Oh no, this white family who could afford to buy a home in a wealthy community had to go buy another home that they could also afford. They’re in my thoughts and prayers.

This is always the funniest argument to me. You may not be aware, but this is the only country in the world with the level of diversity we do. The United States of America is a grand experiment in multiculturalism and democracy. If you’d like to be outraged at faces that don’t look like yours speaking languages that don’t sound like yours, there are many counties that would gladly have you, most of them predominantly white and English speaking. It’s you who is experiencing culture shock, not immigrants coming here for the promise of a better life this country provides them. Again, it’s hilarious to me that the people who love to explain what this country is about who are the least informed about it, and if they did educate themselves, would find they’re quite opposed to its most basic founding principles. I bet you have some interesting interpretations of the constitution as well, don’t you?

Some friends of mine went to college with him, said he was a total douche and schmoozer. Story checked out.

Is this what the former mayors lawyer said when he asked them if they could get him out of his fraud and extortion charges?

I don’t gamble, it’s dumb. I invest. I also echoed the point that I’m fortunate to not be desperate. What is it you’re aiming to add to the conversation here?

What exactly is it I’m not off to a great start to? While I acknowledge my privilege to have access to education, and therefore never had to deal with desperation, I’ve never experienced dopamine from gambling. If you want to call that outsmarting the strategy, so be it. Point being that it’s an insidious system that claims to use the revenue to help the very people it targets.

Lottery is a tax on the stupid