OzkatzJul 2, 2023
Qasim Rashid, Esq.

Worker: I can't live on $7.25/hr

GOP: So go to college

W: I can't afford $100K tuition

GOP: Take out loans

W: I can't afford to pay these at 8% interest

GOP: No one forced you to go to college

W: But you just said—

Billionaire: I NEED MORE MONEY!

GOP: Here's a $2T Tax Cut

Jul 2, 2023 at 12:22amWeb
Show threadDevil Doll, Esq.Jul 2, 2023
@QasimRashid INSANITY.
Show threadFranIAmJul 2, 2023
@QasimRashid SOOOOO TRUE!!
Show threadAndyHJul 2, 2023

@QasimRashid

Exactly

Oil Company: I'M PROFITING BUT NEED MORE SUBSIDIES

GQP: OK, HERE'S 2 BILLION MORE.

Show threadUlysses CastilloJul 2, 2023
@QasimRashid just inherit it. It’s not hard.
Show threadHalf Cocked LawJul 2, 2023
@QasimRashid W: What about me?
GOP: We're raising your taxes more and more over the next decade.
Show threadkdacarJul 2, 2023
@QasimRashid did they ever really say "go to college?" I know they said "work harder" a lot of times...
Show threadLocksmithJul 2, 2023
@kdacar @QasimRashid They said "figure out your problems. Now don't bother us, we're trying to get in the way of whatever the Democrats are doing. And give more tax cuts to the wealthy."
Show threadPensive™️Jul 2, 2023

@locksmithprime @kdacar @QasimRashid
Don’t tell me what to do.
Do what I want instead.

https://twitter.com/_ethangrey/status/1534024357957230594?s=61&t=ZgnsyGuO64b3DFRZCmB__g

Show threadmrbunnylamakinsJul 2, 2023
@kdacar @QasimRashid
Show threadBeanJul 2, 2023
@kdacar @QasimRashid I think they expect folks to pull themselves up by their bootstraps, but nobody has boots.
Show threadMaggieJul 2, 2023

@QasimRashid Corporations are people, business is speech, losing is winning, freedom is my way or the highway.

America cannot afford another GOP president, Congress, or SCOTUS. Students, watch out for Americans for Prosperity, they are not your friends.

Show threadPensive™️Jul 2, 2023
@maggiewashburne @QasimRashid
Neither political party is your friend; unless you have a spare $Million for their favorite SPAC.
Show threadMaggieJul 2, 2023
@PensiveTM @QasimRashid At least one (go Blue) nominates real judges. The level of discussion by RW Judges on affirmative action was uninformed at best, their inclination to go beyond the law and the Constitution (when forgiven PPP loans were 2x the cost of student loan forgiveness), and the rejection of protected classes in a theoretical case that was based on a falsehood, standing be damned - there’s no both sides to this one.
Show threadPensive™️Jul 2, 2023
@maggiewashburne @QasimRashid
Yes, Neoliberal judges don’t usually mess with civil rights unless they affect their corporate sponsors’ profit margins.
Show threadJoeJul 2, 2023

@QasimRashid A person with a college degree earns $22,000 a year more than a person with just a high school degree. That is close to $1 million over a person’s working career.

College graduates can afford their loans.

Show threadJJ LitkeJul 2, 2023
@joec522 @QasimRashid I don’t expect joe522-troll to care but for anyone who’s genuinely interested in understanding why loans are such a problem https://www.cbsnews.com/news/forget-bad-debt-college-loans-are-the-worst-debt/
Show threadMattJul 2, 2023
@joec522 @QasimRashid how to lie with statistics…
Show threadAndie FreakerJul 2, 2023
@joec522 @QasimRashid the issue is I don't have my degree yet and I can't afford college. I'm privileged to have parents that can help me but not everyone does. You still need money in the mean time as you're getting said degree.
Show threadJoeJul 3, 2023

@1900490Freak The point of loans is to provide money to those who need it.

The downside of loans is that their wide availability results in much higher tuition rates.

Government guaranteed student loans is a double edge sword.

Show threadJDJul 2, 2023
@joec522 @QasimRashid a black man with a college degree earns less than a white man with a high school degree, statistically speaking.
Show threadJoeJul 3, 2023

@jag0325 That is not true.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/184259/mean-earnings-by-educational-attainment-and-ethnic-group/

Earnings by educational attainment and ethnicity/race U.S. 2021 | Statista

In 2021, the mean income of Black Bachelor's degree holders was 64,369 U.S.

Statista
Show threadJDJul 3, 2023
@joec522 afraid it is https://rollingout.com/2017/08/13/average-white-high-school-dropout-earns-more-than-black-college-grad/
Average White high school dropout earns more than Black college grad - Rolling Out

A study completed by researchers at The New School titled “Umbrellas Don’t Make it Rain: Why Studying and Working Hard Isn’t Enough for Black Americans.”

Rolling Out
Show threadJoeJul 4, 2023

@jag0325 It seems like the person who wrote this article doesn't understand the difference between wealth and income.

