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Mr. Cummings, where are those Billions?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC8DuhqPyKg

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-claims-baltimore-residents-thanking-him-for-taking-on-cummings-exposing-corruption

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Anonymous wrote:Conditions have nothing to do with the quality of education. Great teachers do.

teachers are mostly average results are a direct results of the talent of the students entering the building

again most of these high poverty areas (urban and rural) the parents don't know how to parent so kids are entering traumatized and multiple grade levels behind

more needs to be done to encourage these parents not to have kids period

yes but let's also ban abortion and restrict birth control access, and gd forbid we raise the minimum wage or put $ into poor schools so they have more resources!

murica!

oh and i FORGOT let's also be sure to take away any environmental protections that would help kids in these areas stay healthier - they do not need clean water, for sure! and on top of that i think it's very important we take away their obamacare, and make it very hard for them to get any other healthcare.

now i'll insult you and call you subhuman for living in this place that i will do all i can to make sure never ever gets any better than it is today.

vote for me!

somehow most of the country is able to live independently time for these folks urban and rural to step it up. Get a minimum wage job and get promoted and move out of the hell that you are in

yeah dude - that's a winning platform. i'm gonna insult you about how horrible everything is about the place where you were born and live, and do nothing to help you, and then insult you again for not figuring out how to get yourself out of there.

trump!

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Anonymous wrote:Conditions have nothing to do with the quality of education. Great teachers do.

teachers are mostly average results are a direct results of the talent of the students entering the building

again most of these high poverty areas (urban and rural) the parents don't know how to parent so kids are entering traumatized and multiple grade levels behind

more needs to be done to encourage these parents not to have kids period

yes but let's also ban abortion and restrict birth control access, and gd forbid we raise the minimum wage or put $ into poor schools so they have more resources!

murica!

oh and i FORGOT let's also be sure to take away any environmental protections that would help kids in these areas stay healthier - they do not need clean water, for sure! and on top of that i think it's very important we take away their obamacare, and make it very hard for them to get any other healthcare.

now i'll insult you and call you subhuman for living in this place that i will do all i can to make sure never ever gets any better than it is today.

vote for me!

somehow most of the country is able to live independently time for these folks urban and rural to step it up. Get a minimum wage job and get promoted and move out of the hell that you are in

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Anonymous wrote:Conditions have nothing to do with the quality of education. Great teachers do.

teachers are mostly average results are a direct results of the talent of the students entering the building

again most of these high poverty areas (urban and rural) the parents don't know how to parent so kids are entering traumatized and multiple grade levels behind

more needs to be done to encourage these parents not to have kids period

yes but let's also ban abortion and restrict birth control access, and gd forbid we raise the minimum wage or put $ into poor schools so they have more resources!

murica!

oh and i FORGOT let's also be sure to take away any environmental protections that would help kids in these areas stay healthier - they do not need clean water, for sure! and on top of that i think it's very important we take away their obamacare, and make it very hard for them to get any other healthcare.

now i'll insult you and call you subhuman for living in this place that i will do all i can to make sure never ever gets any better than it is today.

vote for me!

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Anonymous wrote:Conditions have nothing to do with the quality of education. Great teachers do.

teachers are mostly average results are a direct results of the talent of the students entering the building

again most of these high poverty areas (urban and rural) the parents don't know how to parent so kids are entering traumatized and multiple grade levels behind

more needs to be done to encourage these parents not to have kids period

yes but let's also ban abortion and restrict birth control access, and gd forbid we raise the minimum wage or put $ into poor schools so they have more resources!

murica!

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Anonymous wrote:Conditions have nothing to do with the quality of education. Great teachers do.

teachers are mostly average results are a direct results of the talent of the students entering the building

again most of these high poverty areas (urban and rural) the parents don't know how to parent so kids are entering traumatized and multiple grade levels behind

more needs to be done to encourage these parents not to have kids period

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Anonymous wrote:Some ppl in Baltimore have sorter life spans than North Koreans. How can that be ignored or defended on any level?

It shouldn't be.

How do we address it without telling those people their homes are disgusting? How do we help lift them up?

I would bet many of them would appreciate an increase in minimum wage. How about making sure all Americans have affordable health insurance and access to medical care, and not just emergency care but preventative care? How about sending some funding to these neighborhoods for urban renewal? How about low interest loans for those who want to set up new businesses in poor areas? How about offering free college to all who graduate from high school in blighted areas? How about calling the Baltimore slumlords to task for violations of building codes on their properties? Make those slumlords do upkeep.

Insulting tweets are easy to do and are what lazy "leaders" resort to. Actual leadership and accomplishing results are hard work.

