Doesn't Tillerson strike you as someone who doesn't want that job and doesn't seem to care? I think he took it without knowing what it was. Thinking it would give him enough access to help his oil buddies and without having to do anything else.
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Doesn't Tillerson strike you as someone who doesn't want that job and doesn't seem to care? I think he took it without knowing what it was. Thinking it would give him enough access to help his oil buddies and without having to do anything else.
I really am at a loss to understand a) what he wants b) his negotiation strategy
Even for a congress that is effective and efficient that is a lot to process. This congress has neither of those attributes - they have passed one major bill since January.
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Make America Great Again? This would be a good place to start
Hookworm, a disease of extreme poverty, is thriving in the US south. Why?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...-county-alabama-water-waste-treatment-poverty
Scientists in Houston, Texas, have lifted the lid on one of America’s darkest and deepest secrets: that hidden beneath fabulous wealth, the US tolerates poverty-related illness at levels comparable to the world’s poorest countries. More than one in three people sampled in a low-income area of Alabama tested positive for traces of hookworm, a gastrointestinal parasite that was thought to have been eradicated from the US decades ago.
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Hookworm was rampant in the deep south of the US in the earlier 20th century, sapping the energy and educational achievements of both white and black kids and helping to create the stereotype of the lazy and lethargic southern redneck. As public health improved, most experts assumed it had disappeared altogether by the 1980s.
But the new study reveals that hookworm not only survives in communities of Americans lacking even basic sanitation, but does so on a breathtaking scale. None of the people included in the research had travelled outside the US, yet parasite exposure was found to be prevalent, as was shockingly inadequate waste treatment.
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The average income is just $18,046 a year, and almost a third of the population live below the official US poverty line. The most elementary waste disposal infrastructure is often non-existent.
Some 73% of residents included in the Baylor survey reported that they had been exposed to raw sewage washing back into their homes as a result of faulty septic tanks or waste pipes becoming overwhelmed in torrential rains.
The Baylor study was inspired by Catherine Flowers, ACRE’s founder, who encouraged the Houston scientists to carry out the review after she became concerned about the health consequences of having so many open sewers in her home county. “Hookworm is a 19th century disease that should by now have been addressed, yet we are still struggling with it in the United States in the 21st century,” she said.
“Our billionaire philanthropists like Bill Gates fund water treatment around the world, but they don’t fund it here in the US because no one acknowledges that this level of poverty exists in the richest nation in the world.”
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“This is the definition of ‘Make America Great Again’,” said Aaron Thigpen, 29, a community activist who assisted with the hookworm study. “This is the reality of how people are being forced to live.”
Thigpen’s cousins live in the trailer park, and he has talked to them about the perils of piping sewage from their homes and dumping it in the open just a few feet away. “They are disgusted about it, they’re sick and tired of living like this, but there’s no public help for them here and if you’re earning $700 a month there’s no way you can afford your own private sanitation.”
He added that people were afraid to report the problems, given the spate of criminal prosecutions that were launched by Alabama state between 2002 and 2008 against residents who were open-piping sewage from their homes, unable to afford proper treatment systems. One grandmother was jailed over a weekend for failing to buy a septic tank that cost more than her entire annual income.
Hookworm, a disease of extreme poverty, is thriving in the US south. Why?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...-county-alabama-water-waste-treatment-poverty
Scientists in Houston, Texas, have lifted the lid on one of America’s darkest and deepest secrets: that hidden beneath fabulous wealth, the US tolerates poverty-related illness at levels comparable to the world’s poorest countries. More than one in three people sampled in a low-income area of Alabama tested positive for traces of hookworm, a gastrointestinal parasite that was thought to have been eradicated from the US decades ago.
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Hookworm was rampant in the deep south of the US in the earlier 20th century, sapping the energy and educational achievements of both white and black kids and helping to create the stereotype of the lazy and lethargic southern redneck. As public health improved, most experts assumed it had disappeared altogether by the 1980s.