Here are some statistics for income based on college degrees. There is a gap. I don't know what causes that gap. Geography could play a role.

https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cba/annual-earnings

COE - Annual Earnings by Educational Attainment

Show threadJDJul 4, 2023

@joec522 should have said blacks with “some college”. Racial and gender gaps are very bad still.

https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/edcentral/college-pays-off/

College Pays Off. But by How Much Depends on Race, Gender, and Type of Degree.

Policymakers and college leaders need to make higher education more affordable, equitable, and supportive. However, this research also suggests that expanding access to college alone will not solve long-standing racial and gender inequities in the labor market. To ensure all people can access the benefits of higher education, policymakers must therefore work to increase the number of college graduates and ensure that all graduates have equal access to high-paying, high-quality jobs.

New America
Show threadcaitpJul 2, 2023
@QasimRashid how does this scenario get fixed?
Show threadmrbunnylamakinsJul 2, 2023
@caitp @QasimRashid
Show threadKiss.My.Grits 🇺🇲 + 🧀 + ⚽Jul 2, 2023
@QasimRashid
Show threadKiss.My.Grits 🇺🇲 + 🧀 + ⚽Jul 2, 2023
@QasimRashid for context: the GOP are the narcissists
Show threadmrbunnylamakinsJul 2, 2023
@QasimRashid
Show threadJon S Cutler-Dynamite SunshineJul 2, 2023
@QasimRashid This is such bullshit
Show thread無夢星球Jul 2, 2023
@QasimRashid
A 13 years old girl: I can’t have a baby and live on $7.25/hr or afford $100k tuition and take out a loan with 8% interest and I was raped by my father…
GOP: we are pro-life. You murderer belongs to prison.
Show threadPensive™️Jul 2, 2023
@QasimRashid #Catch2023
Show threadzibidicemilJul 2, 2023
@QasimRashid sometimes a gif says a thousand words.
Show threadDavid SteeleJul 2, 2023
@QasimRashid So true.
Show threadjohnpiersJul 2, 2023
@QasimRashid
While it (the statement) appears to be an oversimplification, it is madness. How long can the world (economies run by "robber barons" and self-serving politicians) sustain this sort of criminality? As someone in the thread put it, absolute insanity! Fuck me, it's actually beyond comprehension.
Show threadKerri LevineJul 2, 2023

@QasimRashid

#GOPThievesAndLiars

Show threadJRJul 2, 2023
@QasimRashid A succinct encapsulation of domestic economic events from 2002 to today.
Show threadWelpJul 2, 2023
@QasimRashid thank people like Biden for creating this disaster in the first place. He made college a booming industry. There's more administration than professors. A monopoly. Bitch about billionaires but the student loan payout would directly use tax payer money to repay billionaire owned bankers. It's a scam.
https://twitter.com/RealSpikeCohen/status/1675404962732580865?t=AGLFMHcXlAKpkM5Yf9DYcw&s=19
Show threadGadsdenJul 2, 2023
@QasimRashid therefore we should first make the state smaller thus lowering the tax from common folk and not aiding corporations.
Show threadRevenJul 2, 2023
@QasimRashid It's pretty insane watching the US slowly but surely shift down into 1930s Nazi shite, even though they were essentially the deciding force against Nazi Germany.
Show threadBeanJul 2, 2023
@QasimRashid GOP: btw, don’t get sick.
Show threadMr_SpongecakeJul 2, 2023

@QasimRashid
GOP: Oh yeah, did you want free money in the form of a tax rebate on taxes you didn't pay?

Billionaire: Yes!

GOP: Here ya go.

Show threadAkshay BallalJul 2, 2023
@QasimRashid sad reality today
Show threadChristopher TuckerJul 2, 2023
@QasimRashid #facts
Show threadHilia He, Him, HisJul 2, 2023
@QasimRashid 👌 😀 👍 Billionaire: I NEED MORE MONEY! ALWAYS and fast , GOT IT ?
GOP : Sorry SIR , right away
Show threadHilia He, Him, HisJul 2, 2023
@QasimRashid
Show threadMartin TauchmanJul 2, 2023
@QasimRashid That's how rightist parties do their politics.
Show threadBobby Burgess WA5107SWLJul 3, 2023
@QasimRashid True story of people who want kings instead of presidents.
Show threadLord FlashJul 3, 2023
@QasimRashid you don’t NEED college to make over minimum wage.
Show threadBillJul 3, 2023
@QasimRashid I mean to be fair $7.25 is like $10.88 with margin
Show threadPamelaJul 3, 2023
@QasimRashid MAGA Logic???
Show threadMintyJul 3, 2023
@QasimRashid Well said
Show threadStargeezer SmithJul 8, 2023

@QasimRashid
Right wing politicians are the wind beneath billionaires' wings. I get it. And for their myopic service to billionaires, they get loads of political funding.

What I don't get is all of those Joe Citizens out there consistently voting for the GOP. Voting against their own self interests.

It seems a true prediction that you can fool some of the people all the time.

Show threadQasim Rashid, Esq.Jul 8, 2023
@stargazersmith That’s the Southern Strategy enacted by Nixon, elevated by Reagen, and accelerated to infinite by MAGA.
Show threadSean of LondiniumJul 9, 2023
@QasimRashid How does this help those who can no longer afford a box of KD, formerly $0.25, now $2.50 per...?