We don’t agree on a lot but I’m forced to agree with you on this. The only weapons protected by the 2nd Amendment are the ones you would issue to the men and women you would muster in civil defense - AR-15’s and the like.
The 2nd Amendment is an insurmountable obstacle to impactful, meaningful gun reform in the United States, regardless of your position on whether that reform should be carried out.
Immigration into the United States, especially for skilled people, should be easier than it is. It should also be easier for foreigners to enter temporarily to do seasonal unskilled work. And it should be a lot easier for citizens of the US to live and work throughout Europe, Japan, and Australia and vice-versa, simply on the strength of their passports. Conversely the asylum system is being abused and needs to be reformed, as well. (It’s being abused by people who are left no other options for immigration into the United States.)
I largely think trying to secure a 2500-mile land border is a waste of money, the world’s largest game of whack-a-mole, but if that’s what conservatives want out of comprehensive immigration policy reform then I’d support it and it’s good to see Fetterman, who’s always been a reasonable guy, trying to lead the charge here.
It’s pretty standard in all countries for a work visa to be tied to your sponsorship by a particular employer, but you’re right, it puts the employee in a terrible position. I’d like to see the US lead a movement to liberalize this visa category.
Is it important that it does? Or maybe I don’t understand what it means to not have a path to citizenship. Like you can’t ever naturalize if you’re here on H1b, ever?
The path to citizenship should be the same for everyone regardless of national origin, it seems to me, and it shoudn’t be related to how you’re in the country, or even if you are to start with. I think someone on a tourist entry should have the same path to citizenship, if they want it.
If they’re are that special and High skilled, we should have a visa that just lets them work for anyone.
I agree with this. I’d expand it - I think if you hold a passport from the US, Canada, the EU, Japan, or Australia you should be in a Shengen-like arrangement that allows you free movement and employability in any of those countries.
I’m afraid I have to disagree with Elon on this. We have way too many people on this planet. It think it’s unethical to have many children when we are stressing our resources.
It’s considered a no no to say Asperger’s anymore because he was a Nazi.
I don’t care about that, and I disagree that Asperger’s is on a spectrum with autism. They have totally different etiologies; Asperger’s syndrome is clearly not just a “mild” form of autism.
Yes, of course Ebola has a lower R0 than recent COVID; respiratory infections tend to have higher R0. It’s easier to infect others when you can do it through shared air. As COVID variants became more infectious the R0 increased. But Ebola’s R0 is 1.9 compared to Wuhan-1’s 1.8.
But COVID’s R0 was lower than other respiratory infections. My post isn’t that complicated; there’s really zero reason you should have this much trouble following it. My god, man.
m not the one who keeps making things up that I have to correct.
I’m correcting you in nearly every post. Your “corrections” are all things you’re imagining me saying.
Trump was one of the first of the western leaders to close borders with China.
He didn’t ever close the border with China, though. Flights from China continued to bring people into the US throughout the Trump administration and had not actually ever stopped.
You’re incredibly confused. You believe I’m talking about property tax, but I’m talking about income tax.
As it should have.
No, it shouldn’t have. A US state shouldn’t be permitted to tax the same income twice. Each jurisdiction justly gets one bite of the apple; deduction of state taxes prevents the state from biting twice (once when you pay them, and again when they receive Federal grants.)
You should be happy to pay more taxes.
No, I vote for candidates who lower my taxes, so that I have more money.
If you choose to live in a high tax state, that is your choice.
If you choose to live in a state that receives a substantial portion of its operating funds from Federal grants, that’s your choice. It’s not my obligation to fund your lifestyle through double state taxation.
I’d favor an end to SALT deductions if we also ended all Federal grants to states. Agree? Oh, but you probably live in Florida, a state funded largely by placing a burden on all other Americans.
You don’t vote Republican.
I do and have. But why would I continue to, when they raised my taxes and insist on lionizing incompetent losers like Trump? Joe Biden wins. Why wouldn’t I follow the winner?
There’s 50 US states that each receive a different portion of their operating budgets from Federal grants. I’m not going to be able to comprehensively describe the distribution of grant funding in a single phrase in one sentence. If you’re interested in this topic you’re free to do your own homework.
Gun rights group applauds after federal appeals court deals blow to NY concealed carry law (www.foxnews.com)
Sen. Fetterman hopes Democrats know 'it isn't xenophobic' to worry about border, says party should 'engage' (www.foxnews.com)
Elon Musk hits out at viral videos of DINK couples, saying there's an 'awful morality' to those who choose not to have children (www.businessinsider.com)
I’m afraid I have to disagree with Elon on this. We have way too many people on this planet. It think it’s unethical to have many children when we are stressing our resources.
German judge lets 8 men who gang-raped girl walk free (www.theblaze.com)
Horror: State Department Reveals the Reason Hamas Didn't Let All the Female Hostages Go (redstate.com)
A perfect visualisation of a wasteful system (lemmy.world)
1 big thing: House Dems ditch "Bidenomics" messaging (www.axios.com)
I don’t blame them. People can’t afford Bidenomics. I see people complaining all the time but elections have consequences....