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Lower taxes?? Maybe for the top 1%. Fuck the rest of us… our taxes went back up. Also, the Rick Scott GOP plan raises taxes on the middle class and cuts social security….

Says the guy that cried when his church was posted… you seemed to care then.

I’m not hanging around in the US, much less Texas. We are working on our 2 - 3 year emergency escape plan and a longer term plan (7-8 years) if the theocracy takes longer.

I’m firmly on team Brisket. Pain and suffering and control is the end game for the GOP.

Dead people now have more rights than living women.

You serious? The Daily Show with Noah is great.

I like that idea.

I was going off of fatty’s hypothetical. He said they were equally qualified.

Why? A college degree doesn’t equal better employee if they are equally qualified. You have no idea why one person has a degree and the other doesn’t. Your hypotheticals don’t work. You slam people that take out massive loans for college and then make up a hypothetical where one candidate doesn’t have a degree. Maybe they didn’t take out the loans. If equally qualified, a piece of paper means nada.

I’ll play. First, get rid of the stopping of SS tax at $137k or whatever it is. You get paid, SS gets paid. Beyond that - we need to reform how the ultra wealthy are taxed. Maybe tax them on loans? I’m against taxing unrealized gains, as it doesn’t make sense. Maybe a monopoly tax (a set tax on any and everything they own / control). I’m not sure what can be done, but billionaires need to pay in way more. The balance of wealth is way out of whack.

Anything that fits his small world view narrative.

No shit. That’s kinda the point. Those loans never should have been made.

This is different from any other loan because you can’t claim bankruptcy. In what world can an 18 year old get a loan for a house, but can easily be handed a loan for $50 - $200k that they HAVE TO pay back by law. That’s the difference. Banks would not loan that kind of money unless there was zero risk.

Is the money gone? I have my 10 year olds college fully funded. I also don’t actually expect him to go. I’ll take the 10% hit. Do you get tired of the it’s not fair argument? We hand billions to companies (banks) that fucked us royally. We hand thousands to thousands of citizens and this is bad / not fair? Or are you pissed at both situations?

Agree. Just make them bankruptable and that can fix a shit load of this.

How do you figure he’s mailing it in? George was in 4th because everyone moved out of his way. He made one pass. Hamilton was in a DRS train and Toto has come out and said their car is shit following. He’s had a podium. But, sure, he’s mailed it in.

The dumbest one I saw on this rumor was Charles and Lewis. Anything for clicks..[emoji849]

Taking the wife and my kid to the show. A concert at red rocks is a bucket list item for the wife and I. Kid is old enough to go now and he’s just picked up the guitar. Really looking forward to it. Those of you that have been to Red Rocks - what’s the parking situation? Go early and tailgate?

The simple fact that Fatty still thinks Beto is a bigger POS than Greg Abbott is laughable.

Any recs for a foam cannon to go with a power washer? I know Ryobi has one, but I read that their soap is $8 a wash. I know nothing about foam cannons… Can they use cheaper soap?

I consider myself one of the lucky ones. We have the means and ability to hire an advocate ($100 an hour). I am able to work from anywhere in the world, so I’ve just stayed home. I have no clue if I’ve ever been formally allowed to be a remote employee. My wife has a great job, so if I ever was fired, we’d be ok. There are so many parents that don’t have the same resources we do and their kids are suffering. I left out the bullshit by the Gen Ed teachers at his school. I’m one of the first to say not all kids need to be in a normal Gen Ed setting. Mine was terrible and it did him and the other kids no good being in there. I still believe in the class he was placed in, but it needs WAY more and better resources. The administration needs to support these types of classes. Also, if anyone needs basic advice or info on anything related to IEP, ARD’s, or referrals of advocates / attorneys - let me know.

Tapatalk is killing me with the extra posts. My apologies.

I started with Google. Found a few and then found one that fit. If anyone in the Houston area needs one, I’ll find her website and send it.

Double post

Hi! I’ve been through hell and back with Fort Bend ISD Special Education. Once you request testing, they have 90 school days to complete it and then 60 to implement findings. It took us from basically early November of my sons first grade year until Spring Break to get him out of a general education class room. During that time, he was illegally suspended three times. I should have sued then. We were put into the Behavioral Support Services class at a different school. That went w pretty good through 2nd grade. I will say that we had an AMAZING teacher. The rest of the admin and teacher in that school - not so much. The kids in this program don’t fit typical special education. Their outbursts are often violent, so they get labeled as bad kids. They get forgotten for things like bench mark testing. This teacher fought for these things. Beginning third grade, Fort Bend found it brilliant to move us away from the ONE teacher my son bonded with and moved us to a school that would feed into his middle / high school. The principal told another parent she didn’t want this program on campus. They didn’t set it up correctly. They had a new guy that had never run a BSS class running it. My son did 10 worksheets from August until Thanksgiving. He was assaulted by the teacher. He was bullied and insulted by the teacher. The teacher took away bathroom privileges. I could continue…. We hired an advocate at this point. I highly recommend you use an advocate any time you meet with the school. The asshole was removed and our second grade teacher was moved over. The district had a meeting with us and formally apologized. We were given 40 hours of compensatitory services. One of my sons friends is around 400 hours of compensatitory services. My son is now home. He’s killing it doing online public education through Connection Academy. He will not set foot on a Fort Bend Campus again. I’m looking at GED at 16 or whatever to junior college or tech. School was ruined for him because he didn’t fit. TLDR: FortBend ISD special education is trash. Get an advocate for any ARD meetings, as they know all the rules and everything the district is supposed to do for you.