Mandami wants to disband critical Police unit.

Always in His Presence said:

He is opposed to the Federal Government sending officers into the city -

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There are already federal officers in his city.

Has he done anything to stop them?

Fantine said:

Without fanfare, Boston and Atlanta (i believe) have elected Democratic Socialist mayors who are succeeding spectacularly.

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Andre seems to be doing fine.
Wu is not. And, blaming Trump is bogus.

"Her efforts to shift the property tax burden from residents to corporate landlords failed to pass the state Senate three times. Now, the average single-family homeowner in Boston will have to shell out at least $780 more in property taxes this year. And landlords will likely pass that financial burden onto renters.

“It is horrible. I got my tax bill last week,” said Dorchester resident Shirley Jones, at a flower-arranging workshop that was part of the Wu inauguration week events. “And I said, 'If I was a drinking woman, I would need a shot of vodka right about now.’ ”
"Jones, a 67-year-old homeowner, said she may need a part-time job to afford the increase in rent.
Wu blames state lawmakers for the tax hike and the other housing-related failures. And she says a slow pace of new construction is due to economic factors like tariffs and interest rates. But critics say the mayor hasn’t worked closely enough with state lawmakers or the business community to make headway on affordability issues.

That frustration was part of what prompted advisors to encourage Josh Kraft, of the New England Patriots owner’s family, to enter the mayor’s race last year. Wu trounced Kraft in the preliminary election, and he dropped out days later. But complaints about Wu from the business sector persist."

Good luck to her, she's got a big job ahead of her.

Pepperdoodle said:

Socialism isn't spectacular or succeeding in the scheme of things.
Socialism, for all its popularity in some circles, is not a Biblical model for society.
In opposition to socialism, the Bible promotes the idea of private property and issues commands to respect it: commands such as “You shall not steal”, Deut 5:19 are meaningless without private property.
Unlike what we see in failed experiments in socialism, the Bible honors work and teaches that individuals are responsible to support themselves: “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat”, 2 Thessa 3:10.
The redistribution of wealth foundational to socialism destroys accountability and the Biblical work ethic.
Jesus’ parable in Matt 25:14–30 clearly teaches our responsibility to serve God with our (private) resources.
I see socialism as a scheme from the devil. It looks pretty for a while.....until it doesn't.

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Of course not. That was communism.


Early Bible-based communes originated with the1st-century Christian community in Jerusalem, characterized by voluntary, radical sharing of property and resources to ensure no member was in need

A2SG said:

Not an opinion, so there's no leaning. Read the Constitution, it isn't based on the Bible in any way.
As are you. But if you want to claim that the US system of government or economics is based on the Bible, then you are simply factually incorrect.

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Never said that the Constitution was "based on the Bible"

Belk said:

Of course not. That was communism.
Early Bible-based communes originated with the1st-century Christian community in Jerusalem, characterized by voluntary, radical sharing of property and resources to ensure no member was in need

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Pepperdoodle said:

Never said that the Constitution was "based on the Bible"

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Maybe not, but you did say: "Socialism, for all its popularity in some circles, is not a Biblical model for society."

The US does not use the Bible as a model for our society. Nor do we use the Bible as a model for our laws, or our economic system. If the US chooses to use some socialist ideas, like Medicare or Social Security, the Bible doesn't enter into the discussion at any point.

-- A2SG, it's in the Constitution, the very first Amendment.....