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Listening to interviews and Town Halls with Justin Amash, I'm can't help but wonder: what's the appeal?
In fact, when asked why they removed him from important committees in 2017 members of the Republican Steering Committee said it was because "he is an "a$$hole."
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In fact, when asked why they removed him from important committees in 2017 members of the Republican Steering Committee said it was because "he is an "a$$hole."
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Justin Amash is a minimal government Libertarian. So small, in fact, the role of the federal government is nearly microscopic in his ideal world with most social programs run on the state level - but he plans on getting there "incrementally" (whatever that means.)
Justin Amash when asked if being able to eat is a fundamental right: "You don't have the right to demand food from someone else. It's not a right. What is cruel is to demand that people give things of themselves... If someone demands something of someone else that is theft."
Why on earth do Republicans demonize two hardworking, indispensible, valued groups of Americans: teachers and nurses? @FoxNews has demonized public school teachers for years, and now Maureen Walsh has to be told #nursesdontplaycards. I have some
#SaturdayThoughts:
#SaturdayThoughts:
First, $$$. Both teachers and nurses make pretty good livings (for teachers, this is not as true in red states). Both are highly unionized professions. They both require extensive and ongoing education and training (except in red states with private schools lowering standards)...
...$$$ It's no secret that the GOP mission is to destroy public education as we know it. Private profiteers see those millions going to the education pot and want to get their hands on it. Ideologues want to indoctrinate kids with their religion and politics on the public dime...
