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WalkerSunset t1_j7f397d wrote

Those student loans aren't getting paid off either. But we'll talk about it some more just before elections come again.

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OGZackov t1_j7fdboz wrote

Stop voting in republicans. Easy.

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Griff82 t1_j7fewf1 wrote

A few sedition convictions and Bob's your uncle.

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OGZackov t1_j7fez8j wrote

You got at least 3 less voters from that family that couldn't take it that trump lost and killed themselves over there.

Shame it's a crazy cult.

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bitterbeerfaces t1_j7flswt wrote

Not sure why this comment is getting down voted. But you are absolutely right.

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OGZackov t1_j7fnu3y wrote

It's a little rude considering the circumstances. The daughter could have definitely gotten help if the parents weren't such wackos.

The really sad thing, if it was a liberal family with a trans kid in the same situation, do you think fox news and Tucker Carlson would be using it as ammunition?

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bitterbeerfaces t1_j7fonyc wrote

I am sad for the daughter- the parents are certainly to blame for this situation.

At least they didn't kill the dog.

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ell0bo t1_j7fo9ys wrote

I'm not sure how? All tucker could say would be "look what our policies did", and them types aren't exactly known for introspection.

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OGZackov t1_j7foivi wrote

theyd blame it as a mental disease and other comments and saying this is what liberal ideas lead too....

It has nothing to do with their policies.

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dogmomdrinkstea t1_j7fyr96 wrote

Is there a source for trump losing being a driving reason behind what happened? Horrible either way, but if that was a reason.....sheesh. How...."sad" isn't the right word, maybe someone could help me out.

I did drive by a house in York county yesterday that still has huge Mastriano signs up. May or may not have yelled "your fascist lost!" when I drove by (windows up, I'm not crazy enough to taunt someone who likely is more pro-gun than pro-woman).

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IamSauerKraut t1_j7g05uw wrote

York Daily Record has an article about it.

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OGZackov t1_j7g218d wrote

So she was homeschooled and fed constant conspiracies and a lot of people suggested she was starting to show signs of schizophrenia.

Everyone described them as super pro trump and had a lot of ramblings about how "evil won" and how bad Biden is.

The 'driving' reason was probably mental illness brought on by her upbringing and surroundings, which included a lot of pro trump and religion conspiracies.

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dogmomdrinkstea t1_j7ga07i wrote

Damn. Awful.

ETA - I don't support trump, never have a day in my life. Dunno why the downvotes, even though I disagree with everything trump stands for, it's still an awful situation to be that unwell. Makes me feel bad for people who are suicidal (been there done that, y'all).

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_j7gnioc wrote

The Democrats aren't doing jack shit, either.

 
Josh Shapiro is forcing workers back into the office during an ongoing pandemic that's killing around 3500 people a week in the US. People in this state were playing him up like the next FDR. Turns out he's just another cop.

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Hashslingingslashar t1_j7hr1uh wrote

Republicans have held the state Senate since 1994. And until later this month, they’ll have had the State House 23 of the last 27 years. Nobody should blindly vote for a party but if this state is in need of balancing, it should put in more democrats, not more republicans.

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_j7hrbts wrote

Might want to ask Josh why he's putting Republicans in his administration, if they've been driving the state into the ground.

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Hashslingingslashar t1_j7hronx wrote

Did I say Republicans were driving the state to the ground?

No, I didn’t, but I think it’s absolutely fair to say that the state legislature has been dominated by the GOP since 1995. Good or bad, that’s up for each of us to decide for ourselves, but it’s a fact.

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_j7hryv2 wrote

I absolutely think they're driving the state into the ground, which is why it's bizarre to me that Super Cop Josh Shapiro is stocking his administration with them.

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Hashslingingslashar t1_j7hszfz wrote

I tend to agree with you however there’s only been a handful of relatively moderate republicans he’s nominated, I wouldn’t use the word “stocking.” After all he does still have to work with the GOP-controlled state Senate and only a one-seat majority in the House and this could buy a little goodwill.

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OGZackov t1_j7gobbh wrote

It was a generalized statement as the economy and things always do better under democrats,

Also you act like republicans haven't been back to work since 2021....

