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Kind of a clear take on "Life in the United States". I wish it were a joke.
The GOP's War on the Poor - The Daily Beast (http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-04-10/the-gops-war-on-the-poor/?cid=hp:beastoriginalsC1 - broken link)
Pretty much tells what most already know. The ultra-right's "path to prosperity" is to crush the poor and middle class, to give everything to their masters and the wealthiest of the wealthy. Fascism at it's finest ladies and gentleman.
Pretty much tells what most already know. The ultra-right's "path to prosperity" is to crush the poor and middle class, to give everything to their masters and the wealthiest of the wealthy. Fascism at it's finest ladies and gentleman.
The Path to Prosperity for the rich, and The Path to Austerity for the rest of us.
"Then Ryan slashes Medicaid, Pell Grants, food stamps, and low-income housing. These programs to help the poor, which constitute approximately 21 percent of the federal budget, absorb two-thirds of Ryan’s cuts."
Sounds good to me. None of the above are listed as federal govt responsibilities in the Consistitution.
The Path to Prosperity for the rich, and The Path to Austerity for the rest of us.
How about telling people to get off the couch and choose their OWN path and let them live with the consequences. Why should I be responsible if you took a path that leads over a cliff?
Kind of a clear take on "Life in the United States". I wish it were a joke.
The GOP's War on the Poor - The Daily Beast (http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-04-10/the-gops-war-on-the-poor/?cid=hp:beastoriginalsC1 - broken link)
This should surprise no one. Working Americans are no longer the GOP's concern.
If your job is to collect dividends, then the GOP is concerned.
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Kind of a clear take on "Life in the United States". I wish it were a joke.
The GOP's War on the Poor - The Daily Beast (http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-04-10/the-gops-war-on-the-poor/?cid=hp:beastoriginalsC1 - broken link)
parasites should be exterminated,!!! i hear raid kills dust mites ,ticks, fleas, cockroaches, termites, and politicians.
How about telling people to get off the couch and choose their OWN path and let them live with the consequences. Why should I be responsible if you took a path that leads over a cliff?
I think you'll find that those supporting social programs reject the premise that people are poor only because they are lazy. I am not familiar with the perfectly fair and just world where everybody is successful. Best as I can tell, world history is also not familiar with such a place.
I think that there is a misdirected sense that if we stopped helping the poor that would somehow mean more money in your (the taxpayer's) wallet. That sense, somewhat objectionable on its face because of its cold lack of empathy, is also misguided. Because money not spent on the poor isn't more money in your pocket, but more money to support other priorities like military and highways.
"Then Ryan slashes Medicaid, Pell Grants, food stamps, and low-income housing. These programs to help the poor, which constitute approximately 21 percent of the federal budget, absorb two-thirds of Ryan’s cuts."
Sounds good to me. None of the above are listed as federal govt responsibilities in the Consistitution.
It's first mentioned in the preamble.
WE THE PEOPLE of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
Article 1 Section 8. It's right there again.
"Provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States"
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