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And we hand out a lot more than that in the form of entitlement programs to people who don't need them.
I had a friend of mine who left the family farm in Montana who for 10 straight years got a check for $7500 per year for 10 straight years living hundreds of miles from Montana. He hated gubbermint welfare. The land he got the checks for was land grant and had been in his family for 100 years. In other words he got a check for absolutely nothing.
The Tea Party is in large part made up of people who are on government handouts. Take a look at the Red States. They are farmers and senior citizens and the the brainwashed who didn't graduate from high school. I live in a town where there are 8 high school dropouts for every college graduate. The town always votes Republican. The town is one giant gubbermint handout from SS down to disabilities. Half the town has Snap, Schip, and Medicaid. The other half has Medicare. Nobody pays taxes in this town except a few people who vote Democrat. I wish there was a way that those who complain about big gubbermint could by cut off from aid. When you look at a welfare recipient you are looking at a Republican.
Not usually. There is a strong correlation between income and voting patterns. The higher the income the more people that vote republican. Oddly, the opposite trend is seen when you look at education and voting patterns. For whatever reason, less education correlates with voting republican. The tendency to vote republican also increases with age.
I had a friend of mine who left the family farm in Montana who for 10 straight years got a check for $7500 per year for 10 straight years living hundreds of miles from Montana. He hated gubbermint welfare. The land he got the checks for was land grant and had been in his family for 100 years. In other words he got a check for absolutely nothing.
Not usually. There is a strong correlation between income and voting patterns. The higher the income the more people that vote republican. Oddly, the opposite trend is seen when you look at education and voting patterns. For whatever reason, less education correlates with voting republican. The tendency to vote republican also increases with age.
How do you explain places like Seattle and the Silicon Valley? An article in the Seattle Times today reported that people with incomes over $100,000 supported the ACA and those with low incomes did not. It didn't make any sense. Those on the dole gladly take the handout while blasting Dems... interesting stuff. I forgot to mention thanks to the EIC I doubt if anyone pays taxes around here except maybe a few dems from out of the area.
Not usually. There is a strong correlation between income and voting patterns. The higher the income the more people that vote republican. Oddly, the opposite trend is seen when you look at education and voting patterns. For whatever reason, less education correlates with voting republican. The tendency to vote republican also increases with age.
Not true at all. Most, if not all, of the wealthiest counties in the US are reliably Democratic. Also, people that make money in the low 6 figures, aka upper middle class, usually support Democratic candidates. The latter are your typical liberal NPR listeners
The Tea Party is in large part made up of people who are on government handouts. Take a look at the Red States. They are farmers and senior citizens and the the brainwashed who didn't graduate from high school. I live in a town where there are 8 high school dropouts for every college graduate. The town always votes Republican. The town is one giant gubbermint handout from SS down to disabilities. Half the town has Snap, Schip, and Medicaid. The other half has Medicare. Nobody pays taxes in this town except a few people who vote Democrat. I wish there was a way that those who complain about big gubbermint could by cut off from aid. When you look at a welfare recipient you are looking at a Republican.
Not true at all. Most, if not all, of the wealthiest counties in the US are reliably Democratic. Also, people that make money in the low 6 figures usually support Democratic candidates. You might know them as the NPR crowd
You do know that many many, if not the majority, of people on food stamps already work? Not everyone on food stamps is a fat, uneducated black woman that never had a job in her life complete with 10 kids from 4 boyfriends
Amen. I know several people who are on SNAP right now, and every one of them works full time and I bet works harder than many here. These are people who have worked all of their lives, and never took anything before, and it is difficult for them to accept help. But it's more difficult to go hungry. You have no idea what that monthly food allotment means in their lives. This is no small thing, being able to eat every month. People who think otherwise have never been down on their luck. In these hard times, there are many people in this position, through no fault of their own.
This cut means that more people will be either dropped from the rolls or have their monthly allotment decreased. The GOP is heartless in the flippant and callous way they treat their fellow Americans, as if this was no big deal. There but for the grace of God...
Amen. I know several people who are on SNAP right now, and every one of them works full time and I bet works harder than many here. These are people who have worked all of their lives, and never took anything before, and it is difficult for them to accept help. But it's more difficult to go hungry. You have no idea what that monthly food allotment means in their lives. This is no small thing, being able to eat every month. People who think otherwise have never been down on their luck. In these hard times, there are many people in this position, through no fault of their own.
This cut means that more people will be either dropped from the rolls or have their monthly allotment decreased. The GOP is heartless in the flippant and callous way they treat their fellow Americans, as if this was no big deal. There but for the grace of God...
Good post, but "fellow Americans"? I do not share any DNA with the right wing reptiles that slithered into Congress the past few years. Seriously, they should have been stepped on while they were in their shells in the nest. I'm sorry, that is not human behavior...too sci-fi.
Not true at all. Most, if not all, of the wealthiest counties in the US are reliably Democratic. Also, people that make money in the low 6 figures, aka upper middle class, usually support Democratic candidates. The latter are your typical liberal NPR listeners
The people who vote largest numbers for the Democrats are also the people who have the highest percentage on public assistance.
Blacks, Hispanics and High school dropouts all consistently vote for Democratic candidates and all have the highest percentage of welfare usage.
My county is one of the wealthiest counties in the country and it is also one of the most conservative.
I had a friend of mine who left the family farm in Montana who for 10 straight years got a check for $7500 per year for 10 straight years living hundreds of miles from Montana. He hated gubbermint welfare. The land he got the checks for was land grant and had been in his family for 100 years. In other words he got a check for absolutely nothing.
And I'm sure you are always honest.
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