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You know where the third world starts? Right after the Artesia Blvd overpass on Interstate 5 heading north out of Orange County.
Irvine really is a bubble...there is so much "third world country" outside
As the movie says, I don't think it's so much a racial issue as it is a socioeconomic issue. Poverty breeds violence. To break through the "cycle of poverty" certain individuals need to exceed in their skills to break the cycle. think nba players or musicians.
oh trust me, we pay our fair share of taxes. My husband's in corporate regulatory finance and that's what he does - make sure fortune 50 corporations comply with all the federal corporate regulations and making sure they are certainly paying their fair share. So of course personally we are compliant in every which way. But I speak about these frustrations from the business owner's point of view which is what Trump eluded to in his talks.
BTW All this talk about third world countries. Navigation took us through East LA to avoid some 5 freeway traffic jam this past weekend and I definitely felt like we were in a 3rd world country. It's the perfect little "Irvine Bubble" we live in and are spoilt by
Yes, after he's agreed with FOMC policy, disagreed, agreed again, and now appears to dislike FOMC current policy.
No, I'm not being literal to support Hillary. While I don't want Trump, the gist of what he meant with that comment is painfully obvious to anyone driving on I5 at the county line and it has little to do with the construction project.
I've been in Staton plenty, and Garden Grove, and Santa Ana, and ... Those cities like most including Irvine have their own challenges. Still, rolling up Beach Blvd, or down First Street, the transition at the border isn't nearly so obvious in the neglect of infrastructure.
I'm glad you still have your business here in California. Small businesses really are the backbone of the economy as clich? as it sounds. High regulation and the increasing minimum wage have really put pressure on small business owners to keep their ethics high and provide good jobs.
Large corporations and their private interests are all about maintaining profits for their bottom line to look good for shareholders. Increase minimum wage to $15? Cut hours down from full time to part time and no longer offer health care benefits resulting in less pay for individuals. Create more ipads in machines and fast food to avoid paying salaries. Cut down the number of tellers at banks and replace them with ATM's...If that doesn't work and they need the work force? Move manufacturing to overseas and basic work like accounting there as well. Or just move all headquarters to other states like Texas ex Toyota. When it comes to taxes? Move funds in overseas accounts like facebook. How about capitalism and free markets? Look at the epiPen.
We the middle class and you the small business pay much more in taxes than other countries. Many of those countries have true free healthcare, some offer free education. We get privatized insurances pocketing major money in healthcare and having major pull with political figures. We get high "saturation" in dentistry when dentists have to start making up problems to keep their practice alive. In education, read up on ITT tech
Irvine is great though 8)
While it might put pressure on them, as far as I can tell by the number of signs up saying "we're hiring" with wages and positions posted on a wide range of food and other service establishments, it doesn't appear the $15/hr wage is really threatening them. Most are already offering it and having a hard time keeping employees.
Thankfully not on my own teeth ;D
I'm friends with a dentist and he's a honest guy and he's been having trouble staying afloat with the shady dentists out there. With the high saturation, you probably will see 5-10 dentists on a single block. Not sure if you or any family members have noticed, but having dental insurance doesn't mean much anymore. You probably pay the same as someone with no insurance or recently noticed that you are now "out of network" with your family dentist you grew up with. Some of you might even need to pay for a basic teeth cleaning. Since my friend is well known in the community, insurance companies sometimes go to him to "confirm" if a patient really needs the service another dentist has recommended and most of the time it's a no...it's gotten pretty bad >
irvinebullhousing
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What do you think when TRUMP claimed that the Fed "Janet Yellen" is more political than HRC?
nosuchreality
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peppy said:
You know where the third world starts? Right after the Artesia Blvd overpass on Interstate 5 heading north out of Orange County.
YellowFever
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SoclosetoIrvine
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BangBros said:
Irvine really is a bubble...there is so much "third world country" outside
As the movie says, I don't think it's so much a racial issue as it is a socioeconomic issue. Poverty breeds violence. To break through the "cycle of poverty" certain individuals need to exceed in their skills to break the cycle. think nba players or musicians.
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Paris167
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Compressed-Village said:
oh trust me, we pay our fair share of taxes. My husband's in corporate regulatory finance and that's what he does - make sure fortune 50 corporations comply with all the federal corporate regulations and making sure they are certainly paying their fair share. So of course personally we are compliant in every which way. But I speak about these frustrations from the business owner's point of view which is what Trump eluded to in his talks.
BTW All this talk about third world countries. Navigation took us through East LA to avoid some 5 freeway traffic jam this past weekend and I definitely felt like we were in a 3rd world country. It's the perfect little "Irvine Bubble" we live in and are spoilt by
Perspective
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Compressed-Village said:
Yes, after he's agreed with FOMC policy, disagreed, agreed again, and now appears to dislike FOMC current policy.
Perspective
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Classic - a movie clip offered as evidence the US is a third world country.
nosuchreality
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eyephone said:
No, I'm not being literal to support Hillary. While I don't want Trump, the gist of what he meant with that comment is painfully obvious to anyone driving on I5 at the county line and it has little to do with the construction project.
