Agree with most of this, Alon. And can only add, so a you sow, so also shall you reap!

The republicans and the zealots of the religious right are the authors of their own divide and rule, initiated, imbecilic, demise!

Wait for the usual abusive bully boy response as they see the truth they always choose to avoid!

That said some republicans have had a belly full and will now queue to remove the cancer at the centre of this diabolic, debacle.
Alan B.

We're not born racists/bigots! But have to learn it from those already warped and intellectually crippled by these asinine absurdities

Moreover, no racial group is immune! There are bigots and prejudice everywhere and in all cultures!

Just look at the pig's breakfast in the Middle East/the religion of peace!

Those taking to the streets need to go home and save their justified rage for the next Federal election!

And then vote for, non establishment change! Or alternatively, just wear the consequences of the same old, business as usual and a new great depression!
Alan B.

Alan b

'As you sow, so shall you reap'.

That applies to everyone equally.

It is all about self responsibility. It is not about shifting blame onto others for your own predicament.

So please don't use this to tell me it only applies to affluent blacks and whites in a society where opportunity is equal.

This adage also applies to the seemingly 'poor', the uneducated, the looters, rioters and anarchists ... black and white.

The vast majority of Americans, black and white, are reaping what generations have sown.
The US is the most developed economy with the greatest shared wealth and with the best education system. All these afford free choice and opportunity to all its citizens.

That's what they have sown and most who take advantage of the opportunities afforded are reaping their rewards.

The anarchists will reap theirs.

Dear Chris Lewis.

Of course the fact that poor people tend to live in sub standard accommodation adds to the fact that poor people are more likely to get the CCP virus. But your logic is putting the cart before the horse.

Alon ben Meir is pandering to the low self image of the poor minorities themselves by claiming that the fact that they get the CCP virus at a greater rate than whites, proves that white western free market democracies are inherently racist towards minorities. The minorities are therefore suffering from white victimisation. Such a racist premise has great appeal to the dumbest in society who never want to accept that any of their misfortunes are their own fault. They need to believe that they are victims.

Alon is Jewish, and as a Jew, he knows that Hitler blamed the Jews for the misfortunes of the German people. So he definitely appreciates that what he is proposing is self evident racism towards white people. The question is therefore, which of two racist explanations for minority dysfunction is correct?

Poor people live closer together than richer people, but what makes poor people poor so that they need to live that way?

I would like to submit my own racist premise that poverty is primarily a factor caused by low intelligence. And if certain always dysfunctional minorities are always a problem in whichever country they live in, it is reasonable to conclude that their collective IQ's are lower than other races. This was conclusively proven in Hernstein and Murray's monumental work of science, The Bell Curve.

Poor dumb people get sick more often than smart rich people, because they are much more likely to smoke and drink to excess, indulge in the use of dangerous and addictive drugs, eat fatty and sugary food, practice poor hygiene, refuse to use condoms, live in sub standard accommodation, and indulge in many other types of dangerous and risk taking behaviour which makes them far more prone to serious injury and disease than smart people.

But Alon and his socialist comrades will never admit that.

So what's going on here ?

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12337551

And then vote for, non establishment change!
Alan B,
What is the alternative Government's stance on that ? Are they proposing equal (Flat) tax because that is the only way to achieve such a change !
If they don't then we're definitely better off with the encumbent outfit !