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08-10-2016, 12:13 AM | #3962 (permalink) | ||||
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That's nice and all but the government doesn't currently give a fuck about any of that. It's also nice to see where your priorities are but I guess it makes sense since you wouldn't be included in the education aspect. The current taxes that are being taken out barely go to roads and services. I don't know about the UK but in the US our infrastructure sucks ass and is in severe need of being updating but all this time they are still taking taxes away from people while not applying it to that. The crap part of taxes is that you don't get to decide what it goes to but they still come around and take it. They funnel it where ever they see fit and majority of the time those lofty things that you listed get so few of those tax dollars that they are still struggling.
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08-10-2016, 12:53 AM | #3963 (permalink) | |
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People only have political power in so much that the Democrats or Republicans need your vote. The Democrats have had Black Americans solidly in their corner since the 1960's, so unless they threaten on mass to vote Republican if they don't get free education, no movement on that front will ever happen. Even if they did, the Democrats would risk losing solidly white working class states like Pennsylvania, Ohio and Wisconsin over the issue, I imagine California, Florida and New Mexico would be at risk to. As someone who is paying off the indentured servitude of student loans, I'm a strong advocate of free post secondary education for everyone, but that is a reality in North America that will never happen. (Canada or the US) so the best we can opt for is bursaries for people coming from low income backgrounds. That and voting for parties that will lower tuition for everyone. |
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08-10-2016, 04:49 AM | #3964 (permalink) | ||
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It might befinit you WTB to stop saying it'll never happen...Ive seen things in the last year I never thought would happen.
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08-10-2016, 09:47 AM | #3965 (permalink) | ||
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Reparations should have happened so long ago when the event actually occurred about banning slavery. Lincoln should have included it with the release of slaves. Personally, I would much rather prefer my 40 acres and a mule which by today's standards should be a deed to some land and a car. I don't car if said car is a KIA but they would probably go america and give us a Ford Focus or something along those lines. The only people that should be entitled to reparations are direct descendants of slaves and the only ones that should be footing the bill are people that are directly connected to slave owners. I know they would bitch moan and complain about paying for the sins of their fathers but your fathers fucked up and you gotta pay ho.
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08-10-2016, 11:31 AM | #3966 (permalink) | |
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08-10-2016, 11:35 AM | #3967 (permalink) | |
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08-10-2016, 11:51 AM | #3968 (permalink) |
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That is literally how the world works right now. You will likely inherit your parents' debt.
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08-10-2016, 12:00 PM | #3970 (permalink) |
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I don't really agree with reparations either, but deej's model makes more sense than any other I've seen. That's because the families who owned slaves were rich as **** and it is extraordinarily likely that that wealth was carried on throughout the generations. That means that the lifestyle that these people can afford was built on the backs of slaves, I think they can share a little bit of the cut. Obviously there should be exceptions and all that when it comes down to individual cases, but you could make them exempt.
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