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Aloha1 06-16-2021 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan (Post 1960535)
I would absolutely provide evidence of thousand of voters denied the opportunity to vote as soon as you provide evidence of massive voter fraud - enough to change the outcome of ANY presidential election.

My point was anything that makes it harder for legal voters to vote is bad, and anything that makes it easier for legal voters to vote is good.

I will be around if you can show the need for the laws to protect our votes.

I never said anything about "massive voter fraud". And again, please provide specific and concrete proof that these laws would make it harder to vote legally. As I have stated, any law that makes it harder to commit fraud while ensuring that only Citizen votes are counted and only counted once, is a good thing.

Aloha1 06-16-2021 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan (Post 1960536)
Can you show any evidence of your claim? I understand Hundreds of millions of dollars have been donated to help prove election fraud, which appears to be at the heart of your argument. Please provide ANY evidence that $100M and 6 months have proven?

It is not my job to do your research for you. And again, I NEVER said anything about "proving election fraud". You seem fixated on that topic for some reason.

Aloha1 06-16-2021 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by orangeblossombaby (Post 1960541)
those people protesting, are protesting something they don't understand. Critical race theory is not an actual class, or lesson. It's not a thing being taught. There've been several posts on this thread explaining that, some with links to websites that explain it really really well, in layman's terms.

o-m-g

Bucco 06-16-2021 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Aloha1 (Post 1960543)
Gracie;
You are one of the voices of reason on TOTV and I always respect your opinion. You are absolutely correct. I fail to comprehend how ANY American would not support elections ONLY for Citizens. That is our law as outlined in our Constitution.

Some here ask, "Where is the problem?" My answer is, the problem may or may not be currently present but if we fail to protect against any voting procedures that might make fraud easier, then we all but ensure that legitimate citizen votes will be marginalized.

I welcome all who want to come to this country LEGALLY and contribute to the tapestry that is the American people. I have no truck with those who encourage anyone to circumvent our immigration laws, including those at the highest levels of government.

We are either a Nation of Laws or we are not a Nation at all.

Please share with all of us with "no reason" who exactly supports voting for non Americans ?

Then, subsequently, allow and share any incidents of such things happening ?

Thank you.

As PS....illegal immigrants voting was the charge made in 2016. Including the commission formed to investigate, there has not been one single case of such voting ever shown. Commission was disbanded

OrangeBlossomBaby 06-16-2021 04:00 PM

Voter fraud isn't rampant. There was no widespread voter fraud, AT ALL. Nationwide. It didn't happen. Various political entities that lost elections demanded recounts. Recounts were performed. Various political entities even got to hand-pick the people doing the recounts, even though those hand-picked people are in groups that had ZERO experience in performing voter recounts. And they came up with nothing. These people who are making up fraudulent votes where none have occurred, are the same people who are making up the ridiculous claim that teachers are teaching students to hate white people.

It's fiction. It's not happening. It's make-believe, being created by people who want to divide this country and destroy it, and spread by the people who are either not bright enough or not interested enough in actual facts, to see beyond the fairytale.

Bucco 06-16-2021 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Aloha1 (Post 1960554)
o-m-g

She is correct. Been around for 40 years. Suddenly, a party decided that it would make a great theme to attack and scare. They added the word "Marxist" to scare a bit more, and away webgo.

There are no teachers of CRT, no textbook of CRT and fear of the word is nothing but showing ignorance.

AND you make the opposition stronger with crazy, insane accusations and conspiracies.

jimjamuser 06-16-2021 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Aloha1 (Post 1960336)
And just how many of these laws have you actually read, pray tell?

It's all in the news recently and will continue. All the states with a certain party in control are PUSHING voter suppression laws because they feel that they need an edge. They are going to try to pass phony laws like in Arizona, Utah. and Georgia. They have NO SHAME OR PATRIOTISM. These laws are also RACIST because they are designed to limit Black and Brown votes. Any NEWS story on TV or in a newspaper will have details on how the wording of the laws is suppressive in nature.

Bucco 06-16-2021 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by manaboutown (Post 1960542)
The laws are to eliminate voter fraud which is rampant.

As the courts in over 60 cases have said in the last 8 months...show us.

As the commission installed in 2016 said.....it doesn't exist.

As our own government has said...2020 was the safest most secure election in history.

Joe V. 06-16-2021 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Bucco (Post 1960582)
As the courts in over 60 cases have said in the last 8 months...show us.

