American Politics

[QUOTE=Elvis2008;2787957]So basically you are against people keeping more of their own money? And there is absolute no way the federal government can do with less, I. E. There is absolutely no waste there?

Matt Taibbi wrote that Congress could not even get its act together to do one adequate audit of the defense department. Not one.

Funny thing is I had a friend who got a government grant. Her biggest problem was figuring out how to spend all the money. She said, "If I do not spend it, they will not give it to me again next year."

But I am sure that is the only waste there is.[/QUOTE]Of course there will be some waste in a complex, national economy. However, Real Repubs in the Real World have proven to the the worst arbiters of what is "waste" and what is effective economic stimulus.

BTW, who told you the money minted, printed, valued and deemed legal or not by any society is "your" money instead of "our" money to do with whatever the majority decides is best for "us"?

There is no such thing in any society whether it is labeled a Capitalist society, a Socialist society or any other label you prefer. If "we" decide the money you would never have in your pocket without "us" making that happen is better spent building a road or waterway for "us", "we" have every power and right to spend it that way.

Or you are welcome to leave the society and start your own somewhere else.

[QUOTE=Tiny12;2787719]I don't get it. In your table, the top 10 for illiteracy include four blue states, five red states, and Georgia (purple). The bottom 10, the most literate states in America, include six blue states and four red states...[/QUOTE]Makes Perfect Sense. Red states have the are the most illiterate states in the country. Period. 12 out of the top 20 states are illiterate red states. (Note: The others were 3-Blue, 4-Swing States, 1-Independent).

Sorry you couldn't make sense of a simple study. Perhaps try using the follow designations of Red and Blue states help with tallying the illiterate states. This should help with your math.

[B]Electoral Map: Blue or Red States Since 2000 [/B]

[URL]https://www.270towin.com/content/blue-and-red-states[/URL]

[B]Illiteracy Rate by State: In 2023, Red States continue to have the highest levels of illiteracy[/B]

[URL]https://wisevoter.com/state-rankings/illiteracy-rate-by-state/[/URL]

[QUOTE=Tiny12;2787723]Chris was simply noting that Switzerland, which is more prosperous and by some measures better developed than any of the G7, has a high level of gun ownership and a low homicide rate. Among the G7, only Japan's homicide rate is lower. .... [/QUOTE]Yeah, Right! You just make no sense sometimes. Populations of the US is over 30 x the size of the Switzerland. Hardly the correct comparison. Try Again!

[QUOTE=ChrisP;2787750] {...same drivel, drivel, drivel...} [/QUOTE]Still the same drivel.

[QUOTE=Spidy;2788192]Still the same[/QUOTE]Still the same failure to answer a simple question. Let's try for the 7th time.

Do you deny that black people, particularly black males aged 15 to 35, commit vastly more violent crime than other groups?

If you can manage that and have any mental bandwidth remaining, you could try this one:

Why do leftists ignore the vast majority of gun crime (committed by, shall we say, democrat voters in urban democrat areas) to endlessly attack (via legislative efforts, hollyweird movies and shows, fake news reports and more) comparatively law-abiding people in suburbs and rural areas who own rifles and commit a tiny fraction of the total gun crime?

[QUOTE=Spidy;2788190]Makes Perfect Sense. Red states have the are the most illiterate states in the country. Period. 12 out of the top 20 states are illiterate red states. (Note: The others were 3-Blue, 4-Swing States, 1-Independent).

Sorry you couldn't make sense of a simple study. Perhaps try using the follow designations of Red and Blue states help with tallying the illiterate states. This should help with your math.

[B]Electoral Map: Blue or Red States Since 2000 [/B]

[URL]https://www.270towin.com/content/blue-and-red-states[/URL]

[B]Illiteracy Rate by State: In 2023, Red States continue to have the highest levels of illiteracy[/B]

[URL]https://wisevoter.com/state-rankings/illiteracy-rate-by-state/[/URL][/QUOTE]Seems the colors that make a difference aren't blue and red.

[QUOTE=Spidy;2788190]Makes Perfect Sense. Red states have the are the most illiterate states in the country. Period. 12 out of the top 20 states are illiterate red states. (Note: The others were 3-Blue, 4-Swing States, 1-Independent).

