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Delano

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  1. Troy if I haven't seen something I say so. UBI can freeze people's economic status. Making socio economic status generational .
  2. Women earn less than men and generally have custody of the children in a separation. So women shouldn't be earning less than men. There are three solutions and equal fair and progressive. Equal all pays the same. Fair you get paid based on your experience. Equitable there are differences based on promoting change
  3. Beyonce raises money but BeyGood is not listed as a foundation.
  4. Yes that's a workable definition for me. I'll check out her foundation. Usually there more about tax breaks and paying your inner circle well . However I will look at their financials and report back. There is the man haring aspect of feminism. I once got thrown out if a lesbian bar and I got harasses at a lesbian party. I have had positive experiences with lesbians as well.
  5. Troy did you read the article ?
  6. I think Beyonce is first and foremost a corporation. While I think Jay-Z has both mellowed and mature. They strike me as business first. It is possible they are becoming philanthropic. However to say Beyonce is a feminist is a stretch for me. but I could be behind the curve. This seem more feminist and positive or less ego centrice. http://www.okayplayer.com/music/sampa-the-great-black-girl-magik-music-video.html I am not certain how Beyonce is both showing women as victims and acting as the patriarchy. Perhaps I need to watch Lemonade again.
  7. Universal Basic Income. Tech entrepreneurs are leading the current push for universal basic income, perhaps because they can envision a future where robots do all the jobs, or perhaps because they think, as Andy Stern, the former head of the SEIU and the author of Raising the Floor, does, that it’s the best way to avoid a 1789-style revolution. https://lifehacker.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-universal-basic-income-1825172737?IR=T
  8. http://www.papermag.com/beyonce-bell-hooks-lemonade-1789047140.html
  9. The surface problems are financial. Their roots are psychological and sociological. So there are tactical and strategic solutions.
  10. Pioneer is your money in a Black Bank?
  11. Coogler started with a current piece of black history. How you can hate on the Black Panther when he gave you the history first and yall didn't check it. It's on YouTube for free.
  12. There's this "When anybody is faced with spending a long time in jail, they start to re-evaluate their priorities, and cooperation can’t be ruled out,” said one Trump ally who knows Michael Cohen.
  13. He probably is a billionaire but he has always exaggerated. Fortune and Forbes rate him as such. He has over 100 LLC. He sells stakes and has been a best selling author. The phrase you're fired is instantly recognisable. Even though I can't describe one episode of the apprentice. Pt Barnum took advantage of people's deformities for personal gain. He surprises a lot of people by saying what your fellow American feels. He didn't destroy the Republican party he just tools the sheet of of it. BTW the Republicans are embracing him now. March is the beginning of the end of the Trump presidency. April his lawyer got his coat pulled. Let's see what May brings.
  14. When you suggested I get an education you lost me. So you can't give me any useful advice. But that doesn't seem to deter you. So I am going to remove myself from a dialogue with you.
  15. It is not possible for me to tell you anything that you don't already believe. K2. It would take too long and what's the point.
  16. Which is why he is not a lunatic. He is a modern day PT Barnum . Which also got shut down.
  17. Pioneer I would agree. I also say that's because he is a brilliant marketer.
  18. Investing in the financial markets has lower barriers to entry than real estate. And a better return however you can't live in your shares. They each have their pluses and minuses.
  19. Mel answered the question I had posed earlier in the thread. What is the root problem. I would say that it is ignorance . A course in home economics that includes mental physical emotional and financial balance. The course could be a book a YouTube presentation and a workshop. Were participants pledge 1% of the investment gains in perpetuity to the foundation.
  20. K2 he is mercurial and headstrong. Some would say those are genius traits.
  21. We have a difference of opinion.
  22. Is Trump giving away his money No, he is not a lunatic. He is playing the game. And when he is done you will see how it works.
  23. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43761555
  24. I think Troy and Pioneer make good points. The best solution haso to acknowledge the root problem, people's ability to handle responsibility or consider options. An endowment with a charter is more flexible and the money could go where it's needed most. Home economics classes so people learn about nutrition, how to shop, invest et cetera. This could even be an online course. The biggest problem is ignorance and lack of knowledge. If Black people didn't go to the movies every other year and invested the money . You would see large scale changes in two to three generations. We transfer our wealth for baubles and trinkets.

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