With the way our government misuses our tax dollars, you should feel absolutely no shame in using government benefits.

Define "our government"

Maybe if you gave a little more to charity, the poker gods would favor you more and you'd be winning more asses. As punishment, I request you to join Howard at confession and say 50 "One Time!!" and 100 "Where's the seat change button?"

I've always thought of it as the cronies who've always been in power

I think if your assets are worth > $2k then you don’t qualify for federal assistance.

I dislike all of this language because it shows you're still operating under a flawed framework, that there exists some sort of cutoff in income below which someone is "in need" and above which they can take care of themselves.

The government needs to set a poverty line for logistical reasons, it doesn't mean someone $1 above is any less needy than someone $1 below. Needing tgings is way more greyscale and the beauty of personal charity is that you get to decide where you can help and where you can't.

Like if you see an old lady crossing yhe street, would you ask her how much she makes? Blame her for being a millionaire and not having a crosswalk chauffeur to carry her across the street? Would you elect not to help her if her skin were the wrong color? If her destination across the street were a political rally for a candidate you opposed?

I think the framework for charity should be as such: think of things you think should be done, research which of those things aren't done, and decide how you can make it happen.

If charity was such a big deal , people wouldn’t complain like they do in the US about taxes ..

To care about charity means you should care about your fellow Americans and from the outside , we don’t see that at all .

I think it’s moot discussion .

Very few of our US tax dollars are used to help our fellow Americans.

Most of it is used for terrorism.

Do you know that the US recently helped Saudi Arabia bomb a school bus in Yemen?

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The military-industrial complex is a nation’s military establishment, as well as the industries involved in the production of armaments and other military materials. In his 1961 farewell address, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower famously warned the public of the nation’s increasingly powerful military-industrial complex and the threat it posed to American democracy. Today, the United States routinely outspends every other country for military and defense expenditures.

Regardless being Democrats or republicains nothing really changed.

Governments are its citizen btw , so as long so much money will go to war industry instead of public education and healthcare for example, alll excuses like the one you use is pointless really...

Talking about charity in the USA while being stuck in a system like that means nothing .
Btw I don’t judge you , americains can do wtf they want .
But nothing will ever happen over there for the «taking care of fellows americains*» because the hypocrisies and contradictions is unbelievably high due to a lot factors that seem will never disappear.

Terrorism is subjective, but JESUS CHRIST guys, let's not devolve into an obtuse politarding. I hate having to bust out posts longer than oh, say, 15 words, but I will absolutely not stand for this!

In other news, I am planning on playing 20/40 again in about two weeks with my last 1k in fun money. Last two times I've taken shots I have ran mediocre but luckily been in the must-move at Canterbury with weak opponents so I was profitable.

What kind of federal assistance were you meaning here? I was thinking of state programs like unemployment and food stamps.

At one level, you're probably right. They have participated in a power system that has helped to perpetuate the problem. But...

There are some 400,000 priests and 5,000 bishops. There are certainly some bishops that knew what was happening, but it's hard to generalize that when thinking about an international organization of this size. It's like saying that the manager of a local Starbucks is complicit in the arrest of the two black men who were waiting for a friend. You might be able to successfully argue that they work for the same "evil and racist organization" (Note: I don't see Starbucks that way), but it's really hard to meaningfully pin responsibility across the board like that.

I took a chance and went to see Crazy Rich Asians. I rate the movie A+++. It is so hilariously over-the-top I consider it a must see while it's still in theaters.

Oh ok. Those likely have different guidelines depending on state. I was referring to social security.

People certainly get social security who have lots of money already.

I’m not sure about the law. Those people are probably retired and are receiving the pension form of social security, provided that they put in the requisite number of quarters. Those people under 65(?) with disabilities are not supposed to receive benefits if assets total $2k.

Oh, I certainly wasn't talking about anything like disability, I don't qualify for that. I am surprised if some people on disability don't own houses and cars though.

You can have one car but if it’s worth a decent amount of money then you will be denied.

I just looked into it out of curiosity. The limits you're referring to are for people on supplemental security income, who were disabled before age 26, or never worked significantly. Social security disability, for people who paid into the system for years, don't have those limits. I guess you and I are familiar with people who are under different programs.

yeah there are probably a thousand different rules and regulations.

HOW DID YOU GUYS MISS WINNING ASSES THAT IS COMIC GOLD???!!!

Tell me when you are taking your shot and I’ll root for you.

You know $1k is like nothing in that high variance game right?

I suspect that for most, particularly almost all in the USA, it's the difference between knowing something is going on and "knowing" something is going on. In other words, the difference between having evidence or hearing whispers.

We rightly find their passivity and inaction repulsive when the underlying crime is child rape. Hopefully each of us would do much better in that situation. But in practical terms there's not an obvious game plan for how one should handle a situation. If your'e a bishop in a different state, calling the local police isn't going to accomplish much with no evidence, especially with the weight of the Catholic Church against you. Going through the clerical hierarchy was apparently equally futile. Resigning your post would be the most honorable thing, I think, but that doesn't change anything institutionally either.

None of this is to make an excuse for their inaction, certainly not for the collective evil of the coverup. But it's not hard to see how individual paralysis leads to institutional inertia.

Needle in the haystack but thx lol

I will be sure to post when I am going to do it.

Even if I dump the monies it would technically be what I've won from the game already so I'm not entirely opposed to it, but yes, I am aware of how the 20 is