As the commission installed in 2016 said.....it doesn't exist.

As our own government has said...2020 was the safest most secure election in history.

What a comedian you are!

Bucco 06-16-2021 04:40 PM

The shame of beating this election stuff to death is that all you need to do is look at the results.

Losing party did pretty well in congressional and senate elections. Fairly well in state elections.

Where it was lost was at the top of the ticket. So much either split votes or skipping to vote at the top.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...idential-race/

And as for Georgia being discussed....

"77,000 Georgia Voters Skipped The Top Of The Ticket"


77,000 Georgia Voters Skipped The Top Of The Ticket | Georgia Public Broadcasting

Why do you think so many voted GOP except at the top

jimjamuser 06-16-2021 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1960435)
Aloha. I want to state that I respect both women and men and their ideas. It is clear to me that some posters do not have a lot of respect for one or the other gender and their views.

I really do think we need to have laws that encourage real people to show up and show I.D. in order to vote in public elections. I think the chance of certain groups manipulating people and voting is very high. Some would go so far to pick them up at their homes and PAY them to vote. To me that destroys the very essence of fair elections.

I don't think that most people dislike new immigrants at all. I would say that I speak for the majority of people in the U.S. when I say that good people are welcome and those that want to sell people or drugs are not. All around us in Florida we have so many great examples of hard working, saving, diligent and honest immigrants who want to be a success in this great land. And then there are a few who are here to harm us and use us. We need SOME controls to keep the bad people out. I have a REAL problem as a mother understanding how anyone could allow their child to come here or anywhere far from home unattended by someone who will protect them. It goes against ALL instinct that women are born with and all the high oxytocin we keep once we become a mother.

I dislike the IDEA of new immigrants. It's NOT a dislike of any ethnic group. It is strictly a numbers thing - a population thing. Everyone wants more and better roads. But few think of roads per population as I do. Or more broadly, ALL US resources per person. Maybe our current roads, for example, are good enough for 275 MILLION people, NOT 350 MILLION people? Has anyone ever calculated an OPTIMUM population in the US considering the US total resources. I have NEVER heard of that! In biology, ALL SPECIES have a certain HOLDING capacity considering their environment. Man is NOT exempt from THAT natural law. WE can see from Global Warming that MAN is past its holding capacity on earth. THAT has created a ZILLION problems and IS the base cause. Ask yourself, "why are people migrating northward into the US and Europe?"

GrumpyOldMan 06-16-2021 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by manaboutown (Post 1960542)
The laws are to eliminate voter fraud which is rampant.

Please provide ANY proof of this!

Over $100M and six months and no proof has been presented anywhere, lots of "people are saying" - but 62 court cases and a long drawn out fraud audit have provided NO evidence.

So, please enlighten me, just a little proof and not Joe's brother heard someone say something.

Bucco 06-16-2021 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe V. (Post 1960587)
What a comedian you are!

2020 election "most secure in history," security officials say

Trump’s own officials say 2020 was America’s most secure election in history - Vox

"The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history. Right now, across the country, election officials are reviewing and double checking the entire election process prior to finalizing the result. "


Joint Statement from Elections Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council & the Election Infrastructure Sector Coordinating Executive Committees | CISA

It’s Official: The Election Was Secure | Brennan Center for Justice

GrumpyOldMan 06-16-2021 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1960591)
I dislike the IDEA of new immigrants. It's NOT a dislike of any ethnic group. It is strictly a numbers thing - a population thing. Everyone wants more and better roads. But few think of roads per population as I do. Or more broadly, ALL US resources per person. Maybe our current roads, for example, are good enough for 275 MILLION people, NOT 350 MILLION people? Has anyone ever calculated an OPTIMUM population in the US considering the US total resources. I have NEVER heard of that! In biology, ALL SPECIES have a certain HOLDING capacity considering their environment. Man is NOT exempt from THAT natural law. WE can see from Global Warming that MAN is past its holding capacity on earth. THAT has created a ZILLION problems and IS the base cause. Ask yourself, "why are people migrating northward into the US and Europe?"

I completely agree the earth is overpopulated. We currently consume more resources than the earth can replenish every year, and we reach that point around June of every year.

China has 2 billion people and approximately the same landmass as the US. China is the second-largest economy in the world - most are predicting it soon to be the largest.

China has 1.4B citizens, the US has 300M citizens.

300M more immigrants would bring more consumers, more workers more taxpayers, more of everything.

