@NateSilver538 it's funny how everyone on the left decided to just ignore all the lessons of republicans blowing a ton of winnable races and said "yeah let's do that again, but now without the structural map bias"
@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.
"youโd think society was in a constant state of theft and murder until letโs seeโฆ 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:
โThe 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.โ
OPT gave her the opportunity to refine โthe 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 ๐
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.