Sorry you couldn't make sense of a simple study. Perhaps try using the follow designations of Red and Blue states help with tallying the illiterate states. This should help with your math.

[B]Electoral Map: Blue or Red States Since 2000 [/B]

[URL]https://www.270towin.com/content/blue-and-red-states[/URL]

[B]Illiteracy Rate by State: In 2023, Red States continue to have the highest levels of illiteracy[/B]

[URL]https://wisevoter.com/state-rankings/illiteracy-rate-by-state/[/URL][/QUOTE]The only correlation is in your mind. Clearly two of the top three most so-called illiterate states are blue. And four of the top seven. Calling New Mexico and Nevada swing states is ridiculous. They went blue a long time ago.

Youre cherry picking by looking at the top 20. Well, nine of the 20 most illiterate states (including DC) went for Biden and eleven for Trump. If you extend the list to the top 22 states. eleven went for each.

What is this, some kind of Orwellian exercise in double think?

[QUOTE=Chris P;2788215]Seems the colors that make a difference aren't blue and red.[/QUOTE]
Chris, Yes it looks like the illiteracy rate is higher in border states, and those states in the south that suffer the legacy of slavery and segregation, as a result of over 100 years of misrule at the hands of the Democratic Party.

It's not necessarily all about race. The metropolitan area where I live has the highest per capita personal income in the USA. Our literacy rate may not be the best around, as we have a lot of native Spanish speakers, but the schools are good, and the city government and services are excellent. More Hispanics than whites live here, and a majority of the population is people of color.

What's the secret of our success? We prefer hard work to sucking off the government tit. The margin of victory for Republican candidates in contested elections is typically around 60%.

This is a video that is banned in YT. We are still not allowed to question the efficcy of the vaxes, even though the evidence is perfectly clear that they cause more medical issues than they solve:
[URL]https://rumble.com/v28vt2s-uncensored-we-need-to-talk-about-the-covid-vaccine-dr-aseem-malhotra.html[/URL]

Here is a video that demonstrates the efficacy of Vit D to prevent and treat COVID. The owner is not allowed to discuss his thoughts during the video otherwise it will be blocked:
[URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5MqkbFt2sU[/URL]

This is the world we now live in. A world that is 100% corrupt in the West. We are not allowed to think or hear different thoughts than the narrative that they want to sell us. And I DO mean SELL. That is ALL this is about.

[QUOTE=ChrisP;2788215]Seems the colors that make a difference aren't blue and red.[/QUOTE]The bigot says that black folks are more illiterate than white folks. This is, of course, true because black school districts are mostly poor and white school districts are mostly "richer". Since many states fund public schools through property taxes, areas that have more expensive homes pay more in property taxes but have better quality schools. ""So long as we link opportunity to gerrymandered borders and school funding to local wealth, we will never have a fair education system," Sibilia says. "The wrenching reality is that, from any angle, America is investing billions more in the future of white children. "

The same report where the above quotation was derived also gave examples like: "Arizona and Oklahoma again were the biggest offenders, with nonwhite school districts in Arizona receiving 46 percent, or $7,600, less per student, and 30 percent, or $3,600, less in per-student funding in Oklahoma.

Researchers at EdBuild went a step further, comparing poor nonwhite school districts to poor white school districts. They found that on average, the poor nonwhite school districts received 11 percent less funding per student, or $1,500 – a finding that Sibilia says hammers home the deep roots of racial inequity in education funding."

But sure, let's blame everything on black folks 'cause everything is their fault. Sheesh.

[QUOTE=PVMonger;2788296]black folks are more illiterate than white folks. This is, of course, true because black school districts are mostly poor and white school districts are mostly "richer". Since many states fund public schools through property taxes, areas that have more expensive homes pay more in property taxes but have better quality schools. ""So long as we link opportunity to gerrymandered borders and school funding to local wealth, we will never have a fair education system," Sibilia says. "The wrenching reality is that, from any angle, America is investing billions more in the future of white children. "

The same report where the above quotation was derived also gave examples like: "Arizona and Oklahoma again were the biggest offenders, with nonwhite school districts in Arizona receiving 46 percent, or $7,600, less per student, and 30 percent, or $3,600, less in per-student funding in Oklahoma.