Economic immigration to Australia has produced net economic benefits in terms of helping to offset population aging, contributing to higher levels of GDP growth per capita, and improving labor productivity. The same is true in almost every country with large numbers of migrants.

jimjamuser 06-16-2021 04:49 PM

Here is one folk .......Gossard from Texas!

manaboutown 06-16-2021 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan (Post 1960592)
Please provide ANY proof of this!

Over $100M and six months and no proof has been presented anywhere, lots of "people are saying" - but 62 court cases and a long drawn out fraud audit have provided NO evidence.

So, please enlighten me, just a little proof and not Joe's brother heard someone say something.

1,328
Proven instances of voter fraud
1,143
Criminal convictions
48
Civil penalties
99
Diversion program
21
Judicial finding
17
Official finding
Search the Database


Voter Fraud Map: Election Fraud Database | The Heritage Foundation

jimjamuser 06-16-2021 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Aloha1 (Post 1960526)
The basic flaw in your argument is "deny thousands of legal voters". Please provide evidence and proof that these laws would do that.

Since it is about FUTURE elections, it would be impossible at this time to prove one way or the other. There will be many court cases that can PROVE the likelihood of voter suppression.

GrumpyOldMan 06-16-2021 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Bucco (Post 1960593)

Let's not forget that 100's of millions of dollars were donated to fund investigations into the election fraud 6 months ago - and after six months and a massive audit in Texas, NOTHING. NADA. Zip. No evidence, and yet people keep repeating over and over - "election fraud"... these same people often come on here and talk about believing in science and facts. And yet, nothing, nada, zip. No evidence to support the claim. But, the people in politics around the country keep promoting this claim without PROOF. And TV celebrities - some having a viewership of over 1% of the American population continues to promote these claims - with ZERO, ZIP NADA - no evidence.

That is pretty sad.

manaboutown 06-16-2021 05:00 PM

Anybody remember this one?

1948 United States Senate election in Texas - Wikipedia

Box 13 scandal - Wikipedia

GrumpyOldMan 06-16-2021 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by manaboutown (Post 1960600)
1,328
Proven instances of voter fraud
1,143
Criminal convictions
48
Civil penalties
99
Diversion program
21
Judicial finding
17
Official finding
Search the Database


Voter Fraud Map: Election Fraud Database | The Heritage Foundation

Seriously, even without researching those numbers, you have now "proven" 1500 cases out of 150 million votes. And that is what all the voter fraud is about? You have shown nothing to prove our democracy is at risk.

That is what you have for $100M dollars and 6 months of investigations? I would say you have proven without a doubt that the election was the most secure election in the history of the world.. 0.0001% fraud.

jimjamuser 06-16-2021 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Aloha1 (Post 1960534)
We are at a cusp in history, of that there is no doubt. Whether we are able to recapture our Great Experiment as a Constitutional Republic hangs in the balance. Right now the forces of totalitarianism and anarchy are trying to consolidate their power and "transform" our Nation into a Socialist, one party dictatorship. Indoctrination of our school age children is one way to ensure compliance and obedience with the youngest , etc. The threat is real and I am not willing to surrender .Never say, "It can't happen here".

You ARE right about a "threat" and Democracy "hanging in the balance". But, I think you are MISJUDGING the direction from which that "threat" IS coming. Hint............cult!

jimjamuser 06-16-2021 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan (Post 1960535)
I would absolutely provide evidence of thousand of voters denied the opportunity to vote as soon as you provide evidence of massive voter fraud - enough to change the outcome of ANY presidential election.

My point was anything that makes it harder for legal voters to vote is bad, and anything that makes it easier for legal voters to vote is good.

I will be around if you can show the need for the laws to protect our votes.

I agree. Good post!

jimjamuser 06-16-2021 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by manaboutown (Post 1960542)
The laws are to eliminate voter fraud which is rampant.

Not "RAMPANT" as proven by the Judge's decisions on about 40 state voter fraud cases. The last election is considered the best ever!

Lindsyburnsy 06-16-2021 05:27 PM

Excellent explanation! Thank you.

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Originally Posted by JerryLBell (Post 1958374)
From what I've read, critical race theory is really two ideas.

The first is that the very idea of race is not based on biology or science of any kind. There's nothing about the physiology of humans that neatly divides humanity into categories like "white", "black", "Asian", etc. The attempts to divide people into these categories were done societally, not scientifically.