Some decent ideas in there but ultimately a good deal of this is personal responsibility. It is not the job of the government to take care of you. That goes for urban areas and rural areas. Democrats have been spending billions in these areas for generations with very little to show for it. Before we add more programs we need to make sure they will actually work first.

And here we go. "Trump is just trying to be helpful, he wants to improve the lives of those poor residents of Baltimore, he's calling out the terrible conditions in which they live." Okay, here are some ideas he can promote instead of insulting Baltimore. "No no, PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY PEOPLE! Those Baltimoreans are obviously too lazy and need to be told so."

Yup. Disgusting.

Anonymous wrote:Conditions have nothing to do with the quality of education. Great teachers do.

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Anonymous wrote:Some ppl in Baltimore have sorter life spans than North Koreans. How can that be ignored or defended on any level?

It shouldn't be.

How do we address it without telling those people their homes are disgusting? How do we help lift them up?

I would bet many of them would appreciate an increase in minimum wage. How about making sure all Americans have affordable health insurance and access to medical care, and not just emergency care but preventative care? How about sending some funding to these neighborhoods for urban renewal? How about low interest loans for those who want to set up new businesses in poor areas? How about offering free college to all who graduate from high school in blighted areas? How about calling the Baltimore slumlords to task for violations of building codes on their properties? Make those slumlords do upkeep.

Insulting tweets are easy to do and are what lazy "leaders" resort to. Actual leadership and accomplishing results are hard work.

Some decent ideas in there but ultimately a good deal of this is personal responsibility. It is not the job of the government to take care of you. That goes for urban areas and rural areas. Democrats have been spending billions in these areas for generations with very little to show for it. Before we add more programs we need to make sure they will actually work first.

And here we go. "Trump is just trying to be helpful, he wants to improve the lives of those poor residents of Baltimore, he's calling out the terrible conditions in which they live." Okay, here are some ideas he can promote instead of insulting Baltimore. "No no, PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY PEOPLE! Those Baltimoreans are obviously too lazy and need to be told so."

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Anonymous wrote:Some ppl in Baltimore have sorter life spans than North Koreans. How can that be ignored or defended on any level?

It shouldn't be.

How do we address it without telling those people their homes are disgusting? How do we help lift them up?

I would bet many of them would appreciate an increase in minimum wage. How about making sure all Americans have affordable health insurance and access to medical care, and not just emergency care but preventative care? How about sending some funding to these neighborhoods for urban renewal? How about low interest loans for those who want to set up new businesses in poor areas? How about offering free college to all who graduate from high school in blighted areas? How about calling the Baltimore slumlords to task for violations of building codes on their properties? Make those slumlords do upkeep.

Insulting tweets are easy to do and are what lazy "leaders" resort to. Actual leadership and accomplishing results are hard work.

I think you’re dancing around the real issues. How do we convince poor people that being pregnant at 14 should not be their goal? Absentee fathers are NOT the norm? Gangs and guns aren’t the solution?

Hard to change that when it’s been what they know generation after generation.

By giving them actual real chances at a better life? By offering opportunities they think they don't have/aren't able to take advantage of? By raising minimum wages so that people can actually live off them and thus don't feel like the deck is stacked against them? Who growing up in squalor wants to work 3 jobs to earn just enough to live above the poverty line when you might make 100x as much selling illegal substances?

Speaking of guns, how about tightening access to them? Are you on board with that?

What does this even mean?

You can't accept opportunities when you don't have the necessary skills to compete.

If school isn't a priority, you don't build skills. Instead, you drop out. Some girls get pregnant. Some guys join gangs. Some girls are gang-affiliated, or on the fringes.

How do you propose to ramp up and improve education? b/c that's the ONLY way to ensure kids are graduating with skills

Baltimore City is a disaster. DC is a disaster. NYC schools are a disaster. Why do you think so many charters pop up?

NOTHING will change until our ed system implodes and we start over.

Nothing will change until no child goes to a school that has subpar conditions. Start there. It takes funding. But no child should be schooled in a decaying building. That absolutely has a psychological impact on children, letting them know they don't matter enough to have decent facilities, never mind decent books, supplies, course offerings, field trips.

Charters sadly have not proven to be any kind of miracle solution.

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Anonymous wrote:Some ppl in Baltimore have sorter life spans than North Koreans. How can that be ignored or defended on any level?

It shouldn't be.

How do we address it without telling those people their homes are disgusting? How do we help lift them up?