Researchers at EdBuild went a step further, comparing poor nonwhite school districts to poor white school districts. They found that on average, the poor nonwhite school districts received 11 percent less funding per student, or $1,500 a finding that Sibilia says hammers home the deep roots of racial inequity in education funding."[/QUOTE]Except for calling Chris a bigot, you have a good point, that improving education for poor children is something we need to work on. Money's not the only answer. New York spends $24,500 per year for kids in grades K-12, the most in the USA, and is still on Spidy's top 10 "most illiterate" list. Here in Texas the wealthier school districts have to send money to the state, which redistributes the money to the poorer school districts. Maybe places like Arizona and Oklahoma would benefit from a system like ours.

School choice, vouchers to pay for private schools, charter schools, and emphasizing what's best for the students over what's best for the leaders of the teachers' unions are all steps that would improve education. Unfortunately the Democratic Party doesn't like any of these ideas, because it's been paid off by the teachers' unions.

[QUOTE=PVMonger;2788296]says that black folks are more illiterate than white folks. This is, of course, true [/QUOTE]Great! You accept I am correct. No need for the rest of the wrongheaded leftist cope bilge you spewed afterward.

[QUOTE=Tiny12;2788242]The only correlation is in your mind. Clearly two of the top three most so-called illiterate states are blue. And four of the top seven. Calling New Mexico and Nevada swing states is ridiculous. They went blue a long time ago.

Youre cherry picking by looking at the top 20. Well, nine of the 20 most illiterate states (including DC) went for Biden and eleven for Trump. If you extend the list to the top 22 states. eleven went for each.

What is this, some kind of Orwellian exercise in double think?[/QUOTE]We should thank Spidy for giving us all a wonderful example in real time of the leftist cognitive dissonance that prevents them from accepting empirical factual reality if it contradicts their woke Agenda.

Thanks, Spidy!

[QUOTE=Tiny12;2788273]Chris, Yes it looks like the illiteracy rate is higher in border states, and those states in the south that suffer the legacy of slavery and segregation, as a result of over 100 years of misrule at the hands of the Democratic Party.

It's not necessarily all about race. The metropolitan area where I live has the highest per capita personal income in the USA. Our literacy rate may not be the best around, as we have a lot of native Spanish speakers, but the schools are good, and the city government and services are excellent. More Hispanics than whites live here, and a majority of the population is people of color.

What's the secret of our success? We prefer hard work to sucking off the government tit. The margin of victory for Republican candidates in contested elections is typically around 60%.[/QUOTE]First of all, this shows yet again what a disaster mass third world immigration has been. Millions of below-average dregs of third world Latin American countries have poured into mostly border states, with the results that we can see.

And if it's not about race, why is the illiteracy rate in New York state twice that of next door Vermont? NY is richer, and pours vast amounts of money into schools.

Finally, how long are we going to whine about "muh slavery"? I'm of British origin, and my people were slaves too. First of the Roman Empire and then the Barbary pirates. Gibsmedat reparations, yo!

Anyway, as you can see from the graphs, the correlation is near-perfect. My points are supported by empirical reality as always.

[QUOTE=JustTK;2788084]I brought it up to reflect once again on how the minority was smeered by the majority brainwashed as being immoral and anti-science. When it was the majority that had swallowed lies as science.[/QUOTE]TK, as you know JJBee and I have had a feud with Covid for years. He took on the Democratic douche position so much so that when he traveled to Colombia with Covid and spread it, he insisted the vaccine was still 95% effective so you Republicans do not get any ideas that the vaccine does not work. Spreading Covid in Colombia was a secondary concern of his.

We have not made fun of the dumb Dems here for staying locked up and covered in bee keeper suits for 2 years (I am exaggerating) but maybe we should. As I said with JJbee, while he and the Dems were buying the government's BS, I read how to lower risk myself and used Covid to have the time of my life staying in resorts for dirt cheap, flying for next to nothing, and enjoying traffic free roads.

Just recently he said that I was a buyer of Covid conspiracy theories. Outside of the vaccine containing a computer chip, which I did not believe, can you think of any so called Covid conspiracy theories that were not true? Because I cannot.