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What video are you watching on YouTube?

Marie Mallory said:
Interesting but I didn't watch it all, maybe later when I feel better.
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Aww, I didn't know you were feeling poorly. I got off here for a while, got some house chores done, ran the A/C briefly before hitting peak rate times, then shut it off and took a nap. Feeling good right now myself.
 
Jacob Petersheim said:
Aww, I didn't know you were feeling poorly. I got off here for a while, got some house chores done, ran the A/C briefly before hitting peak rate times, then shut it off and took a nap. Feeling good right now myself.
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Jacob I have my days, today I'm trying to stay away from politics, I've been watching James Taylor , Carly Simona kids stories on YT. I got a little into politics this morning, then just went to music.
Thank you and glad your feeling good.
 
Marie Mallory said:
Axel, I used to know so much about history and out laws to where I could come up with laws and rights right off, now I'm old and memory doesn't serve me so much.
I do remember a story about Davey Crocket when he was a congressman, before he got killed at The Alamo, I'll let YT tell it,

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A famous Davey Crockett story and one which presents one man's interpretation of the Constitution. Davey Crockett, unlike Daniel Boone, was a bit of a scoundrel whose story was made famous by Walt Disney. We can see in the current time the impact public funding has made. Many of the NGOs and non-profits that exist for no real purpose other than to sue the government every time it does something the execs of that organization don't like are financed by public money. This was brought to light at the Federal level by the recent USAID scandals. Much of the money attributed to George Soros is actually public money his organization has laundered and used for his purposes.

No provision for welfare was made by the Constitution, and none for public education, although the third Founding Document--The Northwest Ordinance--which few people even know about, DID make provision for public education but imposed it on the states, not the Federal government.
 
Don Alaska said:
A famous Davey Crockett story and one which presents one man's interpretation of the Constitution. Davey Crockett, unlike Daniel Boone, was a bit of a scoundrel whose story was made famous by Walt Disney. We can see in the current time the impact public funding has made. Many of the NGOs and non-profits that exist for no real purpose other than to sue the government every time it does something the execs of that organization don't like are financed by public money. This was brought to light at the Federal level by the recent USAID scandals. Much of the money attributed to George Soros is actually public money his organization has laundered and used for his purposes.

No provision for welfare was made by the Constitution, and none for public education, although the third Founding Document--The Northwest Ordinance--which few people even know about, DID make provision for public education but imposed it on the states, not the Federal government.
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Davey Crocket was an interesting man and patriot, I think he died in the battle at The Alamo? I often put up a Crocket story about giving other people's money away, Not Yours To Give'.

I think welfare hurts more people than it helps.
 
Don Alaska said:
A famous Davey Crockett story and one which presents one man's interpretation of the Constitution. Davey Crockett, unlike Daniel Boone, was a bit of a scoundrel whose story was made famous by Walt Disney.
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Disney made movies from popular stories, so to say he made it famous is not entirely accurate. The movie helped, but it was a popular story before it was a movie.

Don Alaska said:
We can see in the current time the impact public funding has made. Many of the NGOs and non-profits that exist for no real purpose other than to sue the government every time it does something the execs of that organization don't like are financed by public money.
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Only 15% of PBS's funding comes from the feds. I think they could easily get by without it. PBS pledge drives typically happen two to four times a year, and tons of money is always donated. Another pledge drive or two each year could replace far more than 15% of their annual funding. The whole point of fighting for that money is not what they get from the feds, it's about the donations they get as a result media coverage of the fight to get it.
 
Marie Mallory said:
I think welfare hurts more people than it helps.
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You might not think that if you are retired or disabled and can't make ends meet. Social Security says that about a third of of all SSA Beneficiaries receive the least amount of benefits. Ok so there are supposedly 74 million people are receiving some type of Social Security benefit, with 53 Million of them being Retirees.

A third of 74 million people is 24.6 Million people, and a third of 53 Million people is 17.7 Million people.That means somewhere between 17.7 million people and 24.6 million people live near the "Poverty Level." And the rest of those people, about 21 million people, are disabled in some way, as that is a requirement for SSI and almost all of them get barely enough to live. So I think the idea of that adding up to a third of all SSA Beneficiaries is BS.

So what are they supposed to do if they don't have enough money to live on and anyone, much less seniors and disabled people, standing on a corner with a cardboard sign begging for money is illegal in a lot of places now? In California we couldn't even get food stamps until somewhere around 2019 or 2020.

