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Jim Jordan (OH)- Evangelical Christian? Really? Up for reelection 2012. Tea supported.
Tim Scott (SC)- Evangelical Christian? Really? Token black guy in SC is up for re election 2012. Tea installed.
Scott Garrett (NJ)-'Non-denominational/ Evangelical Christian? Really? Birther. Tea supported. Up for re election 2012.
Dan Burton (IN)- "Non-denominational/ Christian primitivism/ Christian Zionist? Really? Redistricted in 1980, he's kept that chair warm since being installed. Lots of inbreeding going on in Indiana it appears. His daughter is on payroll, and his brother takes up another chair in another district installed since 1988. Dan's last election boasted 30% support in primaries. He's is up for re election 2012.
Louie Gohmert (TX)- Southern Baptist? Really? 100% unopposed primaries, no contested democrat or libertarian running against him since he parked there post gerrymandering 2004. Tea supported. Up for reelection 2012.
so you think putting a cap on welfare is a bad thing
It is apparently very shallow. Several years ago, here in Massachusetts, there was a ballot initiative to lower the income tax rate from 5.75% to 5.0%. There was such an uproar from the Democrats here that the legislature put in an option for filing that would allow people to continue paying at the former rate simply by checking a box on you tax return. The income tax reduction narrowly passed. The following year a mere .02% of state taxpayers checked the box for the former rate.
Democrats are all for spending other people's money.
Also, if you recall we had a sales tax reduction question on the ballot as well and our wonderful moonbat governor came out and said that if the sales tax cut were voted in he would not implement it. However, he was still re-elected. Is this any wonder coming from a constituency that keeps the likes of Barney Frank and Ted Kennedy in office for decades?
More proof that conservatism has become a doctrine of selfishness.
People are poor for many reasons. Some people become poor AFTER they have children. Here are some reasons that people become poor:
Death of spouse
Mental illness
Debilitating Physical Illness
Long term Employer Shuts down
Leaving a physically abusive relationship
Loss of work due to Vehicular Accident
and many more...
Over 50% of the country's poor are children who have no accountability for the situation they are in. For many, government benefits are the difference between eating and not eating. I am glad to have my tax dollars support such programs.
What happened to "Judge not, lest ye be judged?"
If you feel strongly about the poor becoming self sufficient-- Go out and volunteer to tutor, mentor or be a big brother/big sister. Volunteer at a school in a poor neighborhood. Join a literacy program and teach an illiterate adult to read. Volunteer to teach immigrants English...
To just sit here and judge the poor in the vilest language possible, says way more about you than it does the poor people you are indicting.
More proof that conservatism has become a doctrine of selfishness.
People are poor for many reasons. Some people become poor AFTER they have children. Here are some reasons that people become poor:
Death of spouse
Mental illness
Debilitating Physical Illness
Long term Employer Shuts down
Leaving a physically abusive relationship
Loss of work due to Vehicular Accident
and many more...
Over 50% of the country's poor are children who have no accountability for the situation they are in. For many, government benefits are the difference between eating and not eating. I am glad to have my tax dollars support such programs.
What happened to "Judge not, lest ye be judged?"
If you feel strongly about the poor becoming self sufficient-- Go out and volunteer to tutor, mentor or be a big brother/big sister. Volunteer at a school in a poor neighborhood. Join a literacy program and teach an illiterate adult to read. Volunteer to teach immigrants English...
To just sit here and judge the poor in the vilest language possible, says way more about you than it does the poor people you are indicting.
and????
welfare is SUPPOSED to be a helping hand UP...not a entitlement keeping you down
welfare should NEVER be for more than 2 years
find a JOB...I know to liberals WORK is a four letter word
Reliable GOP. Trimming the budget by cutting benefits for children and the poor.
Meanwhile, GE pays negative taxes to the tune of $3b...
GE made $14 billion, but CEO Immelt cut employee salaries. Immelt himself reportedly makes over $900,000 annually. Sweet.
Then sweeter still, Obama appoints Immelt to his Jobs Council, while GE is sending thousands of jobs overseas. Is Obama blind, or just plain stupid? Who is Obama *really* working for? Not the U.S. by the looks of this.
GE says it didn’t pay federal taxes because it took hits for investment that the tax code allowss to to help job creation. Job creation overseas??
find a JOB...I know to liberals WORK is a four letter word
Baloney. This progressive works about 60 hours a week, owns a small business and employees people. All of the progressives I know of working age are working.
Instead of parroting RushGlen, get analyze, think, read, and maybe you'll stop spouting vile hatred that really works against your own interests as a "working class hero."
The Dairy Industry will be very happy to see a substantial part of their market disappear. Milk and lunch subsidies could care less about the kids but were instituted as market and price supports for the producers. This is at the core of most welfare programs. The point is to give the product or money to people that will be effectively forced to spend it to the material suppliers’ profit.
Never think welfare is meant to help individuals. They are the justification for subsidizing the supplying businesses.
Jim Jordan (OH)- Evangelical Christian? Really? Up for reelection 2012. Tea supported.
Tim Scott (SC)- Evangelical Christian? Really? Token black guy in SC is up for re election 2012. Tea installed.
Scott Garrett (NJ)-'Non-denominational/ Evangelical Christian? Really? Birther. Tea supported. Up for re election 2012.
Dan Burton (IN)- "Non-denominational/ Christian primitivism/ Christian Zionist? Really? Redistricted in 1980, he's kept that chair warm since being installed. Lots of inbreeding going on in Indiana it appears. His daughter is on payroll, and his brother takes up another chair in another district installed since 1988. Dan's last election boasted 30% support in primaries. He's is up for re election 2012.
Louie Gohmert (TX)- Southern Baptist? Really? 100% unopposed primaries, no contested democrat or libertarian running against him since he parked there post gerrymandering 2004. Tea supported. Up for reelection 2012.
So the kids are going to starve? That's disgusting.
So when do we start putting the lazy bum parents behind bars to get them to take care of the kids they made?
I cannot believe people have kids and stand by and let them starve.
Shame on them. You are right, that is disgusting that an adult who has kids would allow their own kids to go hungry.
Most good parents would do anything for their kids, then again you have a certain group of parents who believe it is someone elses job to feed, house and take care of the kids they had.
It is called responsibility, people need to start learning that.
Basically even local taxapyers can decides if they want to keep teachers salaries or buy the milk not mentioned by raisng taxes to apy for it.If I could feed my child I woud consider have one. Is its acase of parents not being able to afford it or that they don't do it?If so then now do the parents survive ?
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Up for reelection 2012. Tea supported. 
