UPDATE: Donald Trump Takes Office as the 47th US President

DC_Dude

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A Message to Elon Musk
@elonmusk
and DOGE from a Mother of a boy named Max.

Please at least give it a read and reconsider haphazardly freezing funding on important government programs:

"Elon, this perfect little boy is my son Max. He's not a parasite. He's pure joy. Love radiates from him, and he has a smile for everyone he meets. He was born with a rare genetic form of leukodystrophy called TBCD that is usually fatal by five years of age.

We were filled with hope when the researcher our patient advocacy group has been working with at Nationwide Children's Hospital was awarded with an R01 grant from the NIH after our community pooled our resources to fund the first phase of her research to apply for it. Last year, she showed us some of her work in the lab that PROVED there was a pathway to a treatment.

It was just a few cells in a dish. My son's neural cells -- cured.

Right now, her funds are frozen. The grant that was providing hope for a future for these children with a condition so rare that private pharma would never have any interest in creating a treatment is what you're fighting to slash funding for. You might as well be slashing my kid's throat.

Any delay in bringing this from the bench to the bedside WILL kill children in our community - and you're laughing on X and calling them parasites?

Shame on you."
 

Chiyo

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I think, at the base level, this is kinda a stance the US has to take.

Andrew, and to a lesser extent his brother, is literally the result of American racism.

His dad was a broken man by segregation and chattel slavery. Got with a woman with low self esteem who believed him when he told her she was the most beautiful woman he ever saw(aka the whitest woman who would put out) and the resulting children and expectations were placed on a man in no way ready to deal with them. He bailed as soon as she decided she should live a life the way a man in privilege would provide, and what resulted was an Andrew who resented everyone for it. Every Romanian woman he pimped and assaulted was just a stand in for the white mother he felt let him down by picking a guy who couldnt provide for any of them.

Most mixed kids end up with the same problem. There is nothing worse than being the child of a man who hates being black, and a woman who hates black people.

Tate is a monster the US created.
 

Camille

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About the tweet above.
Tax changes can’t be done in a budget, you need a separate bill for that.

Since Kamala pushed for these changes in the campaign like Trump did.
Republicans are hoping enough Democrats support it in congress.

I know a lot of people this would help so, hoping it goes thru.

No tax on tips hurts workers in the long run. They don't pay into social security and it reduces their benefits later and shortens the life of social security overall.
 

Chiyo

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No tax on tips hurts workers in the long run. They don't pay into social security and it reduces their benefits later and shortens the life of social security overall.
What type of social security benefits is somebody in a job getting tips realistically going to get when the time comes though? Will they need the extra money now or later?
 

Camille

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What type of social security benefits is somebody in a job getting tips realistically going to get when the time comes though? Will they need the extra money now or later?

What kind of retirement plan will they have aside from social security working jobs that pay less than minimum wage + tips? How do they survive in their senior years? There are a few places where people make extremely good money, but that's the exception not the rule.
 

Chiyo

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What kind of retirement plan will they have aside from social security working jobs that pay less than minimum wage + tips? How do they survive in their senior years? There are a few places where people make extremely good money, but that's the exception not the rule.
Living with your kid and their spouse most likely, which will be the reality for most people as it was in the past.

The difference is, if you are struggling now to put food on the table and survive RIGHT NOW, not paying a tax on the income you are making right now is probably more of a benefit than kicking the can down the road. Either way you wont be able to live off of social security, but the extra few bucks you can put into a house or a kid who will be taking care of you in the future? That goes a long way.:)
 

TENT

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The Trump administration has just announced that all college financial aid programs, scholarships, prizes, housing, and graduation ceremonies that help Black or Latino students are now considered to be illegal. In a letter made public on Friday, the Acting Secretary of Education accuses colleges and universities of discriminating against white students.
 

Camille

Kitchen Wench #TeamQuaid
Staff member
Living with your kid and their spouse most likely, which will be the reality for most people as it was in the past.

The difference is, if you are struggling now to put food on the table and survive RIGHT NOW, not paying a tax on the income you are making right now is probably more of a benefit than kicking the can down the road. Either way you wont be able to live off of social security, but the extra few bucks you can put into a house or a kid who will be taking care of you in the future? That goes a long way.:)

Not everyone has kids. Not everyone is on good terms with the ones they have. Not everyone is married. The out of wedlock birth rate is 70+ percent in the Black community. There is no guarantee your kid will have the means to help take care of you, even if they do want to, or that they will outlive you. Normally the Black community has multigenerational households, whether out of necessity or tradition and respect, but your kids shouldn't be you retirement plan and most parents don't wish to feel like a burden.
 

Chiyo

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Not everyone has kids. Not everyone is on good terms with the ones they have. Not everyone is married. The out of wedlock birth rate is 70+ percent in the Black community. There is no guarantee your kid will have the means to help take care of you, even if they do want to, or that they will outlive you. Normally the Black community has multigenerational households, whether out of necessity or tradition and respect, but your kids shouldn't be you retirement plan and most parents don't wish to feel like a burden.
Is it even a burden though in our community?

You said yourself. It was the norm for big mama to be in the house. She cooked. Looked after the kids, helped with what little money she had, and was a great presence in the home. Sure it was tough, but that was family.

Children are an investment just like social security, your 401k, and a pension. You dont view them as strictly that, but that is how it is. There was a reason Michelle Mama was living with the Obamas even in the white house. People look after their folks historically. There is a reason why you give your kids the best. By pushing them forward, you are also pushed forward.
 

xxxbishopxxx

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What did they do?

 

TENT

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Is it even a burden though in our community?

You said yourself. It was the norm for big mama to be in the house. She cooked. Looked after the kids, helped with what little money she had, and was a great presence in the home. Sure it was tough, but that was family.

Children are an investment just like social security, your 401k, and a pension. You dont view them as strictly that, but that is how it is. There was a reason Michelle Mama was living with the Obamas even in the white house. People look after their folks historically. There is a reason why you give your kids the best. By pushing them forward, you are also pushed forward.
You are fucking stupid.
 
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