For those who wish to discuss the theory about something called 'official poverty' and how it relates to racism, have at it.

Well, at least you know you won't be reading the mindless ramblings of Danielpalos here...

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If it wasn't for double standards, liberals would have no standards at all...

Bout time Si modo.

BTW...what is "official poverty" defined as?

I honestly don't know. Maybe the poster who uses it will clarify.

Good thread! Maybe you need to pm Daniel and let him know where to find it so he'll lay off of the other thread.

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Every damned post - no matter what topic - gets the same 'official poverty' 'racism' blah blah blah input from some!

To address the topic....

What the hell is this 'official poverty' thing? And, could we not eliminate it by just changing the definition so that no one is in 'official poverty'?

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Excellent idea!

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Eight Million Americans Rescued From Poverty With Redefinition Of Term | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

It's already been done!

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Great. That's that sorted then. Poverty is now eliminated. I guess we can move on to legalizing drugs, which is the next most important thing on daniel's list.

My answer is not to legalize drugs, it is to shoot anyone who uses them. Eliminating the need to legalize them.

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"On my signal, unleash hell"

Cool. And bullets are a lot cheaper than funding a DEA and prosecutors.

I think you'd be more in the same vein if you eliminated drug use by declaring that narcotics are no longer drugs. If you presided over such a thing, you could accurately claim to have reduced drug use by 100%.

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I think we're onto something here, if we make entering our country without any documentation whatsoever, legal; we won't have an illegal immigration problem.

It's a valid point and well made. But.... shooting the addicts would, in the long term, be far more beneficial economically. No addicts, no demand, no requirement for drugs.... Work with me here it's gonna go on a couple of tangents....

No addicts = no drugs.
no drugs = no DEA enforcement so we shave a few $mil off the budget.
Downside, we throw a few DEA officers onto unemployment but.... I'll get back to that...
No drugs = no drug war - we solve daniels obsession with that little war.

And...
No addicts - less demand on the services provided to care for them. The charities that work with them can focus on more worthy (ie not self-inflicted) causes.
No addicts - far less crime - we can can a chunk of police officers.

We could definitely shave another $100m off that budget.

No, all in all, I think eliminating the addicts is the answer.

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Gen. James L. Jones, USMC (CMC); 10 November 2000

"On my signal, unleash hell"