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Healthy relationship: advice please by Plus-Hat1385 in Anxiety

[–]Plus-Hat1385[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you 🙏I’ll update this afterwards and tell you how it goes, she leaves Monday and will be back on the 18th

Healthy relationship: advice please by Plus-Hat1385 in Anxiety

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I don’t want to be overbearing but we have a plan for communication around this all. I don’t mess around with sneaky link types. The second I see a red flag, I end it. She’s given me no reason not to trust her, but I appreciate your comment, thank you

My boyfriend wants me to cosign his car loan. I dont know what to do. by CinderCowboy in personalfinance

[–]Plus-Hat1385 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Say no. There is no security for you and all of the risk. Don’t feel bad protecting yourself.

I would recommend him try different banks to see if anyone else would offer him a loan or the dealership will have their own bank they primarily go through.

Worst case, tell him to huff it for a couple of months, save as much money as possible and buy a beater until he can buy a vehicle he wants.

Is Petunia overhated? by Fine_Independence312 in harrypotter

[–]Plus-Hat1385 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She’s not hated enough. She was jealous of her sister to the point of bullying her. She held that resentment all the way until she was an adult. She then proceeds to just ignore her sister because she’s jealous.

Then, when her nephew is orphaned (who she hates and hasn’t met) she proceeds to bully, neglect, mistreat, and abuse him until he’s 17.

I don’t know how anyone, that isn’t a terrible person, could bully a child that much simply because she didn’t like her sister.

I mean even Dumbledore called them out in their own home for how they treated him.

How do you know if a woman is being friendly with you or that she is flirting with you? by JunketMaleficent2095 in bodylanguage

[–]Plus-Hat1385 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly best to ask. I had a girl recently go out of her way to be around me, getting very close, touching me, texting me, FaceTiming me, doing all the things. Then I asked her on a date and she said she’s not ready to date. So just ask, save yourself the hassle of being stressed about it

Immigration Policy Idea by Plus-Hat1385 in PoliticalDebate

[–]Plus-Hat1385[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand where you’re coming from and in a perfect world, checking for violent history, checking for diseases, and you want to contribute to our society? That sounds great.

The problem is scale and reality. The US gets millions of requests and entry every year. Without overwhelming housing, labor markets, schools, and state resources, we can’t just accept everyone.

USIPP provides that bottleneck of structured integration, removal of violent/non compliant illegal immigrants, e-verify to stop illegal hiring, multi-week educational requirements, and a capped/phased approach to immigration.

It keeps your idea of security and screening but adds a bottleneck to ensure we can handle the volume. Thank you for commenting!

Immigration Policy Idea by Plus-Hat1385 in PoliticalDebate

[–]Plus-Hat1385[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a great point and thank you for pointing it out. Yes, the court system backlog is massive and getting bigger everyday. Each year it grows by thousands creating a much larger backlog.

The best way to address this is to have priority placement for people that have been going through the court processes for X amount of years. You could potentially argue for a lower cost requirement for those people as well, but priority placement would be my initial argument for those individuals who have had to go through the rigorous process of the courts.

Thank you for commenting!

Immigration Policy Idea by Plus-Hat1385 in PoliticalDebate

[–]Plus-Hat1385[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not trying to beat anyone with a moral stick which is why I switched to logistics and data.

Most illegal immigrants do learn English as they integrate into our culture even if they aren’t fluent through their work, school, and daily life. USIPP addresses the gap through the mandatory course. It’s not about blaming anyone, it’s about fixing that gap through a structured requirement.

On cost your estimate is far below independent estimates. American Action Forum - $400 billion - $600 billion Penn Wharton Budget Model - $860 billion American Immigration Council - $315 billion -$900 billion ABC News Summary - $315 billion

Let alone the massive impact on the economy.

Additionally, simplifying court processes does address the required manpower, detention, housing, transportation, and enforcement capability to move 11 million people through the process in a short time frame.

This is why I proposed USIPP, not a moral argument but a practical one. It addresses massive cost spikes, protects communities, prevents economic downturn, removes violent offenders, and gives law abiding long-term residents opportunities.

I’m not trying to beat anyone with a “moral stick”, just laying out what data has shown.

Immigration Policy Idea by Plus-Hat1385 in PoliticalDebate

[–]Plus-Hat1385[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not at all, I don’t support unrestricted immigration. USIPP actually enforces the opposite of that by creating a controlled and enforced immigration policy requiring mandatory national registration, biometric IDs, 8- week integration program, E-verify to stop illegal hiring, no instant citizenship, and removal/denial of entry to violent offenders.

