Biden doesn't deserve much blame for the border's condition. It's been out of control for decades. The failure - no, the refusal - of both parties to do anything effective about it certainly gives reason to suspect they are for, their own reasons, deliberately keeping the issue alive, just as Trump recently admitted.
To economists, inflation is under control. Sort of. Problem is, people are not trained economists, carefully checking prices for a defined basket of goods and calculating percent changes to three decimal places, then insisting the current 3%, half again as much as the Fed's target, is fine. What people know are the prices they paid last Saturday for gas and eggs and coffee and what they saw on the sirloin, much less New York strip steak, and how much they remember paying not too long ago.
People don't care about national crime statistics and how they have improved. They care about crime in their neighborhood, perhaps the city. And they largely go on impressions and hearsay, not validated, confirmed reports.
It may be my niche issue, but the Biden campaign owes the mainstream press its gratitude for the blackout on the Department of Education's plans for compelling schools to allow natal males into the girls' restrooms and locker rooms as well as allow their participation in girls' athletics. I dread the possibility that the Trump campaign is holding its fire until later in the year.
Don't get me wrong. I'm solidly in the anti-Trump coalition. Better a President within the normal range of being wrong on policy than an out of control psycho. Still, I'm disgusted with having to vote for the less bad candidate. Three times in a row is way too many to be happy about.
"They care about crime in their neighborhood, perhaps the city." Unfortunately, it seems like they care about crime in far-flung areas across the US, having been taught to be afraid that it will spread to their city/neighborhood. And that therefore, Trumpist authoritarianism is the only thing stopping the dark-skinned criminals from raiding their pristine communities.
This is my in-laws in Missouri. They live waaaaaay out in the boonies and theyтАЩre just terrified of St. Louis and Kansas City and the тАЬhorrible crimeтАЭ there. TheyтАЩre also so scared for me in the Bay Area cause San Francisco existsтАж
Yes, cities have crime. Those two cities in Missouri have more crime than SF, but media outlets need the fear mongering for the views.
The worst part of course is тАЬcities have crimeтАЭ for these people is not so subtle code for black Americans. Authoritarianism thrives on fear, especially fear of the other. However, when you give up your freedoms for security you have neither freedom nor security.
Ha my parents live in San Jose and I live in sf and my dad will periodically ask me about crime. IтАЩm like dad тАЬI took you to warriors game last week. Did it seem like I was bathing in crime?тАЭ
Ditto - my midwestern relatives are terrified to visit SF and then they stay at a swanky hotel in mission bay and theyтАЩre so enamored with how gorgeous it is. My brain hurts :/
Hahaha. At least yours are from the Midwest. Mine are from an hour south.
What is even more maddening is that we came up here all the time for niners, giants and warriors game (big family with a lot of boys and loved sports). I NEVER heard about drug use in the тАШloin or gangs in otown in the 90s. It was 10x worse than it is now!!!!
Fox fried my dadтАЩs brain. My mom is normal. She just ignores him. He is an architect for huge single family homes in Atherton, Menlo, Oakland hills, etc. somehow he has been hostile too immigration forever even though he has never lost his job to an immigrant and loves hiring illegals because they are cheaper. ItтАЩs maddening.
Biden doesn't deserve much blame for the border's condition. It's been out of control for decades. The failure - no, the refusal - of both parties to do anything effective about it certainly gives reason to suspect they are for, their own reasons, deliberately keeping the issue alive, just as Trump recently admitted.
To economists, inflation is under control. Sort of. Problem is, people are not trained economists, carefully checking prices for a defined basket of goods and calculating percent changes to three decimal places, then insisting the current 3%, half again as much as the Fed's target, is fine. What people know are the prices they paid last Saturday for gas and eggs and coffee and what they saw on the sirloin, much less New York strip steak, and how much they remember paying not too long ago.
People don't care about national crime statistics and how they have improved. They care about crime in their neighborhood, perhaps the city. And they largely go on impressions and hearsay, not validated, confirmed reports.
It may be my niche issue, but the Biden campaign owes the mainstream press its gratitude for the blackout on the Department of Education's plans for compelling schools to allow natal males into the girls' restrooms and locker rooms as well as allow their participation in girls' athletics. I dread the possibility that the Trump campaign is holding its fire until later in the year.
Don't get me wrong. I'm solidly in the anti-Trump coalition. Better a President within the normal range of being wrong on policy than an out of control psycho. Still, I'm disgusted with having to vote for the less bad candidate. Three times in a row is way too many to be happy about.
"They care about crime in their neighborhood, perhaps the city." Unfortunately, it seems like they care about crime in far-flung areas across the US, having been taught to be afraid that it will spread to their city/neighborhood. And that therefore, Trumpist authoritarianism is the only thing stopping the dark-skinned criminals from raiding their pristine communities.
True, but they still don't care about the statistics. The fear isn't evidence based to begin with, so facts won't change that.
This is my in-laws in Missouri. They live waaaaaay out in the boonies and theyтАЩre just terrified of St. Louis and Kansas City and the тАЬhorrible crimeтАЭ there. TheyтАЩre also so scared for me in the Bay Area cause San Francisco existsтАж
Yes, cities have crime. Those two cities in Missouri have more crime than SF, but media outlets need the fear mongering for the views.
The worst part of course is тАЬcities have crimeтАЭ for these people is not so subtle code for black Americans. Authoritarianism thrives on fear, especially fear of the other. However, when you give up your freedoms for security you have neither freedom nor security.
Ha my parents live in San Jose and I live in sf and my dad will periodically ask me about crime. IтАЩm like dad тАЬI took you to warriors game last week. Did it seem like I was bathing in crime?тАЭ
Hello fellow San Franciscan!
Ditto - my midwestern relatives are terrified to visit SF and then they stay at a swanky hotel in mission bay and theyтАЩre so enamored with how gorgeous it is. My brain hurts :/
Hahaha. At least yours are from the Midwest. Mine are from an hour south.
What is even more maddening is that we came up here all the time for niners, giants and warriors game (big family with a lot of boys and loved sports). I NEVER heard about drug use in the тАШloin or gangs in otown in the 90s. It was 10x worse than it is now!!!!
Fox fried my dadтАЩs brain. My mom is normal. She just ignores him. He is an architect for huge single family homes in Atherton, Menlo, Oakland hills, etc. somehow he has been hostile too immigration forever even though he has never lost his job to an immigrant and loves hiring illegals because they are cheaper. ItтАЩs maddening.