As a result of my decision to pay myself the same as all members of the band and put the rest of our income into the band, I'm one of those Retirees that live near the "Poverty Level." And I struggle every month to get by at times, such as in the summer when we have to have AC and our power bill doubles. I paid my fair share of taxes my entire life, and this is not the retirement I worked so hard for. I don't think it is, but what choice do I have?

The Social Security Administration says "Most people aged 65 and older receive the majority of their income from Social Security. Without Social Security benefits, 37.3 percent of older adults would have incomes below the official poverty line, all else being equal; with Social Security benefits, only 10.1 percent do."

That is very vague at best. There is no actual SSA benefit information at all.

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Marie Mallory said:
@Don Alaska , do you live in the part of Alaska's Midnight Sun?

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Depends on what6 is meant @Marie Mallory. Here the Midnight Sun is Fairbanks and north where the Sun never sets for a couple months every summer, but we do not have darkness during that time although the sun does set for about 3 hours.
Axel Slingerland said:
Disney made movies from popular stories, so to say he made it famous is not entirely accurate. The movie helped, but it was a popular story before it was a movie.


Only 15% of PBS's funding comes from the feds. I think they could easily get by without it. PBS pledge drives typically happen two to four times a year, and tons of money is always donated. Another pledge drive or two each year could replace far more than 15% of their annual funding. The whole point of fighting for that money is not what they get from the feds, it's about the donations they get as a result media coverage of the fight to get it.
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90% of the American population would not be familiar with Davey Crockett's story if Disney had not made a movie about it, although Daniel Boone was somewhat more well-known, he, too, was made more popular because of the Disney franchise.

I was not talking about PBS funding. I was speaking of non-profits in general. There is now a non-profit that is funded by the State of Alaska suing the governor for vetoing a small part of education funding here. It not only occurs at the Federal level, but the same stupid lawsuits are being waged everywhere across the nation.
 
I've been watching the Big Bear Bald eagle cam since the eggs were laid. It has been an interesting journey. The eaglets have fledged but are returning to the nest at night.
 
Axel Slingerland said:
You might not think that if you are retired or disabled and can't make ends meet. Social Security says that about a third of of all SSA Beneficiaries receive the least amount of benefits. Ok so there are supposedly 74 million people are receiving some type of Social Security benefit, with 53 Million of them being Retirees.

A third of 74 million people is 24.6 Million people, and a third of 53 Million people is 17.7 Million people.That means somewhere between 17.7 million people and 24.6 million people live near the "Poverty Level." And the rest of those people, about 21 million people, are disabled in some way, as that is a requirement for SSI and almost all of them get barely enough to live. So I think the idea of that adding up to a third of all SSA Beneficiaries is BS.

So what are they supposed to do if they don't have enough money to live on and anyone, much less seniors and disabled people, standing on a corner with a cardboard sign begging for money is illegal in a lot of places now? In California we couldn't even get food stamps until somewhere around 2019 or 2020.

As a result of my decision to pay myself the same as all members of the band and put the rest of our income into the band, I'm one of those Retirees that live near the "Poverty Level." And I struggle every month to get by at times, such as in the summer when we have to have AC and our power bill doubles. I paid my fair share of taxes my entire life, and this is not the retirement I worked so hard for. I don't think it is, but what choice do I have?

The Social Security Administration says "Most people aged 65 and older receive the majority of their income from Social Security. Without Social Security benefits, 37.3 percent of older adults would have incomes below the official poverty line, all else being equal; with Social Security benefits, only 10.1 percent do."

That is very vague at best. There is no actual SSA benefit information at all.

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Debating this takes time and more ability 'pun not intended' than I have right now.
I'll just say that people in this nation in need of help had charitable organizations like churches and other groups before the welfare act of 1935.
I do understand that all that changed drastically since then.
 
Marie Mallory said:
Debating this takes time and more ability 'pun not intended' than I have right now.
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I am not be the one to debate. In my experience, debates to into berates. And I'll pass on that every time.

Marie Mallory said:
I'll just say that people in this nation in need of help had charitable organizations like churches and other groups before the welfare act of 1935.
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Yes, I know...

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I study history too...
 
Marie Mallory said:
Davey Crocket was an interesting man and patriot, I think he died in the battle at The Alamo? I often put up a Crocket story about giving other people's money away, Not Yours To Give'.

I think welfare hurts more people than it helps.
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It is the abuse of welfare that hurts people. If SSD and welfare was used as intended, mostly as a safety net, it would be fine. Just like all other money that has been misused from the government.
 
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