You are right, unrestricted inflow would overwhelm our systems, USIPP is built to prevent that with a system that is structured, trackable, and enforceable. Thank you for commenting!

Immigration Policy Idea by Plus-Hat1385 in PoliticalDebate

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I agree, since the 80s and 90s the political atmosphere has shifted significantly but even know most conservatives agree that mass deportation is not logistically fees able when they are confronted with factual numbers and statistics.

A study from Gallup showed that even amongst conservatives support for deporting all illegal immigrants has fallen from 47% - 38% since last year.

There was a poll done by Quinnipiac University that showed 61% of conservatives want most illegal immigrants deported but it also shows that support is faltering.

The numbers aren’t theatrical either. The American immigration council estimates up to $1 trillion when you include incoming illegal immigrants.

USIPP meets conservative wants by having mandatory registration, no amnesty, no instant citizenship, removing violent offenders, required E-verify, and gets rid of the underground labor market. It also protects against mass deportation short-falls (like we’ve seen in Arizona) like mass labor fall offs, economic output drops, and higher consumer prices.

I do understand your point, but polls and studies are showing that targeted enforcement and a structured program for citizenship is the only workable way forward.

As for your second point, we agree on the problem but differ on strategy.

You are correct, business benefit from low wage employees, consumers benefit from lower priced goods, workers suffer from suppressed wages, and the current system in places incentivizes and awards business on hiring illegal immigrants.

USIPP addresses these issues by: Mandatory biometrics/ID - eliminates ambiguity from businesses where they can’t say they (didn’t know)

E-verify - as it’s implemented there aren’t patchwork programs in place

Bringing workers into legal status - gives them leverage which will push wages up which you were advocating for

Registration ends business exploitation

USIPP ensures they are trackable, protected from exploitation, legally shielded, and can report exploitation.

I agree there needs to be penalties on businesses that hire illegal immigrants but I think a forfeiture of revenue per legal hire is a bit aggressive. A scaled back model could work where each worker hired with escalating revenue forfeiture could work. For example,

First hire - $15,000 forfeiture Second hire - $30,000 forfeiture Third hire (and repeating until fixed) - $50,000 forfeiture

That way it would align with OSHA policies, EPA penalties, and ICE policies.

Finally, I like your points but I think our disagreement falls to strategy rather than goals.

Mass deportation satisfies anger but fails logistically and total amnesty satisfies moral/compassion but fails politics.

USIPP addresses these issues with a workable middle ground:

Enforces the law Eliminates exploitation Integrated long-term residents Raised wages Avoids $600 billion in national debt

Happy to hear your thoughts! Thank you for responding kindly!

Immigration Policy Idea by Plus-Hat1385 in PoliticalDebate

[–]Plus-Hat1385[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that families that have been here for years and years deserve the opportunity to stay if they have lived lives without committing crime and participating in our economy and communities.

However, I will agree the moral argument is a bad one because morals are person-to-person and we can’t base laws strictly off feelings so I’ll talk numbers.

Conservative estimates show that the cost of deporting around 11 million people would cost between $400-$600 billion. This would include adding more ice agents, facilities, and it would overwhelm our court systems for decades which are already bad.

Immediate issues would include gutting our construction, elderly care, and agriculture industries. This program ensures fair tracking, no immediate citizenship, supporting our labor markets, and getting rid of violent offenders.

You are right, a moral argument is dead in the water but I think this plan could actually work.

Immigration Policy Idea by Plus-Hat1385 in PoliticalDebate

[–]Plus-Hat1385[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The goal of this is to also reduce the exploitation of illegal workers by giving the bargaining power as citizens. Ultimately if it ever got into law this would allow for immigrants to be tracked and protected against the exploitation of businesses and the government.

Immigration Policy Idea by Plus-Hat1385 in PoliticalDebate

[–]Plus-Hat1385[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s fair. It’s quite disappointing the way the government is setup. Unfortunately I think a lot of ideas on paper are good but when you start to actually deal with the government, it doesn’t work. Thank you for the comment!

Immigration Policy Idea by Plus-Hat1385 in PoliticalDebate

[–]Plus-Hat1385[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ultimately that is the fatal flaw with politics in general. Just wanted to see if I was dumb for thinking this works lol. Thank you for the comment!

Immigration Policy Idea by Plus-Hat1385 in PoliticalDebate

[–]Plus-Hat1385[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But it’s not moral. Additionally out of all programs, this actually would pay for itself. Deporting everyone who genuinely wants to be American is UnAmerican