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> Money well spent. Imagine being a black person with college or business debt and you see this billionaire rewarding all these felons. I think I'd be voting T
by gridlockd 6y ago
> Money well spent.
Imagine being a black person with college or business debt and you see this billionaire rewarding all these felons. I think I'd be voting Trump, out of spite.
- non-entity 6y agoNot all people are as immature as you.
- gridlockd 6y agoNot all of them, but 31,001 out of 3 million might be.
- DenisM 6y agoPlease refrain from personal attacks. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3."
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- codyb 6y agoRewarding is a bit of a stretch. My understanding is the people of Florida had an up down referendum on restoring voting rights to felons who’ve served their time a few years back which passed. Then the GOP down there did some maneuvering and introduced this “pay off all debts first” clause which I believe is fairly unpopular down there (although I cannot cite anything for that). Bloomberg is rectifying what many consider to be a wrong down there and reenfranchising (not a word) these 32,000 voters with this gesture. Given the incredible disparities within our criminal justice system I sincerely doubt most Black people are sitting there mad that the right to vote is being restored to these persons, especially since apparently the idea is popular enough that the referendum passed.
- specialist 6y agoYou oppose debt jubilees? There are many organizations, governments, banks which buy and dissolve debts. Even John Oliver does it.
- gridlockd 6y agoNot necessarily, I'm questioning the efficacy of this particular gesture.