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Judge Moore accused of sexually assaulting/pursuing underage girls in his 30s

PhDeac said:
If yesterday's Alabama Senate race had been a House election, the Republicans, who got *fewer* votes, would have won 6 out of 7 seats, and the Democrats, who *won* the vote statewide, only 1 out of 7. That's how gerrymandered Alabama is.
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'merica
 
myDeaconmyhand said:
My parents live in section 8 housing, my dad works 60 hours a week with no overtime or benefits, with an Obamacare plan he cant afford, my mother is on medicare, and can't work more than 20 hours a week without losing her benefits, my grandmother is on medicare, I work 60 hours a week with no benefits or time off, i'll probably never be able to pay off my student loans or buy a house, my wife works at a hospital with no childcare benefits and only 4 weeks of "temporary disability" 60% pay pregnancy leave, and I just lost my tax deductions for my self-employment and all our student loans. I work with the low income disabled community, as does my wife, mostly POC. I'm not asking you to cry for me, but consider that my economic situation is much more common than most of yours. These complaints I have with the political status quo are much more salient to my life than they are to yours, I assume. That's not an excuse for me to be an asshole to any of you, but it is an explanation as to why I am so...passionate about it.
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Your dad makes over 47k I hope if he's not getting overtime? What's available for you if you weren't self employed?
 
exactly

the problem isn't that the Alabama Democrats didn't run a progressive enough candidate, the problem is that the national Democratic Party operate as the progressive party without doing much progressive

there is a complete lack of moral imagination
 
JuiceCrewAllStar said:
there is a complete lack of moral imagination
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This statement assumes that there is a will to be progressive. The Democratic Party has turned into a party for socially liberal people who make $100,000k+ year who need working class votes to win elections, but don't care an ounce about the people casting the votes.

"How does your student loan debt make you feel? Tell us in 3 emojis or less."
 
Strickland33 said:
This statement assumes that there is a will to be progressive. The Democratic Party has turned into a party for socially liberal people who make $100,000k+ year who need working class votes to win elections, but don't care an ounce about the people casting the votes.

"How does your student loan debt make you feel? Tell us in 3 emojis or less."
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This is a function of the way political parties are so completely focused on campaign donations and raising money. There are two ways to win votes: buying them during campaigns with the money your party raises via donations or earning them through your legislative accomplishments to help people who then want to vote do you so that you’ll do more helpful things. The first way is so much easier.
 
birdman said:
This is a function of the way political parties are so completely focused on campaign donations and raising money. There are two ways to win votes: buying them during campaigns with the money your party raises via donations or earning them through your legislative accomplishments to help people who then want to vote do you so that you’ll do more helpful things. The first way is so much easier.
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Meh, one rich democrat could buy like 10 house seats by building some jobs in the boonies and moving people out there to live for a couple years
 
palmab03 said:
Meh, one rich democrat could buy like 10 house seats by building some jobs in the boonies and moving people out there to live for a couple years
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This is true. I don't know why rich Democrats give so much money to senate and presidential campaigns instead of just creating jobs in districts/states they want to flip and donating money to local and state races.
 
Milhouse said:
it's not like republicans all of a sudden just started electing folks at the edge of republican ideology. they gradually moved there, and (for now) they control virtually everything.

but mdmh throws hissy fits because the strategy of democrats isn't to gradually move to the edge. he wants all or nothing.

what a maroon.
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Damn, MDMH provoked the longest Milhouse quote ever.
 
myDeaconmyhand said:
My parents live in section 8 housing, my dad works 60 hours a week with no overtime or benefits, with an Obamacare plan he cant afford, my mother is on medicare, and can't work more than 20 hours a week without losing her benefits, my grandmother is on medicare, I work 60 hours a week with no benefits or time off, i'll probably never be able to pay off my student loans or buy a house, my wife works at a hospital with no childcare benefits and only 4 weeks of "temporary disability" 60% pay pregnancy leave, and I just lost my tax deductions for my self-employment and all our student loans. I work with the low income disabled community, as does my wife, mostly POC. I'm not asking you to cry for me, but consider that my economic situation is much more common than most of yours. These complaints I have with the political status quo are much more salient to my life than they are to yours, I assume. That's not an excuse for me to be an asshole to any of you, but it is an explanation as to why I am so...passionate about it.
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why couldn’t you get a better job with a wake degree in your pocket?
 
myDeaconmyhand said:
My parents live in section 8 housing, my dad works 60 hours a week with no overtime or benefits, with an Obamacare plan he cant afford, my mother is on medicare, and can't work more than 20 hours a week without losing her benefits, my grandmother is on medicare, I work 60 hours a week with no benefits or time off, i'll probably never be able to pay off my student loans or buy a house, my wife works at a hospital with no childcare benefits and only 4 weeks of "temporary disability" 60% pay pregnancy leave, and I just lost my tax deductions for my self-employment and all our student loans. I work with the low income disabled community, as does my wife, mostly POC. I'm not asking you to cry for me, but consider that my economic situation is much more common than most of yours. These complaints I have with the political status quo are much more salient to my life than they are to yours, I assume. That's not an excuse for me to be an asshole to any of you, but it is an explanation as to why I am so...passionate about it.
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If your dad works more than 40 hours a week and is a non-exempt employee (not salaried), he is owed overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act. If he's self-employed or working for multiple employers, that wouldn't apply.
 
wakelaw13 said:
If your dad works more than 40 hours a week and is a non-exempt employee (not salaried), he is owed overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act. If he's self-employed or working for multiple employers, that wouldn't apply.
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Employers never steal overtime pay.

 
My dad is a salaried employee specifically so he cant get overtime. He gets moved from hourly to salaried multiple times a year depending upon the "business needs" where he works.
 
myDeaconmyhand said:
My dad is a salaried employee specifically so he cant get overtime. He gets moved from hourly to salaried multiple times a year depending upon the "business needs" where he works.
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I'm not a wage/hour specialist, but that sounds illegal.
 
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