But the new study reveals that hookworm not only survives in communities of Americans lacking even basic sanitation, but does so on a breathtaking scale. None of the people included in the research had travelled outside the US, yet parasite exposure was found to be prevalent, as was shockingly inadequate waste treatment.
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The average income is just $18,046 a year, and almost a third of the population live below the official US poverty line. The most elementary waste disposal infrastructure is often non-existent.
Some 73% of residents included in the Baylor survey reported that they had been exposed to raw sewage washing back into their homes as a result of faulty septic tanks or waste pipes becoming overwhelmed in torrential rains.
The Baylor study was inspired by Catherine Flowers, ACRE’s founder, who encouraged the Houston scientists to carry out the review after she became concerned about the health consequences of having so many open sewers in her home county. “Hookworm is a 19th century disease that should by now have been addressed, yet we are still struggling with it in the United States in the 21st century,” she said.
“Our billionaire philanthropists like Bill Gates fund water treatment around the world, but they don’t fund it here in the US because no one acknowledges that this level of poverty exists in the richest nation in the world.”
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“This is the definition of ‘Make America Great Again’,” said Aaron Thigpen, 29, a community activist who assisted with the hookworm study. “This is the reality of how people are being forced to live.”
Thigpen’s cousins live in the trailer park, and he has talked to them about the perils of piping sewage from their homes and dumping it in the open just a few feet away. “They are disgusted about it, they’re sick and tired of living like this, but there’s no public help for them here and if you’re earning $700 a month there’s no way you can afford your own private sanitation.”
He added that people were afraid to report the problems, given the spate of criminal prosecutions that were launched by Alabama state between 2002 and 2008 against residents who were open-piping sewage from their homes, unable to afford proper treatment systems. One grandmother was jailed over a weekend for failing to buy a septic tank that cost more than her entire annual income.
The people who voted for him can't really say they didn't know what to expect...
The only sympathy might be over tax as he presented an image that it was the middle class and below that would benefit from his taxation plans and it seems that it's the rich and corporations that will benefit from the tax cuts . The only reason which much of the GOP support him .
Otherwise everyone voting for him new exactly what he was , he made that perfectly obvious .
Yeah fair shout.
Still, to his credit (what? what? *ducks, covers...*) he's delivering what he said he would - what people voted for him to do.
If there was another election tomorrow vs Clinton, I'm not convinced we'd see a different result
Yeah fair shout.
Still, to his credit (what? what? *ducks, covers...*) he's delivering what he said he would - what people voted for him to do.
If there was another election tomorrow vs Clinton, I'm not convinced we'd see a different result
I don't think we would , which is amazing but there you go. The complete failure of the democrats to deal with their election defeat and apparent disconnect is disheartening to be honest.
Yeah fair shout.
Still, to his credit (what? what? *ducks, covers...*) he's delivering what he said he would - what people voted for him to do.
If there was another election tomorrow vs Clinton, I'm not convinced we'd see a different result
What has he delivered on?
His Muslim ban is totally watered down, thank god.
His Obamacare replacement has failed to materialize.
His wall that Mexico will pay for?
He hasn't ended DACA, yet.
He didn't even move the Israeli embassy to Jerusalem,
He hasn't cut federal funding to sanctuary cities
He hasn't reduced the debt 'fairly quickly'
He also promised to unite the country which isn't going great
and on and on and on.
All this 'well, he's doing exactly what he said' is just spin from his team.
He did take the US out of the Paris accord I suppose
I'm beginning to see seeds of unity in the Democratic party. Harris and Warren have weighed in behind Sanders' single payer health plan. In fact, Harris could well be the person to unite the party and challenge successfully in 2020.
Can he 'koff to Mar a lago for a couple of weeks and play some golf?
I said delivering, not delivered.
Early days yet.
He's pushing forward on everything he said he'd do - whether successful is another matter, but my point was none of it should be any surprise.
The only surprise I have is how resolutely he's sticking to his words! I thought he'd have relented on a few...
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