But yes, blindly voting democrat isn't the solution you still need to vote for the better democrat but it's generally safe to assume in today's society any republican will be worse

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_j7gow6a wrote

In order to keep the current shitty state of affairs going, Dems have to run the table.
 
For Rs to win big and fuck everything up for the rest of us, they just have to win big once.

 
Not a great state of affairs.

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Chemical_Miracle_0 t1_j7my00s wrote

Source on that Covid death figure? The 7 week death average has been floating around 300 - 500 since the summer with and exception of a large spike around early November.

https://news.google.com/covid19/map?hl=en-US&mid=%2Fm%2F09c7w0&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_j7pg3rf wrote

The total for 2022 was around 267k, or 5,135 a week. So worse than the number I gave.
 
https://imgur.com/Mq3xfwH

 
States are not reporting consistently and dumping totals every few weeks. Daily averages over short periods of time aren't reliable.

 
Covid-19 is the leading cause of death in America that is not heart disease or cancer, is going to remain so for the foreseeable future, and forcing people back into high-transmission environments while it's still killing massive amounts of people is cruel and unnecessary.

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ThePopeJones t1_j7gua83 wrote

Hey now! It's my right to shoot myself in the foot as long as it hurts people I don't like! If you don't like it you can move to communist California!!

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Jeruk_ t1_j7glqm1 wrote

If you don’t vote republicans there will be nothing to hold the Dems to keep their promises.

Dems will sell you out to the corpos just as fast

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OGZackov t1_j7glxjw wrote

6 Dems voted against raising minimum wage. 200+ republicans voted against it.

But tell me again how it's the same??

Foolish.

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HahaWeee t1_j7fj9jf wrote

>Those student loans aren't getting paid off either.

Thanks Republicans! I for one am grateful people aren't getting aid but the poor downtrodden wealthy will get tax cuts and laptops get investigated 50 times!

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ODDBOY90 OP t1_j7f3jyr wrote

yeah man that was cold blooded af, im one of the students who would of greatly benefited from that. again my choice to go , but at 17 18 and teachers/ society pushing you to go......whats one to do .....

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artificialavocado t1_j7f69n4 wrote

I’ve been paying on mine for almost 15 years. Paid back $65,000 out of around $50,000 that I originally borrowed. That $10,000 would have zeroed me out. I about cried when I heard it I have enough money banked to put a decent down payment down but I guess that will have to wait another year. Yeah I hate it here too man.

Where did you want to move to?

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ODDBOY90 OP t1_j7f8arg wrote

somewhere close to NYC/TRI STATE AREA for the time being, theres no jobs here and though philly is cheaper than nyc nyc kinda has more what im looking for.

plus im more famliar with nyc than Philly. life is short and these dead end towns are not it. covid really did mess up my mojo. do you think i should buy a car first or used that money for a room?

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artificialavocado t1_j7fa5eu wrote

That’s a tough one used cars are so damn expensive anymore but anywhere outside of the city public transportation kind of sucks it seems.

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ODDBOY90 OP t1_j7fli1o wrote

yeah its hard to find a decent car under 4k.

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artificialavocado t1_j7fnjfy wrote

Yeah that’s gonna be hard. I’m in the coal region I bought one for 6k a few months ago. I went to HS with the guy he has a good reputation around here for being a straight shooter some of these places are just out to scam people.

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Slight-West2591 t1_j7l2lab wrote

If teachers and society pushed you to jump off a bridge would you do it? You have to make and own up to your decisions and do what you want to do. As far as all of this "free" stuff that everyone wants, here's a news flash NOTHING IS FREE. The money has to come from somewhere. The only way to fix things is to get the costs under control but that will never happen because the rich wont get richer.

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ODDBOY90 OP t1_j7nj1wc wrote

as a guy in his late 20s yes now i know that but 16 17 year old me NO. and my parents were absolute morons.....still are if im being honest.....

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[deleted] t1_j7igyki wrote

I'm a Democrat and I wasn't a big fan of the student loan forgiveness proposal. I think $125k is too high of an income to be eligible for it. I also think it would cause tuition to go up if not paired with a policy that actually addresses the rising cost of college.

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Avaisraging439 t1_j7u6g2c wrote

I've set record lows for being underpaid in my career field for my experience level, every day pushes me to the edge of mental collapse because student loans aren't affordable.

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