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gh redistributive policies and limited protections for property rights they believe in a large and expansive safety net and strict controls and limits on corporations if not outright nationalization many socialists reject private profit which is in the current constitution of the democratic socialists of america on trade policy they are strongly opposed to free trade instead believing in something called fair trade they want trade deals that increase labor standards environmental standards and address human rights they also oppose deals that limit or reduce spending on social programs among the partners on social policy they generally agree with transnational progressives however they re more skeptical of government power on things such as surveillance of electronic communications on foreign policy they generally are skeptical of war and american military power they often support deep cuts to american defense spending and unilateral disarmament they support and want to empower the united nations but are skeptical of the european union which they view as neoliberal on immigration policy they generally support more immigration particularly of low skilled workers and refugees but they are skeptical of guest worker programs which they view as exploitative they have been outspoken about calling for the abolition of ice and the border patrol finally like transnational progressives they see opposition to and skepticism of immigration as racist examples bernie sanders alexandria ocasio cortez keith ellison ben jealous most of the justice democrats right now the republican party can be seen as a coalition of classical liberals and civic nationalists with alt righters playing an increasingly marginal role the democratic party is a coalition of transnational progressives and socialists there is also a lot of overlap between the various factions for example cassandra fairbanks the former bernie sanders supporter turned gateway pundit washington d c correspondent has feet in both the civic nationalist and classical liberal camp all four factions have benefitted from the destruction of the political ancien regime for example neoconservatives who were the dominant force on the american right in the last decade can be found on both the classical liberal and civic nationalist camps with some of the intellectuals becoming transnational progressives on the left socialists were not a thing until the bernie sanders insurgency in 2015 and 2016 against hillary clinton with a majority of democrats viewing socialism more favorably than capitalism now the battle for the heart of the left is far from over politics has changed a lot in the past decade it will change again inevitably this post hopefully will serve as a guide until that happens also published on my medium page share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading one response the trump administration proposes a crackdown on welfare using legal immigrants tuesday aug 7 2018 immigration and statism immigration reform legal immigration public charge stephen miller welfare kevin boyd 6 33 pm the trump administration is shaping up to be one of the most hawkish administrations on immigration in recent memory but it is not just illegal immigration that they have in their sights the administration is floating yet another plan to crack down on legal immigration into the united states the move being promoted by trump adviser stephen miller is seen as targeting low income legal immigrants it would make it harder for them to be naturalized if they use a variety of popular welfare programs it is already grounds for green card refusal if an immigrant is a public charge or reliant on the government for means of subsistence under the current law if a would be immigrant is mostly dependent on public cash assistance for income maintenance or is required to be institutionalized for long term care they can be rejected for a green card basically under the current law being a recipient of tanf a similar state program or being in long term care defines one as a public charge other programs such as food stamps medicaid section 8 benefits child care assistance and short term aid such as utilizing food pantries and disaster aid do not qualify as public charge the trump administration wants to redefine public charge to add more programs to the list reuters first reported it in february and nbc news confirmed it this morning this is in addition to anecdotal reports from immigration lawyers and activists that the trump administration has rejected more green card and citizenship applications than recent administrations in memory but it should be noted that in the nbc news report they analyzed the data and found that green card and citizenship approvals in the current fiscal year were on track with the fiscal year 2016 data was not available for fy 2017 according to reuters here are the programs that will now be added to the public charge list among the benefits singled out in the draft rule for consideration are health insurance subsidies such as those provided by the affordable care act the supplemental nutrition assistance program snap the children s health insurance program chip wic a federal program that feeds poor pregnant or nursing women and their children transportation and housing vouchers programs that help the poor pay their heating bills and programs such as head start which provides early education to low income children some benefits would not be considered in making the public charge determination under the draft regulations including emergency or disaster relief public health assistance for immunizations attending public school receiving free or reduced price school lunches and earned benefits such as disability insurance medicare and unemployment payments i have no problem with adding some of these programs to the public charge list honestly i don t want immigrants in this country who rely on welfare either through themselves or their children to live immigration has to work for the immigrant but it also has to work even more for those who are already citizens if i was in charge i would restrict most of the programs in the first paragraph to only those who are citizens and green card holders that is until i got rid of them for everyone i m also fine with not counting the programs in the second paragraph as public charge either most of those programs are for limited scope and duration or benefit citizens as much as the immigrant either that or the immigrant pays for those programs through the payroll tax my objections to the proposal are the inclusion of obamacare subsidies and head start to the list