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Disease. first of all, a lack of personal responsibility is not a disease. it is a choice. that choice stems from our very moral core that plays with it and says this is the right thing to do, this is the wrong thing to do. then we have a judge that comes along and says that you dont have to impose consequences based on the fact that your parents had money. how stupid is that? what an attack on people who have done well, worked hard, become affluent and are doing a great job teaching their kids ...

Ground. same judge. >> we should note, rerverend al it wasnt just prison but a ten-year sentence for this african-american teen. thats the problem with this sentence. >> ten years. >> ten years. its to the just about money, its about the disparity in the criminal justice system based on race. we know african-americans, particularly african-american males receive harsher sentences both at the state and federal level and this judges sentence just reaffirms the dual justice system, one more blacks,...

Affluneza and was never taught right from wrong. >> looking at the crime, eth couch was 16 y old when he left aarhhree times the blood alcohol level that is allowed in his system driving a high rate of speed. he plowed into the side of the road where a group of people had gathered to help a stranded motorist. his truck was also full of other teens. he killed four people in the side of the road. two people in his truck also remain seriously injured. but when he went before the judge, his attorney...

What you see this far out is name identification. chris christie has been in the news, had a big re-election, but i think there is something telling in this poll, in particular if you look at the income divide. chris christie is running much better among republicans over 50,000 than under 50,000. that was the fundamental divide in the 2012 race. mitt romney was the candidate of the managerial class of the republican party, college educated, more affluent. christie is the front-runner i think to ...

It tells you were back into a normal political environment. by that i mean democrats are winning in the cities, republicans are winning in rural areas. democrats are winning with downscale income voters, republicans tend to win among more affluent voters. a normal political environment. the problem for the democrats is history tells you a normal political environment means a huge republican mid-term election. in a second-term president the six-year itch election, history says on average the pres...

And the democratic bounce after the shutdown evaporating. look, the air is out of that balloon, youre right. a month ago there were a lot of democrats in this town dreaming of speaker pelosi. forget about that for now. if you look closely at this poll it tells you were back into a normal political environment. by that i mean democrats are winning in the cities, republicans are winning in rural areas. democrats are winning with downscale income voters, republicans tend to win among more affluent ...

Just look at the employment numbers. so many people not working, off the rolls. all of this is not good news. >> sasha, is it as dire as some of our gang are making it? >> no, i dont think so at all. retail sales last month were up. a lot of the trending is showing the spending by lower income consumers is down but higher income consumers is not. auto sales are are up and large appliance sales are are up. so for a walmart or a discount store, a large percentage of their consumers are low income ...

>> and also it is the class-based distinction, because if youre white, affluent, you will probably go get the drug problem treated in a private facility. if youre dark, the only way you get treatment is through the criminal justice system. and it is not really treatment. the fact that theyre applied disproportionately to one part of society. >> and in florida, even if you get arrested and youre white, the rates of adjudicating your system, it is much more likely that the white defendant will hav...

Highly sliced and diced. >> when you dummy down standards in the line of children that affects all children. >> even white children. >> even more affluent societies. every child needs high standards. that was my simple point. we need a better job of articulating to parents why we want their children to be competitive not in their district or state. our children are smart, as talented as creative as children anywhere else. we need to level the playing field. they are competing for jobs with child...

And in a case like this, the republican senator voted against the legalization of marijuana, got arrested for using marijuana. and in the case of people who look like me, they get sent to jail instead of getting services they need for the addiction they have, they get sent to jail. >> and we look at the ravages of somebody in a spiral of substance abuse. i think anyone watching this knows someone in their life. i watched it happening to people i love. it is devastating, the most horrific thing t...