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Originally Posted by kane
About them not having access to checking accounts.
This, to me, means they are either here illegally (and even then they might be able to get a checking account. In some states you can get a drivers license even if you are illegal) or you have such a terrible banking history that the banks won't give you an account because they know you will just overdraw it.
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From what i heard, he was just saying popular, San Francisco, Liberal Democrat things because he's used to talking in sound bites, which is fine and expected as every politician is going to pander to their voters and do the same thing. He just happened to say something that would have went over well in San Fran and got the crowd on their feet cheering without anyone really asking "huh, why is that?"
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I would like to hear from him exactly why these people don't have access to a checking account. Even if they have a horrible credit history and terrible banking history they should be able to get a savings account which would allow them to deposit money then get money orders/cashiers checks to pay bills or even get a debit card to use to pay for things.
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That is the whole point of the controversy. He said the typical "it's not their fault thing" - but by the original statement is also stating there is a really big problem in 2 communities. The remaining 20 minutes was basically Carolla trying to get him to answer the simple questions "why did you mention those two groups" and "why are they the ones with the problem" and he wouldn't give any answer at all.
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Carolla's who thing, which i agree with 100% is that politicians are not about "fixing problems", though they are more than happy to tell you about the problems, discuss the magnitude of the problems and point fingers at others for causing those "problems", no one is going to say the hard to hear things or take the tough actions to start to right the ship and actually fix those problems.
So when you say "50% of blacks and latino's have no access to checking accounts" as a direct, feel good response to defend their inability to save money for a rainy day - it sounds wonderful to blacks and latinos as their out renting 24" spinners and paying for their Cricket phones and are ultimately going to vote for him - but when it comes down to "ok, we all agree there's a problem so - 1) why does this problem exist and 2) what are we going to do to fix it" - suddenly everyone goes full retard and just talks in circles as if English is their 3rd language, try to avoid offending their own voters.
As he said, the single greatest problem with politicians is that they aren't in politics to do anything much beyond getting re-elected.
"I want everyone to plan. Look down the road six months," said Carolla. "Yes they foreclosed on your home. That's why you need to have a network, a community, friends, family members, money put away. Don't have the kids."
"Think about it, Adam," challenged Newsom. "Half of African Americans in the state of California, and roughly half of Latino families, have no access to a checking account or an ATM."
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