I thought his counter-arguments held up, but I felt he acted a bit doddering to be honest.Quote:
Originally Posted by Teacher Terry
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I thought his counter-arguments held up, but I felt he acted a bit doddering to be honest.Quote:
Originally Posted by Teacher Terry
Biden represents a breath of stale air from times long past. Let Republicans embrace the past (when women and minorities knew their place); liberals/progressives should represent the future.
unconvincing. Look he's very much not my favorite. He's be better than Trump, more likely to win than Biden perhaps whose doddering will not stand up to Trump in all likelihood, at least I think he's mentally all there and that might be a minimum standard but it's something, but that is all.Quote:
I live in mayor Pete's town. High crime, High Homelessness, and few good paying jobs. Perhaps if he'd spent money on infrastructure instead of a $650,000.00 mobile boom box, he could attract job's, lower crime and homelessness. https://www.abc57.com/news/south-ben...box-criticized. He is not qualified...
It's unconvincing because noone can almost name anywhere that has solved the homelessness problem, so I say: before complaining about homelessness and using it against any politician one happens to dislike: name somewhere that has got it right.
It seems New York City may have got it right as most of their homeless are housed from what I've read. But they spend 1.9 billion a year on homelessness to do this. Other cities are not ponying up that type of money so it's no wonder they can't replicate it (might require some policy changes of course but also requires raw spending probably). Now that's what it cost a big city, so other big cities can copy, but a smaller town can probably be scaled down proportionately. And yes one does need to make sure the money is not just frittered away - they need to copy the policies. Who else has solved homelessness, well I hear Finland, as homelessness actually is a global problem not solely the U.S.. Finland is pretty far afield from here, so if we tried to copy Finland I don't even know what it would take or cost since a lot of the welfare state infrastructure the program seems to rely on and who knows what else is probably not there, but it's a housing first program. Anyone know any where else that has done pretty well at solving homelessness so that at least most of their "homeless" are housed?
I think that’s very true. You could especially see it in the second debate. The progressives would tout things like slavery reparations, single payer health or health care for illegal immigrants, free college, open borders and the like. The moderates would raise practical objections, which are dismissed as “Republican talking points”, a fear of “Big Ideas” or shilling for industry.Quote:
Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
If the progressives prevail, it will be interesting to see what the general electorate’s appetite for big ideas truly is.
Trump's winning 2016 mobilized a lot of people in the direction of progressive causes. I would rather sacrifice 4 more years with Trump in the hopes that we can push the "revolutionary" ideas of government for the people, because eventually people will realize that what benefits most benefits all.Quote:
Originally Posted by LDAHL
I think that there is a good chance that we will see a referendum on the more statist version of “government for the people” in 2020. We are seeing more radical proposals than any time since, what, the Great Depression?Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
It could well be a test of whether some of these ideas really reflect a trend in mainstream opinion or mere radical fringery. It will especially be interesting to see how some of these proposals, if enacted, will survive contact with reality.
Free things have to be paid for. Serious cutbacks would have to occur in other areas which I am all for. I think healthcare needs to be tackled first with a realistic plan. It’s the most pressing need. No one dies if they don’t go to college. You can’t say the same for HC. I would much rather have Biden then trump if it comes down to it. All older candidates need a decent running mate that you wouldn’t mind seeing as President.
We can start by cutting the military budget 50%.Quote:
Originally Posted by Teacher Terry
Housing First was tried in Seattle with great success. People were able to get relatively clean, drank and drugged less, and were safe from predators, while costing the taxpayers less overall. I don't know if the program was discontinued or expanded. I'm guessing the former.
And raising federal income tax rates back to reasonable levels.Quote:
Originally Posted by bae