I would bet many of them would appreciate an increase in minimum wage. How about making sure all Americans have affordable health insurance and access to medical care, and not just emergency care but preventative care? How about sending some funding to these neighborhoods for urban renewal? How about low interest loans for those who want to set up new businesses in poor areas? How about offering free college to all who graduate from high school in blighted areas? How about calling the Baltimore slumlords to task for violations of building codes on their properties? Make those slumlords do upkeep.

Insulting tweets are easy to do and are what lazy "leaders" resort to. Actual leadership and accomplishing results are hard work.

I think you’re dancing around the real issues. How do we convince poor people that being pregnant at 14 should not be their goal? Absentee fathers are NOT the norm? Gangs and guns aren’t the solution?

Hard to change that when it’s been what they know generation after generation.

By giving them actual real chances at a better life? By offering opportunities they think they don't have/aren't able to take advantage of? By raising minimum wages so that people can actually live off them and thus don't feel like the deck is stacked against them? Who growing up in squalor wants to work 3 jobs to earn just enough to live above the poverty line when you might make 100x as much selling illegal substances?

Speaking of guns, how about tightening access to them? Are you on board with that?

What does this even mean?

You can't accept opportunities when you don't have the necessary skills to compete.

If school isn't a priority, you don't build skills. Instead, you drop out. Some girls get pregnant. Some guys join gangs. Some girls are gang-affiliated, or on the fringes.

How do you propose to ramp up and improve education? b/c that's the ONLY way to ensure kids are graduating with skills

Baltimore City is a disaster. DC is a disaster. NYC schools are a disaster. Why do you think so many charters pop up?

NOTHING will change until our ed system implodes and we start over.

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Anonymous wrote:Some ppl in Baltimore have sorter life spans than North Koreans. How can that be ignored or defended on any level?

It shouldn't be.

How do we address it without telling those people their homes are disgusting? How do we help lift them up?

I would bet many of them would appreciate an increase in minimum wage. How about making sure all Americans have affordable health insurance and access to medical care, and not just emergency care but preventative care? How about sending some funding to these neighborhoods for urban renewal? How about low interest loans for those who want to set up new businesses in poor areas? How about offering free college to all who graduate from high school in blighted areas? How about calling the Baltimore slumlords to task for violations of building codes on their properties? Make those slumlords do upkeep.

Insulting tweets are easy to do and are what lazy "leaders" resort to. Actual leadership and accomplishing results are hard work.

I think you’re dancing around the real issues. How do we convince poor people that being pregnant at 14 should not be their goal? Absentee fathers are NOT the norm? Gangs and guns aren’t the solution?

Hard to change that when it’s been what they know generation after generation.

By giving them actual real chances at a better life? By offering opportunities they think they don't have/aren't able to take advantage of? By raising minimum wages so that people can actually live off them and thus don't feel like the deck is stacked against them? Who growing up in squalor wants to work 3 jobs to earn just enough to live above the poverty line when you might make 100x as much selling illegal substances?

Speaking of guns, how about tightening access to them? Are you on board with that?

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Anonymous wrote:The good thing is that people are FINALLY talking about the horrendous conditions in parts of Baltimore. It has taken way too long.

I'm not always a fan of the way Trump phrases his tweets, but it did get the attention of the country. Maybe this will force those in charge to make some changes. And Baltimore is not alone - there are far too many "once great cities" that have had portions turn into dumps because the inaction of politicians in charge - Chicago, San Francisco, LA.........

I was totally appalled at the way Elijah Cummings treated Keven McAleenan at the hearing last week. He was incredibly disrespectful and hateful toward him - and it was he and members of his party who refused to admit that there was a crisis at the border months ago when others were sounding the alarm. I don't think Cummings is racist or a bad person, but his treatment of McAleenan was unacceptable. He needed to be called out for it.

He can be called out without saying the residents of Baltimore are subhuman.

Nobody said the residents of Baltimore are subhuman.

Actually, they did. Stop lying.

Please post exactly what was said. TIA.

DP, but this is a dog whistle. Words and phrases are being used without explicitly using the N-word, but it is what is implied by the specific words and phrases. If you want to take the conversation as literal - rat infestation in Baltimore, that is your choice, but the racists know what the President meant, and many of us know what he meant as well.

That is such Bull$hit. There ARE areas in Baltimore that ARE rat infested. Even the residents there will tell you that.
Quit trying to see race in every damned comment. We know you all are big on identity politics, but not everybody sees race in every issue.

There wasn't anything racist about what he said. Seems to be quite true.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/07/30/trump-baltimore-sun-rats-elijah-cummings-mayor-bernie-sanders-column/1856666001/