The second idea is that American history shows us that governments put in place in the Americas by European settlers were and continue to be racist in nature. To steal land away from the indigenous people, governments put into place laws that made those peoples have fewer or any rights and encouraged the suppression of those peoples. Prior to the industrial revolution, manual labor was vital and slave labor was cheaper than paid labor, so laws were put into place to allow kidnapping, torturing and enslaving peoples from other countries, especially Africa. Laws were put into place over time to exclude Asians. During World War II, people of Japanese heritage were robbed of their properties and imprisoned while people of German heritage were not. Even after the emancipation of enslaved people in America, voting rights were suppressed and continue to be so to this day.

Critical race theory doesn't paint an artificially pretty picture of American history or governance. If you read history deeply, however, it is probably a more accurate picture. Does this divide people? Possibly. Some people are averse to learning unpleasant truths. I've always thought that true patriotism wasn't blindly loving ones country, right or wrong but rather wanting the best for and out of ones country, realizing when ones country was wrong or doing wrong and changing it for the better even if that involves discomfort and hard work.

America isn't perfect and never was. It gets better over time, despite occasional backsliding. I hope it continues to get better and better in the future. Pretending we are and have been perfect won't help us get there.

But that's just my opinion.


jimjamuser 06-16-2021 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan (Post 1960594)
I completely agree the earth is overpopulated. We currently consume more resources than the earth can replenish every year, and we reach that point around June of every year.

China has 2 billion people and approximately the same landmass as the US. China is the second-largest economy in the world - most are predicting it soon to be the largest.

China has 1.4B citizens, the US has 300M citizens.

300M more immigrants would bring more consumers, more workers more taxpayers, more of everything.

Economic immigration to Australia has produced net economic benefits in terms of helping to offset population aging, contributing to higher levels of GDP growth per capita, and improving labor productivity. The same is true in almost every country with large numbers of migrants.

WE agree that world population IS too HIGH. I agree that Australia increased its GNP with MORE immigrants. GNP is NOT some GOD. It is, in fact, a very DUMB yardstick to measure HUMAN society with. I would suggest that QUALITY of LIFE would be MUCH better! A simple example........the US has had GNP increase recently, yet CV has messed around with many people's Quality of Life. Another example.......for the last 10 or many more years GNP has increased - yet people are having fewer children partly because they say "the next generation will be less "well off" than our current one. Less "well off" equates to Quality of Life, not GNP. GNP is like a FALSE GOD cooked up by Wall Street and ad agencies as a SUBSTITUTE for HUMAN HAPPINESS! Just be aware of that.

OrangeBlossomBaby 06-16-2021 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1960591)
I dislike the IDEA of new immigrants. It's NOT a dislike of any ethnic group. It is strictly a numbers thing - a population thing. Everyone wants more and better roads. But few think of roads per population as I do. Or more broadly, ALL US resources per person. Maybe our current roads, for example, are good enough for 275 MILLION people, NOT 350 MILLION people? Has anyone ever calculated an OPTIMUM population in the US considering the US total resources. I have NEVER heard of that! In biology, ALL SPECIES have a certain HOLDING capacity considering their environment. Man is NOT exempt from THAT natural law. WE can see from Global Warming that MAN is past its holding capacity on earth. THAT has created a ZILLION problems and IS the base cause. Ask yourself, "why are people migrating northward into the US and Europe?"

Because the USA is a better place to live, has better opportunities, has better healthcare, has better chance to survive through fascism (since that's what they are living with in their home countries right now)?

If you want people to stop trying to come here, then you need to make this an unattractive destination point. And at that point, why would YOU want to live here?

Also you could say the same thing about Florida. Imagine all the people who were born and raised in Florida, saying the exact same thing about the "immigrants" from other parts of this country? Imagine - all the people who were born and raised in Sumter County, saying the exact same thing about the Villages and all of us who have MIGRATED to Florida in our retirement.

Be grateful they didn't build a wall to keep you out.

OrangeBlossomBaby 06-16-2021 05:53 PM

Also if you want to understand this whole topic better, this guy from northern Florida explains it really well.

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GrumpyOldMan 06-16-2021 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1960621)
WE agree that world population IS too HIGH. I agree that Australia increased its GNP with MORE immigrants. GNP is NOT some GOD. It is, in fact, a very DUMB yardstick to measure HUMAN society with. I would suggest that QUALITY of LIFE would be MUCH better! A simple example........the US has had GNP increase recently, yet CV has messed around with many people's Quality of Life. Another example.......for the last 10 or many more years GNP has increased - yet people are having fewer children partly because they say "the next generation will be less "well off" than our current one. Less "well off" equates to Quality of Life, not GNP. GNP is like a FALSE GOD cooked up by Wall Street and ad agencies as a SUBSTITUTE for HUMAN HAPPINESS! Just be aware of that.

