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You confused the rules. It covers whatever costs remain if a student already has grants like TAP and PELL. TAP, PELL and Cuomo's program are all free money which are not repaid. Free tuition from three sources.
The big difference is in order to qualify for TAP and PELL, you have to have a very low family income. Cuomo's program is the only grant for the middle-class with a $110,000 gross maximum income so many middle-income families may only qualify for Cuomo's grant. 75% of households in NY are eligible.
It's not a pipe dream.
BTW, public colleges and universities were free in New York many years ago.
Don't blame your illiteracy on me.
I wrote democratic socialism. Not Socialist. Those are two entirely different things.
Yes we can. They have much less money and resources than the U.S.
The problem is that Americans believe it's acceptable for people to be homeless because "it's their fault" or to lose their life savings if they become disabled and enter a nursing home. Many people have been brain-washed against social democracy even though it would benefit most people who are struggling now.
Like the saying goes, people get the type of government they deserve. We'll keep our corrupt pro-rich government as long as people put up with it.
"It's not even disputable."
Yeah, it is.
Governor Cuomo has expanded Obamacare in NY state and introduced FREE tuition for the middle class in public colleges and universities WITHOUT raising taxes. Period.
There are huge tax incentives for companies to come to New York state such as tech start-ups and studios which help create jobs.
That district is mainly working-class and middle-class. People who are struggling to make ends meet like the rest of the country. Most people in NYC are aware that Trump is a white supremacist. Remember, he's a New Yorker and they have known him a lot longer than the rest of the country.
At least they were smart enough to vote for someone who will work for them instead of for himself like Trump. As if he really cares about working people. LOL.
You're confusing communism with democratic socialism. The countries I named are democratic socialist. They have a much higher standard of living, happier and have stronger democracies because they are dedicated to equality and democracy. Having health care isn't a privilege, but a right.
An interesting article comparing the U.S. with Norway:
[url]https://www.thenation.com/article/after-i-lived-in-norway-america-felt-backward-heres-why/[/url]
First of all, I just proved that the comment about socialism not ever working is incorrect.
You address a different issue re: population.
Population is irrelevant. BTW, they're not that homogeneous. It has to do with competent governance and the intelligence of the people.
Too many dummy working-class Americans would rather support multi-millionaires and billionaires instead of their own economic class. Too many policies are created to help the rich at the expense of the middle and working-class. Of course, corporations shouldn't be allowed to give millions to a politician. Who do you think that politician is going to help? You or his corporate sponsor? That's legal in the U.S. and illegal in those other countries. That has zip to do with population. They're not stupid to allow it.
The U.S. gave a huge tax break to super rich people and corporations that already said they wouldn't use it to hire people, but to do stock buybacks which is exactly what they ended up doing. That makes the U.S. government corrupt and Americans stupid for allowing it especially after complaining about large corporations and Wall Street.
You don't have government doing that in those other countries because once again the people wouldn't be stupid enough to allow it.
China has universal health insurance and they have 1.3 billion! Americans would prefer not to have insurance so that they can lose their homes if they get cancer or have a serious accident. BTW, Trump is allowing insurance companies to discriminate against people who have preexisting health conditions again. And Americans are allowing it. Just more dumbness.
The U.S. wastes trillions in starting stupid wars in order to make a few rich government pals rich which is what Eisenhower had warned against years ago (military industrial complex). That money could easily have been used to pay for free public colleges with plenty left over. Canada has fewer resources but has started free colleges for middle-class families.
Illegal aliens pay around $13 billion each year in taxes. They're probably overpaying since they are ineligible for most tax credits.
How do they pay, you ask?
"...it is still law that individuals who reside in the United States, whether legally or not, and earn income here must pay taxes on that income, and file a tax return, regardless of whether the income was earned as an undocumented worker...
.... many use the Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, or ITIN, which allows immigrants without Social Security numbers to legally file tax returns and claim the income reported on their W-2’s to the IRS."
"Any job that any illegal bas, is a job that could be given to an american citizen. "
Those jobs are going to technology. Even when illegals were removed from the picture, employers didn't hire Americans, They replaced them with tech.
"In the history of the world socialism has never worked."
That's not true. Democratic socialist countries like Sweden, Iceland, Switzerland, Norway and the Netherlands are actually doing much better then the United States.
