Election 2016 (Page 58)

Hey DMiller.  I want you start by saying I hear where you are coming from with the sexual assault issues.  I can only imagine what I would do if my daughter was assaulted.  And I do feel that it made Trump a flawed candidate  (I would term him morally corrupt).  What I'd honestly like your opinion on is wouldn't electing someone who is a corrupt criminal such as Hillary be the same thing saying that being ethcially corrupt is o.k.?

I know the easy thing to do is argue that Hillary was cleared by the FBI, but that is as weak as saying that Trump wasn't charged for sexual assault.  Both were very flawed.

I honestly decided that ethics were more important than morals....

Hillary was not my candidate of choice.  I wanted Bernie. I also want the heads of the entire DNC.

That being said, the environment, immigration, LGBT rights, the fact that Trump has said he will use nuclear weapons.  These are things that made it impossible for me to vote against her. 

Yay!!!  I see we are back to protests blocking highways, setting fires, and damaging property......complete with a few cops injured by flying bottles, bricks, etc.  I guess someone forgot to tell those boneheads that this is EXACTLY what set the wheels in motion to elect the guy they are protesting against. So much for the seamless transfer of power and graciousness that the Dems were so up in arms about when Trump said he didn't know if he would concede.  You just can't make this stuff up, and.........

you can't fix youth.......or stupid.

Hillary did do her part in her speech...but yes you can't fix stupid.  Theres is a way to protest, and that is not burning your city down.

I have no idea why some people can't figure that out. 

If that happens.....you'll never see another Democrat Party President.  Have you seen the county by county red/blue National map? We are a sea of red.  And I'm all for the republican candidate getting some of the votes in Ca. and NY.

Personally I feel this is the most fair way to do it, but if you do some googling on the topic the democrats are staunchly opposed to it because it massively tips the scales to republicans.  Romney would have beat Obama in 2012 if it was split up via congressional districts. 
States like CA which is currently an automatic 55 votes for Dems would only net something like 20 or 25 because of so many republican leaning areas in the state. 

that's because the congressional districts were gerrymandered by the republicans

I read yesterday about how the popular vote can be misleading because the GOP candidate never campaigns or runs adds in the heavy population centers so the popular vote in those regions is naturally lower than it could be.  As an example when I lived in Chicago I was conservative and voted in the primaries but never even bothered to vote in the general because it made zero difference.

I know what you're trying to say, but in effect you're describing that you don't want people to act this way as your ultimate goal.  However, your method is more of a treat the symptom by shutting them down through shunning/shame.  Sure, that can make the outward expression of sexism go away, but it doesn't change the underlying desires in those people.
The way you truly fix the issue is to address the root causes which are based in early childhood development and poor families.  If the behavior isn't there in the first place there's no need to shout it down or shun it. 

The minimum wage debate is yet another symptom treating strategy that doesn't truly address any problems.  I think we can likely agree that no person who is living on a minimum wage job today is going to be financially successful in the long term and it really doesn't matter what that minimum wage is.
The economics argument is that if you pay everyone in a poor neighborhood $15/hr. and force all the businesses to pay that then they'll add the additional wages into the cost of the products.  So you make an extra $50 a week, but you spend the extra $50 on gas/groceries/etc and there's really no net change.

That being said, the problem in the inner city is not a job problem or even a minimum wage problem.  What we have is an employability problem.  I do a lot of volunteer work and financially support an organization in North Omaha (the hood) that focuses exclusively on teaching the most basic of job skills such as showing up to work on time and learning to make eye contact and carry on a conversation.  It sounds ridiculous, but you have no idea how horrible many of the inner city family and school situations are.  These poor kids simply don't have a chance no matter how much you make the minimum wage.

The difference maker is having a mother and a father that love their kids and encourage them to do better in life.  What so many people in our government have done is effectively tell these kids that they are not going to amount to anything so their only hope is permanent government assistance in exchange for their vote.

I have talked many times about my upbringing where I fought my way out of a poverty upbringing.  I lived in the white hood known as the trailer park.  Lots of trouble to be had and I was surrounded by people trying to keep me down.  You'll never amount to anything, don't go do school, here's some drugs, hey lets go rob this store, etc. etc.  
The one and only thing that got me out of there was a Father who loved me like no other and always told me how great I was and how I was going to be successful in life.  I had a cheerleader and unconditional love and it as all I needed.  This is what the charities I work with try to do to these kids.  We let them know there are people who do love them and we cheer them on at every step of the way.  I could tell you some amazing stories of kids who have graduated college and moved on to great careers because they were simply given hope. 

Yes and no.  I do agree that there has been gerrymandering by both parties, but the changes are made by state legislatures and Republicans dominate State and Local Governments nationally.  I don't feel it's crazy out of hand though because geographically there is a ton more square miles that are red than blue.  The blue concentrations are far greater in the urban areas and you can only pack so many districts into a big city.

My problem with most people who want to keep social programs for the poor in our inner cities as they are, or raise minimum wage for the same people, is THEY HAVE ACTUALLY NEVER SPENT A SINGLE DAY IN ONE OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS OR TALKED TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE.

I'm convinced that most people who push these types of programs do it so they can feel better about themselves.....clueless as they may be.

Amen to that.  It has been life changing for me to get involved in the inner city.  The cool part is that the vast majority of people in the inner city are really great people, but they simply don't have any hope.  Brenda Council is a former state representative in Nebraska and she always would say that "for one who doesn't have hope, consequences mean nothing".  This is the foundation of the Hope Center which is the main charity I work with/through.