I've been in Staton plenty, and Garden Grove, and Santa Ana, and ... Those cities like most including Irvine have their own challenges. Still, rolling up Beach Blvd, or down First Street, the transition at the border isn't nearly so obvious in the neglect of infrastructure.
SoclosetoIrvine
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Paris said:
I'm glad you still have your business here in California. Small businesses really are the backbone of the economy as clich? as it sounds. High regulation and the increasing minimum wage have really put pressure on small business owners to keep their ethics high and provide good jobs.
Large corporations and their private interests are all about maintaining profits for their bottom line to look good for shareholders. Increase minimum wage to $15? Cut hours down from full time to part time and no longer offer health care benefits resulting in less pay for individuals. Create more ipads in machines and fast food to avoid paying salaries. Cut down the number of tellers at banks and replace them with ATM's...If that doesn't work and they need the work force? Move manufacturing to overseas and basic work like accounting there as well. Or just move all headquarters to other states like Texas ex Toyota. When it comes to taxes? Move funds in overseas accounts like facebook. How about capitalism and free markets? Look at the epiPen.
We the middle class and you the small business pay much more in taxes than other countries. Many of those countries have true free healthcare, some offer free education. We get privatized insurances pocketing major money in healthcare and having major pull with political figures. We get high "saturation" in dentistry when dentists have to start making up problems to keep their practice alive. In education, read up on ITT tech
Irvine is great though 8)
nosuchreality
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SoclosetoIrvine said:
While it might put pressure on them, as far as I can tell by the number of signs up saying "we're hiring" with wages and positions posted on a wide range of food and other service establishments, it doesn't appear the $15/hr wage is really threatening them. Most are already offering it and having a hard time keeping employees.
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lnc said:
Thankfully not on my own teeth ;D
I'm friends with a dentist and he's a honest guy and he's been having trouble staying afloat with the shady dentists out there. With the high saturation, you probably will see 5-10 dentists on a single block. Not sure if you or any family members have noticed, but having dental insurance doesn't mean much anymore. You probably pay the same as someone with no insurance or recently noticed that you are now "out of network" with your family dentist you grew up with. Some of you might even need to pay for a basic teeth cleaning. Since my friend is well known in the community, insurance companies sometimes go to him to "confirm" if a patient really needs the service another dentist has recommended and most of the time it's a no...it's gotten pretty bad >
Perspective
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?Missing? White Voters Could Elect Trump. But First They Need To Register.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features...-elect-trump-but-first-they-need-to-register/
"Here?s a scary stat for Democrats: In 2012, President Obama won re-election by almost 5 million votes, but about 47 million eligible white voters without a college degree ? including 24 million men ? didn?t bother to vote. In 2016, these nonvoters are part of the demographic that is most strongly in favor of Donald Trump.
If Trump rouses even a fraction of these notoriously disaffected Americans ? like this grease-smudged, 61-year-old first-time voter in western Pennsylvania ? he could surge to victory. There?s just one catch: If we?re on the cusp of a blue-collar Great Awakening, it?s not yet showing up in the registration data.
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If Trump were able to activate merely one of every eight of these ?missing whites? to vote for him, he would wipe out Obama?s 2012 margins in three states ? Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania ? and win both the Electoral College and the popular vote. If he were able to activate one of every five, he could add Virginia, Nevada, Iowa and New Hampshire:
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So what?s going on? It could be that Trump is motivating slightly more new voters against him than for him. Or, perhaps more likely, it could be that white working class voters are out there to be activated, but Trump?s campaign and the Republican National Committee have waited until too late to build the analytics and ground infrastructure necessary to identify and register them. That?s where Clinton and the Democrats have excelled."
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features...-elect-trump-but-first-they-need-to-register/
"Here?s a scary stat for Democrats: In 2012, President Obama won re-election by almost 5 million votes, but about 47 million eligible white voters without a college degree ? including 24 million men ? didn?t bother to vote. In 2016, these nonvoters are part of the demographic that is most strongly in favor of Donald Trump.
If Trump rouses even a fraction of these notoriously disaffected Americans ? like this grease-smudged, 61-year-old first-time voter in western Pennsylvania ? he could surge to victory. There?s just one catch: If we?re on the cusp of a blue-collar Great Awakening, it?s not yet showing up in the registration data.
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If Trump were able to activate merely one of every eight of these ?missing whites? to vote for him, he would wipe out Obama?s 2012 margins in three states ? Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania ? and win both the Electoral College and the popular vote. If he were able to activate one of every five, he could add Virginia, Nevada, Iowa and New Hampshire:
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So what?s going on? It could be that Trump is motivating slightly more new voters against him than for him. Or, perhaps more likely, it could be that white working class voters are out there to be activated, but Trump?s campaign and the Republican National Committee have waited until too late to build the analytics and ground infrastructure necessary to identify and register them. That?s where Clinton and the Democrats have excelled."