Okay, here is a comparison of quality of life in the US vs Australia.

United States compared to Australia

(Hint: The US doesn't do well)

Bucco 06-16-2021 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Lindsyburnsy (Post 1960618)
Excellent explanation! Thank you.

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Originally Posted by JerryLBell View Post
From what I've read, critical race theory is really two ideas.

The first is that the very idea of race is not based on biology or science of any kind. There's nothing about the physiology of humans that neatly divides humanity into categories like "white", "black", "Asian", etc. The attempts to divide people into these categories were done societally, not scientifically.

The second idea is that American history shows us that governments put in place in the Americas by European settlers were and continue to be racist in nature. To steal land away from the indigenous people, governments put into place laws that made those peoples have fewer or any rights and encouraged the suppression of those peoples. Prior to the industrial revolution, manual labor was vital and slave labor was cheaper than paid labor, so laws were put into place to allow kidnapping, torturing and enslaving peoples from other countries, especially Africa. Laws were put into place over time to exclude Asians. During World War II, people of Japanese heritage were robbed of their properties and imprisoned while people of German heritage were not. Even after the emancipation of enslaved people in America, voting rights were suppressed and continue to be so to this day.

Critical race theory doesn't paint an artificially pretty picture of American history or governance. If you read history deeply, however, it is probably a more accurate picture. Does this divide people? Possibly. Some people are averse to learning unpleasant truths. I've always thought that true patriotism wasn't blindly loving ones country, right or wrong but rather wanting the best for and out of ones country, realizing when ones country was wrong or doing wrong and changing it for the better even if that involves discomfort and hard work.

America isn't perfect and never was. It gets better over time, despite occasional backsliding. I hope it continues to get better and better in the future. Pretending we are and have been perfect won't help us get there.
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It is a great explanation and well said..

It will not deter those who are harming our country in so many ways. I say that with great pain because I belonged to that "team" for so many years.

For a group selling such fear....who continually harps on big government, they want to have elected officials decide what history should be taught. That is flat out scary. But, it shows fear of people with a different color skin is greater than the destruction of our democracy.

jimjamuser 06-16-2021 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 1960623)
Because the USA is a better place to live, has better opportunities, has better healthcare, has better chance to survive through fascism (since that's what they are living with in their home countries right now)?

If you want people to stop trying to come here, then you need to make this an unattractive destination point. And at that point, why would YOU want to live here?

Also you could say the same thing about Florida. Imagine all the people who were born and raised in Florida, saying the exact same thing about the "immigrants" from other parts of this country? Imagine - all the people who were born and raised in Sumter County, saying the exact same thing about the Villages and all of us who have MIGRATED to Florida in our retirement.

Be grateful they didn't build a wall to keep you out.

Good, I thought my hypothesis would touch a nerve. Immigration was good up till about 1980 when it became excessive in MY opinion. And you did NOT Address my comment about either quality of life or an OPTIMUM population. Suppose you have 2 dogs in your house. Life is good. Then you get to 5 dogs, and you husband feels that he is spending too much time feeding and going to the Vet. for them. Then, you get to 10 dogs and the neighbors start complaining and you have to defend against a lawsuit and your neighbors no longer talk to you. Life has less quality of life. Then you get 20 dogs and rocks are thrown through your windows. Then you are away and the house is burned down. Now, life is terrible for YOU. I know you see my point. It just sounds anti-progressive. I get that!

Bucco 06-16-2021 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1960591)
I dislike the IDEA of new immigrants. It's NOT a dislike of any ethnic group. It is strictly a numbers thing - a population thing. Everyone wants more and better roads. But few think of roads per population as I do. Or more broadly, ALL US resources per person. Maybe our current roads, for example, are good enough for 275 MILLION people, NOT 350 MILLION people? Has anyone ever calculated an OPTIMUM population in the US considering the US total resources. I have NEVER heard of that! In biology, ALL SPECIES have a certain HOLDING capacity considering their environment. Man is NOT exempt from THAT natural law. WE can see from Global Warming that MAN is past its holding capacity on earth. THAT has created a ZILLION problems and IS the base cause. Ask yourself, "why are people migrating northward into the US and Europe?"