All of them have:
National Healthcare (but who doesn't except the United States re: western countries)
Free universities in Iceland, Sweden, Germany, Norway
All of these countries are considered full democracies. The United States is considered a flawed democracy and sinking by the minute.
"She’ll lead to more quality republican pro business pro American voter office holders. "
Not in her district.
Her message resonates and she's very relateable. It's about people who work hard and are losing ground and struggling. Politicians (including her opponent) who are supposed to represent them instead are taking money from corporate interests which eventually direct policies that hurt the working class. She has a working class background and struggled to support her family when her father died. She takes no PAC money so there's no conflict in representing the average Joe.
If you want to know why she won, then watch her political commercial.
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq3QXIVR0bs[/url]
BTW, she's not Portuguese. She's Puerto Rican.
"Alexandria wants to give you free shit."
The rich were given something free - a huge tax break.
Your lack of denial is a confirmation.
I reiterate that it is YOUR fault their country is so poor and riddled with crime.
National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey conducted by the CDC. They have been doing the survey for years and their stats are consistent.
How NISVS Measured Sexual Violence:
"Rape is any completed or attempted unwanted vaginal (for women), oral, or anal penetration through the use of physical force (such as being pinned or held down, or by the use of violence) or threats to physically harm and includes times when the victim was drunk, high, drugged, or passed out and unable to consent. Rape is separated into three types: completed forced penetration, attempted forced penetration, and completed alcohol- or drug-facilitated penetration. Among women, rape includes vaginal, oral, or anal penetration by a male using his penis. It also includes vaginal or anal penetration by a male or female using their fingers or an object..."
Approximately 1 in 5 (21.3% or an estimated 25.5 million) women in the U.S. reported completed or attempted rape at some point in their lifetime. About 13.5% of women experienced completed forced penetration, 6.3% experienced attempted forced penetration, and 11.0% experienced completed alcohol/drug-facilitated penetration at some point in their lifetime.
In the U.S., 1.2% of women (approximately 1.5 million) reported completed or attempted rape in the 12 months preceding the survey.
Link is a brief of their study and includes stalking and stats for men:
[url]https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/2015-data-brief.pdf[/url]
You didn't deny using drugs so you're helping the crime problem in Central America and it's hypocritical to show such little compassion for migrants fleeing a crime problem that you're helping to perpetuate which was my point.
I hope you get the help you need in fighting your addiction.
"It's not my fault their country is so poor and riddled with crime. "
Don't buy drugs from criminals which makes you a criminal. Problem solved.
"If it weren't for the buyers then the suppliers would be out of business."
Yeah, of course! That's how supply and demand works.
It sounds like you do drugs and contributing to the problem. BY helping yourself, you help them and lower crime:
[url]https://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/treatment/what-to-do-if-you-have-problem-drugs-adults[/url]
"She has a young son."
So do the thousands of parents who had their sons and daughters taken from them by her husband.
Felons in prison have more morality than Trump and his followers because they will beat the crap out of anyone who harms a child.
Trump is a sociopath who told his followers not to care about children. Even his wife wore a jacket stating that she didn't care about them. He signed an executive order ripping nursing babies from their mothers. Only someone full of hate and evil would want to hurt an innocent child let alone thousands.
One foster mother had said the five year old boy she was taking care of would only say two words for two weeks, "mama" and "grandma". He would barely eat or sleep. Another boy tried to jump out of a two story window in NYC. I don't expect a Trump supporter to care because someone who would support torturing young children is blinded and brainwashed by hate.
Americans are the ones buying illegal drugs which is fueling the Central American gang activity. So yeah, it's YOUR fault.
Trump only meets with Republicans.
Far right Republicans and moderate Republicans can't agree. They're not working together which is why they couldn't agree on a health insurance fix.
Or were you being rhetorical?
Trump said Mexico would pay for the wall. We're still waiting.
Sociopath Trump is telling his followers that they shouldn't care about abused children. He would have them believe it's "bs emotion". No, it's being a human being. It's being moral. It's called compassion.
The irony is Trump says he supports Christianity, but yet he mistreats Christians like these migrants and he has been admonished by the Pope and evangelical Christian leaders for his wrongdoing.