Quote from: midcan5 on June 08, 2020, 08:32:28 AM
Solar, et al,  check out the book I mentioned in another thread today, I'll link it again below.  It covers this topic well and is an excellent history.  I never knew they had so many pejorative names for us. I'm kinda joking but our family grew up poor white trash but didn't know it. Poor was poor, but dad was the usual racist and mom wanted to be the saint.

'White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America'  by Nancy Isenberg

"Poor whites are still taught to hate—but not to hate those who are keeping them in line. Lyndon Johnson knew this when he quipped, "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."

Unlike you, I've live a broad spectrum life, relative poor in the beginning. onto to middle class standards, rich in the late middle, all the while traveling the globe experiencing life abroad.
There is no such thing as poor in this country! There is stupid and lazy, but even the most destitute can eat and live essentially rent free. It is up to the individual to take advantage of the Freedoms and liberties this great nation has to offer.
Now think about that for a moment, what would be the infringements placed on an individual wanting to create his own income? The answer is Govt regulations, licenses, insurance/bonds, inspectors, and a litany of other agencies involved.

Point being? I don't need to read other peoples opinions to form my own, I go straight to the facts, I look at history for my proof of whether an idea is good or bad, and unlike the left, I don't see any need to force change on a society that always finds an equilibrium of balance.
Case in point. You like to read, want to learn something new?

An Inverse? Traditionally in Washington, Fridays are a slow news day and during June reporters,
and others, would be leaving early for the beach or for other activities. During the Obama
Administration, regulatory agencies often would announce expanded regulations on Fridays
giving time over the weekend to assess the response.
On Thursday, June 4, the White House pulled an inverse. It issued an executive order limiting the
regulatory steps and the time frame an agency may take in evaluating a major infrastructure
development proposal. The given justification is the economic crisis created by the COVID-19
virus and the reaction of governments to it.
The primary vehicle for these reductions in regulations is the emergency authority built into the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). NEPA has long been used to stop or delay
infrastructure improvements. For example, after Hurricane Betsy flooded New Orleans in 1965
with a storm surge through Lake Pontchartrain, the Corps of Engineers planned to build a
movable gate barrier system along Interstate 10, to prevent such flooding in the future. The
system is used to protect the Dutch from flooding from storm surges in the North Sea.
Using NEPA, environmental groups, such as Save Our Wetlands, Inc., successfully stopped the
Corps of Engineers. On December 30, 1977, in Save Our Wetlands, Inc. vs. Early J Rush III
(Corps of Engineers), Federal Judge Charles Schwartz, Jr. ruled "it is the opinion of the Court
that plaintiffs herein have demonstrated that they, and in fact all persons in this area, will be
irreparably harmed if the barrier project . . . is allowed to continue." (Boldface added).
An appeal failed. After Hurricane Katrina killed about 1200 people in New Orleans in 2005 with a
storm surge through Lake Pontchartrain, the environmental groups dropped any reference to their
prior success in litigation.
When NEPA is used to delay infrastructure projects, the process can take 4 to 5 years, sometimes
over a decade. Contrary to what environmental groups may claim, the executive order does not
eliminate the need for such projects to comply with the requirements of the Clean Air Act, Clean
Water Act, and other applicable environmental statutes.
The administration has been active in providing regulatory relief since it took office. This is one
reason why in December 2019 the US unemployment rate was 3.5%, the lowest since the 1960s.
Other recent examples of regulatory relief included the following: on May 19, the White House
issued an executive order "Regulatory Relief to Support Economic Recovery" requesting federal
agencies to suggest regulations that need to be revised or repealed in order to reinvigorate the
economy. On June 1, the EPA issued a final rule limiting the ability of states to use the Clean
Water Act to block fossil fuel energy projects.
Examples of abuses of the Clean Water Act are the State of Washington blocking the development
of a coal export facility on the Columbia River and the State of New York using it to block the
development of a natural gas pipeline to serve New England. The latter appears to be a clear
violation of the Interstate Commerce clause in the Constitution.
Ironically, on June 3 House Democrats proposed a $500-billion-dollar green transportation
infrastructure bill to stimulate the economy. One is reminded that the $800 billion American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 contained a major infrastructure component promising
"shovel ready" jobs. Later, when pressed about the "shovel ready" jobs, President Obama had to
admit they were not quite "shovel ready." They were tied up in the lengthy approval processes
needed. Thus, one is prompted to ask how many of those supporting the new transportation
infrastructure bill will support the new executive order streamlining approvals of infrastructure
development? See links under Change in US Administrations

http://www.sepp.org/twtwfiles/2020/TWTW%206-6-20%20pdf.pdf

Quote from: midcan5 on June 08, 2020, 08:32:28 AM

"Poor whites are still taught to hate—but not to hate those who are keeping them in line. Lyndon Johnson knew this when he quipped, "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."

Lyndon Johnson was a tool. Your not improving your argument with any quotes from him.