We should be embracing immigration. Our future looks quite grim without it. This is why the inane conversation about infrastructure simply points out the lack of forward thinking in Washington.

We simply do not have enough "workers" to grow, without the infrastructure.


I offer this, but there are many good, well thought out, dissertations on this subject.

This was published about 5 months ago.

What the 2020 census will reveal about America: Stagnating growth, an aging population, and youthful diversity

Better than talking about immigrants, AND blacks as a group to fear, we should look forward and embrace new ideas and thoughts.

jimjamuser 06-16-2021 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 1960624)
Also if you want to understand this whole topic better, this guy from northern Florida explains it really well.

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Sorry, I am NOT on Facebook to protest Mark Zuckerdorkhead elitist scumbag (that the government should break up)!

jimjamuser 06-16-2021 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan (Post 1960639)
Okay, here is a comparison of quality of life in the US vs Australia.

United States compared to Australia

(Hint: The US doesn't do well)

Yes thanks - that helps prove my point about GNP. And I bet Australia has less population density than the US. And a better mental health situation.

jimjamuser 06-16-2021 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Bucco (Post 1960660)
We should be embracing immigration. Our future looks quite grim without it. This is why the inane conversation about infrastructure simply points out the lack of forward thinking in Washington.

We simply do not have enough "workers" to grow, without the infrastructure.


I offer this, but there are many good, well thought out, dissertations on this subject.

This was published about 5 months ago.

What the 2020 census will reveal about America: Stagnating growth, an aging population, and youthful diversity

Better than talking about immigrants, AND blacks as a group to fear, we should look forward and embrace new ideas and thoughts.

You said "to grow". That's like GNP - it is a FALSE GOD. Read my posts carefully...please......please then decide with an open mind. Please!

Bucco 06-16-2021 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1960667)
You said "to grow". That's like GNP - it is a FALSE GOD. Read my posts carefully...please......please then decide with an open mind. Please!

I have been reading (and posting) on this. I offer more food for thought....

More Immigration Needed to Offset COVID-19 and America’s Demographic Decline | Mercatus Center

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...511_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...08f_story.html

We are becoming an older, bitter country. We need an infusion of new minds and bodies....heck even if to just fill the job openings that grow, despite COVID.

graciegirl 06-17-2021 07:01 AM

When the recurrent motive a poster has is to find something to be angry about, his/her logic is lost on me.

I feel and see and recognize someone wanting a fight. I get to the point I don't care much why they are angry.

There are some things between humans that are just based on innate instinct. We know when someone is out to harm and someone is afraid and someone is truly thinking and absorbing and allowing themselves to process knowledge.

Every one of us in this dangerous world should be profiling if they do not do so. It isn't wrong to separate yourself from danger and dangerous situations and dangerous people.

That also means that one needs to see the wolf in sheep's clothing.

And it also means to find a group that is a place that you can comfortably be yourself.

Times have changed. Our grandkids cannot safely walk a long way to school like we used to.

We are now told black is white and we must learn new words and new theories so we can hate people for no GOOD reason.

tvbound 06-17-2021 07:08 AM

The old lizard brain that says "scary big black man," has become more and more dominant in a lot of scared people. When all else is stripped away, it mostly boils down to this.

graciegirl 06-17-2021 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by tvbound (Post 1960766)
The old lizard brain that says "scary big black man," has become more and more dominant in a lot of scared people. When all else is stripped away, it mostly boils down to this.

It is hard to not be bigoted. Even people who think they are not, group people together and see common features. Maybe being bigoted has a plus side?

My lizard brain part sees people trying to make me forget that some enemies will hurt me. The enemies are many hues and many sizes and some appear quite tame.

GrumpyOldMan 06-17-2021 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1960788)
It is hard to not be bigoted. Even people who think they are not, group people together and see common features. Maybe being bigoted has a plus side?

My lizard brain part sees people trying to make me forget that some enemies will hurt me. The enemies are many hues and many sizes and some appear quite tame.

So very true, I know very few people that are not bigoted. We all have preconceived beliefs that we look for ways to justify or legitimize.

The problems come in when those beliefs result in harm to other people.

manaboutown 06-17-2021 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan (Post 1960790)
So very true, I know very few people that are not bigoted. We all have preconceived beliefs that we look for ways to justify or legitimize.

The problems come in when those beliefs result in harm to other people.

Most of the people I know are NOT bigoted. I do not care to associate with those who are bigoted.


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