should be a Communist state. I haven't seen it. WTF????

As long as there is no stealing, then what is wrong with worker's incomes going up? 3 parts of a company: shareholders, management, and the workers. If the first 2 see their share go up 1000% why not the third? Why does Amazon go to such lengths to keep unions out? Why do right wing politicians enact "Freedom to Work" laws"($7.25 minimum wage laws - no wonder people can't afford to buy houses?) The workers eat the same amount. “Under capitalism, man exploits man; while under socialism just the reverse is true.” John Kenneth Galbraith

But apparently it's ok if the redistribution is upward. https://www.epi.org/publication/ceo-pay-in-2022/ CEO pay has soared 1,209.2% since 1978 compared with a 15.3% rise in typical workers’ pay https://fortune.com/2024/04/30/shareholders-vs-workers-dividend-payments-salaries-oxfam-alex-maitland/ From 2020 to 2023, shareholders far outpaced workers as their dividend payments grew 14 times faster than employee salaries across 31 countries

That's what I'm talkin' bout.

So we shouldn't have any form of taxes? How well do you think that would work? Uh hyuk, gosh sir, yer so smrt. I didn't know Canada had social programs. I'm beholden to ya fer helpin' with my edumacation! P.S. How old are you?

You don't know shit about what I know or don't know. I just used X as an example of how bad the problem can be. You're just making ignorant assumptions and hurling insults, as usual.

Basically what I said, isn't it?

He just pointed out the truth that the income gap is growing. My life has mirrored yours almost exactly, but I believe 2 things can be true at the same time. Everyone should do all they can to support and advance themselves AND our society is rich enough to give help to those that need it.

https://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1747290488 Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot brought up ‘white genocide’ in unrelated queries Some X users on Wednesday asked Grok – the AI chatbot available through Elon Musk’s social media platform – questions about simple topics like baseball players or videos of fish being flushed down toilets. One user just asked Grok to talk like a pirate. In response, they got replies about the theory of “white genocide” in South Africa, puzzling some X users as they tried to engage with what has largely been seen as Musk’s answer to ChatGPT. HURRAY for X! Elon to the rescue!

But the first digit of your IQ is a zero. Of course we have problems, always have , always will, just like every other developed country, At the same time we (western democracies)are the richest, freest people in the history of the world. I count my blessings at Thanksgiving. What do you do - hold hands, bow your head and curse the libs? Or thank God for Tiny Trump?