@sleepy_devo I like how everyone always ignores that independents are more in like with Democrats than Republicans and the decline became very pronounced specifically because of Trump. Republicans also just don't understand what patriotism is.
"you’d think society was in a constant state of theft and murder until let’s see… 1829???"
Yes, it was. Keep in mind that this predates modern forensics&criminology and thus very likely undercounts the homicide rate.
When OPT was expanded in 2016, what happened to native high-skilled Americans?
They were MORE likely to find jobs because better retention of high-skilled immigrants meant more entrepreneurship & more demand for their skills.
OPT is actively expanding opportunities for skilled Americans.
Cloudflare is a $100 billion American company with 5,500 employees.
Its president and co-founder is an immigrant who was able to build the company in the US because of Optional Practical Training (OPT).
Here's what she has to say about the program:
“The best thing the U.S. government has done on immigration is OPT to allow international students a chance to stay and work for a time after graduation.”
OPT gave her the opportunity to refine “the business plan that helped create the company."
Charging a $100k fee on OPT would nuke a critical pathway for recruiting & retaining global talent.
Moderate democrats putting up god tier numbers in swing states (and there are MANY) get basically no attention while every single media outlet puts out daily "Here Is Why Progressives Are Lighting The Way For Democrats" opinion pieces 🙃
Since Clinton, the main constraint on ambitious Dem healthcare and climate policy hasn't been presidential unwillingness, but a lack of votes in the US Senate.
Lefties should therefore rate more highly people who are able to win by a large enough margin to deliver seats, and less having someone who specifically says the right buzzwords.
@Eugenics_R_Us@eskiflo1@wulynn15@RichardHanania No one is arguing about self reported statistics. The whole point is that self reporting is probably a bad metric. Anyone who's familiar with "paycheck to paycheck" studies knows this and it's what my original reply was. It's not my fault you can't follow along.
@DeeJzNuts@wulynn15@RichardHanania Currently there exists no good study on partisan suicide rates, but higher rates among men, and blue collar professionals seem to indicate it's either roughly the same, or conservatives committing suicide more. A more concrete data point than self reported happiness.
@DeeJzNuts@wulynn15@RichardHanania If anything, your claim about attempted suicides actually lines up quite well with the idea that conservatives simply lie about their mental health. If you want to make the claim it's liberals driving the high suicide rates in red counties, you'd have to show that