Comments by "SciFi Realism" (@scifirealism5943) on "The Humanist Report" channel.

  1. Our government could wipe out poverty, homelessness, hunger, student loan debt, and starvation wages all overnight and yet we get this?
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  2. Because politicians don't want to end poverty.
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  3. If the children aren't poor, immigrants, or minorities.*
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  4. Because it's about power and control. corporations, the capitalist class, need to have desperate workers to work for crummy wages. Otherwise, they won't have anyone to exploit.
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  5. Exactly ​ @SirIsaacClarke 
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  6. That's enough to end poverty. End homelessness too.
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  7. At 30, after spending 10 years trying to earn a bachelor’s degree, I’m stuck in a cycle of poverty. I had to rely on welfare and Medicaid while taking care of my sick mom, who passed away after six years of illness. The stress caused me to flunk out of school and lose my financial aid, and despite the circumstances, my appeal was denied. I lost Section 8 housing, food stamps, and my safety net, leaving me homeless and starving and dependent on my dad to avoid death. Now, without a car or access to work-study jobs, I’m unable to continue my education. Even with an associate's degree, it would take over a decade to finish a bachelor’s while still being poor. I feel like I’ve lost both my mom and my 20s for nothing, and working at a supermarket again feels like admitting I’ve made no progress at all. But politicians ignore poor people like myself.
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  8. At 30, after spending 10 years trying to earn a bachelor’s degree, I’m stuck in a cycle of poverty. I had to rely on welfare and Medicaid while taking care of my sick mom, who passed away after six years of illness. The stress caused me to flunk out of school and lose my financial aid, and despite the circumstances, my appeal was denied. I lost Section 8 housing, food stamps, and my safety net, leaving me homeless and starving and dependent on my dad to avoid death. Now, without a car or access to work-study jobs, I’m unable to continue my education. Even with an associate's degree, it would take over a decade to finish a bachelor’s while still being poor. I feel like I’ve lost both my mom and my 20s for nothing, and working at a supermarket again feels like admitting I’ve made no progress at all. But politicians ignore poor people like myself.
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  9. Your minimum wage point is an excellent one. I have a theory as to why conservatives oppose raising the minimum wage. It is not because it costs businesses "too much" but because it makes meritocracy a lie. If raising the minimum wage really would lift tens of millions of people out of poverty that is admitting that poverty is a systemic problem, that effort alone is not and cannot be enough to succeed/escape poverty, in essence that means effort doesn't matter. On the other hand telling people to simply work harder or accept the way society is shifting the blame to the individual.
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  10. Politicians have the power to eliminate poverty.
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  11.  @chrish564  I agree. Unfortunately I find it sad we can subsidize the rich endlessly but not the average Joe or small business(higher wages or less employee turn over).
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  12. 285 billion could end homelessness, and provide free college...
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  13.  @Tustin2121  part of it is religion/Calvinism, so that's a tall order.
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  14.  @toronaldaris  yep. Poor people need less money to work harder. Where as the rich need more.
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  15. @V Knight  There is no such thing as a free market because: one all businesses do not operate independently of the government. 2. employees and employers do not want the same thing. 3. workers don't make what they're worth they make what they negotiate. There is a power imbalance. 4. for how about we start everyone at a living wage. Everyone deserves a living wage like women deserve voting.
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  16. That's correct.
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  17. 285 billion could end homelessness....
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  18. My mom died because she didn't have adequate healthcare, and juggling school, work and caretaking was too much. I lost pell grants despite her death. I was kicked out of her section 8 housing, leaving me homeless if not for my dad helping me. I have lost food stamps because I don't work, and most doctors don't take medicaid and its limits force me to not make more $20k a year. I'm poor and sit at home, can't go to community college, and am shackled with watching my disabled brother. So I'm poor and unskilled at 30 years old, have nobody, and am on the verge of giving up on school and life. I hate this country.
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  19.  @prschuster  you're describing conservatives. They don't care about a problem until it happens to them.
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  20.  @chrish564  yes.
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  21. That's messed up
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  22. Politicians and the rich believe that you reward the rich with more money to motivate them to work harder and you reward the poor with less money to achieve the same thing.
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  23. It's called just-world fallacy.
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  24. Corporations spend more money on union busting than on giving workers benefits.
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  25. Poor people are 43% of the population. Rich people are 7%
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  26.  @ToxicAudri  i don't vote. These politicians are all evil
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  27.  @tubulardude44  me voting cannot force empathy in others. Many people see poverty as a moral failing
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  28. Exactly.
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  29.  @whyamimrpink78  Biden alone could do the following things: free every federal non-violent drug offender, cancel all student loan debt, legalize marijuana, give everyone healthcare, pull out of Iraq and Syria, stop all drone bombings, and raise minimum wage for federal government workers to $45/hr.
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  30. Really? That's Making me cry....
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  31. @ happy yes but my suffering is real and there are way more poor people than rich people
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  32. If it helps the poor.
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  33.  @mamaray8903  you realize that would make politicians cry AND raise minimum wage to $50/hr?
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  34. It's why fast food is terrible and stressful to work in.
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  35.  @galerae947  good god.
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  36.  @galerae947  to pay off in state tuition in the same time people in the 80s did I would need to make $73/hr.
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  37.  @TheDivayenta  would you be upset at these 3 things 1. 100% student loan debt canceling 2. Tuition free public universities and trade schools 3. Additional funding for poor students Let's say poor students could get a loan or grant that covered living expenses.
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  38. Exactly.
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  39. At 30, after spending 12 years trying to earn a bachelor’s degree, I’m still stuck in a cycle of poverty. I had to rely on welfare and Medicaid while taking care of my sick mom, who was ill for six years before passing away. The stress of it all caused me to flunk out of school and lose my financial aid, and even though I appealed, it was denied. Losing Section 8 housing, food stamps, and my safety net left me homeless and starving, forced to depend on my dad just to survive. Now, without a car or access to work-study jobs, I can’t continue my education. Even if I get an associate’s degree, finishing a bachelor’s while still being poor would take over a decade. I feel like I lost both my mom and my 20s for nothing, and getting another supermarket job feels like admitting I’ve made no progress at all.
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  40. It's about priorities.
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  41. @18booma  but the problem in this country is of values, not scarcity. Fighting for something implies that someone else is fighting against me as well. The problem is that my government does not support all workers having solidarity. This video is proof that worker solidarity, not continued poverty, is what is deemed as unacceptable.
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  42.  @Mydogslove2laugh  I don't want to be a cashier forever. But there are millions of workers, in and outside of minimum wage, that get denied benefits. This country is pure evil.
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  43.  @beigefox6579  get used to it. Just-world fallacy is the cornerstone of republicanism.
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  44.  @beigefox6579  It's about empathy. Conservatives can't relate to people in different circumstances.
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  45. Poor people can't afford to run for office
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  46. Keep working hard because I love your channel.
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  47. that is messed up.
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  48. You hit the nail right on the head. The real reason for union busting is so corporations can maintain power
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  49.  @thiskiddyahoo  yep
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  50. Our government opposes policies which reduce poverty.
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