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    Bingo bango bongo. Don't lecture younger people when the overwhelming majority of you (at least the white boomers who complain the most) voted for Reaganomics, gutting unions, ignoring or outright denying climate change, etc.
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    Whoo boy, scoring 4 runs in the 7th abd the 8th. At least the lineup knows how good they are, not so much the pitching.
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    Every single one of you who reads this and wants to argue concentration camp semantics or replies "but Obama!!!!" needs to get the fuck off the Earth. We are committing crimes against a population where people need to be tried at The Hauge.
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    We just somehow got Hunter and Reddish, god damn!
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    B-b-b-but they aren't concentration camps, they're biohazard camps!!! Fuck off anyone who is trying to obfuscate by debating semantics or event attempting to claim migrants were treated like this during Obama's administration.
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    Hell yes
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    I was strictly talking about mental health in that post, but yes I agree. There are a million things we could discuss, NIMBYs, zoning, laws about loitering, etc. The laughable idea that providing housing is not the solution to help people get back on their feet because that, I guess, rewards their bad behavior of being an addict is downright dumb. Of course not 100% of people are going to end up turning their life around, but the Vox article I linked cities multiple studies and programs where they've shown this has a tremendous positive effect on homelessness, and it's cheaper than policing homeless people breaking laws.
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    You are completely missing the point of whatever is driving the homelessness is not going to be solved by fucking charities and grants UNLESS we can increase funding. It's going to take money and that is going to have to be raised through taxes. That's my point, I don't care how much you know the local group you see in your area, the main thread is that we aren't spending enough, we expect our police forces and hospitals to treat these people instead of paying actual social workers and mental health professionals to do nothing but work with the homeless population. The states that expanded medicaid (surprise) have the best outcomes of treating metal health in this country. You live in Texas, I live in Georgia, neither of our shitty states have done this.
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    Cool, so are you voting for candidates that say they will be able to tackle the mental health issue in this country by ensuring everyone pays their "fair share?" Oh I see, you're just doing the disingenuous bullshit of the MARKETS will fix this and so will charity? Please tell me about what I do as well, married to a social worker and we've lived in both Austin and the Atlanta areas. These issues are not just "local" they're a fundamental problem where there is no where near enough resources funded by a wealthy tax base to ensure that addicts/homeless/and those suffering from severe mental health issues are supported. Charities and non-profits aren't helping anywhere near enough.
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    Actually for a majority of the homeless, giving them a home is a temporary stop gap, and they end up back on the street due to addiction/mental illness. While there are definitely the homeless due to a temporary economic issue, most of them are chronically homeless due to other issues. You have to treat the underlying issue, and has been noted a lot here, our mental health system is a fucking joke. Where to start. It's a stop-gap that allows them to get sober and their shit together, where on earth are you getting this data that suggests housing doesn't help the "majority?" Our mental healthcare system is a joke because people like you don't want to pay taxes that would actually go into creating a much more robust social safety net. https://www.vox.com/2014/5/30/5764096/homeless-shelter-housing-help-solutions
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    Always wondered how Florida isn't trending more blue given the demographics and then we went on a vacation to Orlando and also visited my MIL's friends that live in The Villages (despite being liberal). Just absolutely disgusting how many old white rich fucks flock there and keep pushing the state more Red.
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    It's a pain to vote every day, but no reason we shouldn't have 3 or 4 guys on the All-Star NL roster.
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    Get rekt Phillies
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    Love this team and their fight, but like I said before, the NLDS is the ceiling with the way the front office has addressed this bullpen. Fucking embarrassing.
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    Hell yes McCann though!
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    Christ, this is going to be a bigger stain than the Japanese internment camps. https://www.texasmonthly.com/news/border-patrol-outdoor-detention-migrants-el-paso/
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    Crazy that Teheran is mostly carrying the starting pitching this year. Finally looking like the guy everyone thought he would be.
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    @bad_teammate Not sure if you're a Seder fan, but he interviewed Bernie on TMR a couple of days ago after his DSA speech. Skip to 8:46 if it doesn't start there. Not really any new information, but I love hearing his old cranky ass.
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    Yep, probably the only reason I'm leaning towards Bernie now. People want to freak the fuck ITT but pretty much all the other developed countries don't let you purchase private insurance as an option for basic health needs. I struggle to understand why anyone would go to bat for letting private insurers exist for anything other than supplemental needs.
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    Hope that fucking Cenobite goes back to Hell.
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    Of course my dad drank too like all hypocritical Southern Baptists, but didn't drink to excess. I guess it's a very old joke, but the funniest joke I read on Shaggy was, Why should you always take two Baptists fishing? If you take just one Baptist, he'll drink all your beer
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    My dad is still a hardcore fundamentalist "evangelical" southern baptist. Growing up and finally leaving, it really soured me on just all christianity as a whole.
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    You still literally believe a trillion dollars wall is going to stem illegal immigration?

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