as long as it is required under federal law to purchase health insurance i can t blame anyone for taking advantage of subsidies in order to comply with the law it is unfair to penalize immigrants for using subsidies in order to comply with the law which has not been changed the individual mandate has merely been zeroed out as for head start we want these kids in school yes head start is an ineffective program that should be killed off but having these kids in school enables the parents to be productive citizens and helps acclimate them to american culture and society this trump administration proposal would fall on low and middle income immigrants some such as libertarian writer bruce majors argue that a welfare state and a liberal immigration policy cannot coexist a longer form of his piece is here majors wrote a better policy would do what libertarians are supposed to believe in protecting americans from being subjected to force and fraud to robbery and expropriation anyone in the united states who is a net tax consumer activates the apparatus that has a gun aimed at and a jail cell lien fines interest and penalties waiting for every american who is a net taxpayer it is tough if not impossible to determine who is a net tax consumer based on income alone in his piece majors also doesn t bring up that border enforcement has costs of its own for example the wall that trump wants to build is likely to cost more than expected after a certain amount of money it costs more to secure the border than it is worth the solution is an expanded guest worker program for low skilled workers there are many parts of the country that have a labor shortage that needs to be filled there are many people who would like to work in the united states let s bring these willing workers and employers together under this guest worker program these workers can work legally in the u s for three years with a chance to renew at least once they are ineligible for all means tested welfare programs except public schooling obamacare subsidies and emergency healthcare they can t bring their dependents but they can go home for a certain amount of time to visit them finally those who are here illegally but have committed no other crime can participate the trump administration s desire to have immigrants be less burdensome to taxpayers is well intentioned but it s a flawed plan it seems more of an attempt to limit immigration in general than just building a wall around the welfare state without a guest worker plan that would give us the immigrant labor we need all this will do is harm the country in the long run share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading one response this blog is back in business monday aug 6 2018 about me and my writings and personal blogging personal reviving old blog writing kevin boyd 12 41 am wow the last post on this blog was 4 years ago and featured my aborted attempt at podcasting a lot has changed since then just to give a brief summary i m still a professional writer and i ve added some opposition research to my portfolio i also have another website where you can view a link to some of my paid work you can also contact me through the contact form as well now i ve decided to revive this old blog first up the blog is now simply my name i decided to retire kevin s rants it no longer fits where i m at in this stage of my life and my career although there will still be some ranting from time to time secondly i ve decided to revive this blog in order to force myself to write every day the only way i will improve as a writer is if i actually write every day and i fail to do that third i need a place where i can write things down that are too long for a facebook status by the way you should add me on my facebook page there are many issues where i need to go in depth and i can t do that on social media plus this little free wordpress com site can also serve as an additional portfolio to showcase my work to potential clients and publishers fourth i need a place where i can write stuff that isn t necessarily for paid publication sure i have plenty of outlets to publish stuff but i also write and think about things that don t necessarily fit into an editor s publication schedule this is my sounding board for ideas finally i need a place where i can respond rapidly to events sometimes i don t have the opportunity to pitch an editor when news breaks and i want to write something about that event this site is a place to do just that now the plan is the redesign my website in the next couple of months and add a blogging feature into that but i plan on keeping this free website up i m a transparent person and i want people to see how i have evolved on issues i also want people to see how i have grown as a writer i will also be cross posting blog posts to my medium page which i will be reviving as well so go ahead and follow me over there as well i will also be posting links to some of my paid work from time to time in order to get some additional eyes on it finally when i get my patreon page and other fundraising tools up and going i will be posting on here i will take every opportunity i can to get money from you my readers i also need to clean up the social media links and even the blogroll i will also post a link to my paid work elsewhere on the sidebar please be patient when i began blogging in college over 10 years ago i had no idea where it would take me now that i have decided to restart this aspect of my journey i would like to invite you to come along for the ride once again share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on linkedin opens in new window 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print opens in new window print share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading leave a response reflections and gratitude on turning 30 thursday sep 11 2014 personal humble gratitude turning 30 kevin boyd 6 00 am today i turn 30 yeah i have a hell of a birthday i know and it has been an interesting few years been married and divorced nearly lost everything and got it back trapped in a dead end job and now doing what i ultimately love for a career i ve been privileged to meet so many people over the past few years and each one has been a blessing even if i didn t think so at the time while i m not exactly thrilled with the fact i am getting older nor am i exactly thrilled to have grey in my beard today is a good day to take stock of everything i m blessed with in my life without further ado here s a brief list of what all i have been blessed with recently my mother i don t know how much longer i ll have her and i hate seeing her in so much pain but trul...