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[–] 1Sorry_SOB 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
So was it a diverse crowd or did it look like a Republican convention?
[–] secretsquirrel2 [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
That part of the country isn't very diverse. However, when he was here in Dallas, the crowd was very diverse in both age and race. I think his message reaches across most lines.
[–] brother_tempus 2 points 0 points 2 points (+2|-2) ago (edited ago)
For government to give it must take. For government to help, it must hurt. That is because the wealth necessary to do things is not government;s in the first place. It was some individual's first
Also because government is doing it, the cost is more than what it should be meaning government places the taxpayer in more and more debt the more the government does with the money it steals
This debt makes future generation more poor from the get go on top of the poverty that will be imposed on them from the policy of the government devaluing the currency being used.
So the Summary : After you graduate, the US will be in the thick of the “generational theft” issue; here’s a heads-up on what this is all about. Generational accounting is an estimate of who benefits from and who pays for government programs. the average person in the generation that turned 65 this year received $327 thousand dollars more in lifetime government benefits than they paid in Federal taxes. On the other hand, children born in the future (e.g., yours) will have a lifetime deficit on this basis of -$421 thousand dollars. If it sounds unfair, it is.
And it is the government that is inflicting this poverty ( wealth disparity / income inequality )