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This OP is always posting leaving about groups he looks down upon, and never replies to anything. Dude is a troll who is not trying to have a meaningful conversation about anything, yet some posts where people are trying to have a useful conversation happen to be deleted out of some mods claiming that “trolling is occurring” go figure!!
Time for a little education. Settle back, put your feet up, and have a smoke. Ready?
One example of many. There are approximately 328.2 million people living in the US. These people benefit from a plethora of government services: defense, social security, national parks, etc. There are 144.3 million taxpayers. Warning: Math ahead. May cause liberal brains to overheat and explode. 328.2 million - 144.3 million = 183.9 Million. Ergo, 183.9M people don't pay for government services from which they benefit. Warning: English ahead. May cause liberal brains to overheat and explode. We have a word for getting stuff without paying for it. That word is "free". "Stealing" means getting stuff for free without permission. It's arguable as to whether or not the 183.9 million freeloaders are stealing, but it sure feels like it.
Warning: English ahead. You didn't answer my question.
What "Free stuff" do people get when there's a Dem in office that they don't get when there's a Republican in office?
Warning: English ahead. You didn't answer my question.
What "Free stuff" do people get when there's a Dem in office that they don't get when there's a Republican in office?
That is a good question. I would say it refers to welfare. It's the "Black people are lazy" trope being used. I notice that only Black people get accused of wanting "free stuff" when it comes to voting Democrat. All of this despite that voter participation increases the higher one's income is.
Anyone who thinks Blacks are only voting Democrat because they want free stuff need to listen up. Black voter participation is higher among the middle and upper class sectors of the Black population. It is higher among the educated (college educated). Individuals who aren't looking for welfare, "hand outs" or "free stuff". Said persons I'm speaking of make the money to not need any of it in the first place. "Free stuff" has nothing to do with it.
Blacks know which party pushed legislature that benefited minorities despite all the cherry picked half made up proof the current republican-populist-trump party rants on about...
i have friends who attended the wellington trump rally one said three blacks hugged an old white man with a stars and bars flag showing love conquers ignorance and hate
Blacks know which party pushed legislature that benefited minorities despite all the cherry picked half made up proof the current republican-populist-trump party rants on about...
i have friends who attended the wellington trump rally one said three blacks hugged an old white man with a stars and bars flag showing love conquers ignorance and hate
Why should either party push legislation to benefit certain groups? Legislation should be about benefiting our citizens as a whole. The Democrats constantly push legislation to benefit illegal aliens are you ok with that?
Why should either party push legislation to benefit certain groups? Legislation should be about benefiting our citizens as a whole. The Democrats constantly push legislation to benefit illegal aliens are you ok with that?
Almost EVERYTHING the Republican Party does is solely for the benefit of white evangelical Christians. If there's any party that's about pushing legislation to benefit a certain group, its the GOP. Anyone who isn't either a white evangelical Christian who wants a theocracy or a billionaire gains absolutely nothing by voting GOP.
The Democrats are a "big tent" party which is one of their weaknesses.
Almost EVERYTHING the Republican Party does is solely for the benefit of white evangelical Christians. If there's any party that's about pushing legislation to benefit a certain group, its the GOP.
The Democrats are a "big tent" party which is one of their weaknesses.
Name one recent piece of legislation put forth by the GOP that "solely benefits white evangelicals."
Name one recent piece of legislation put forth by the GOP that "solely benefits white evangelicals."
We'll wait.
Project Blitz
In recent years Republicans have sought to infuse religion into state politics across the country, many of the bills lifted from model legislation drafted by well-funded Christian lobbying organizations under an effort known as “Project Blitz”.
Project Blitz provides draft legislation to lawmakers across the country. Frequently, that legislation is copied, pasted and presented in state capitols. In 2018, state lawmakers introduced 74 bills similar to Project Blitz draft legislation, according to America Atheists. The bills ranged “from measures designed to restrict same-sex marriage to allowing adoption agencies to deny placements because of religion”, American Atheists said.
The aim is also to stuff up state houses with legislation, drawing mostly Democratic legislators’ time and attention away from other issues.
“It’s kind of like whack-a-mole for the other side,” David Barton, founder of the Christian-right organization WallBuilders and one of four members of Project Blitz’s steering team, told state legislators in a call which was made public.
“It’ll drive ‘em crazy that they’ll have to divide their resources out in opposing this.”
Project Blitz, and much of the Christian nationalist legislation, has broader aims than just drawing time and serving as an irritant, however. Christian nationalists hope to pave the way for further attacks.
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Katherine Stewart, a journalist and author of The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism, said leaders behind Christian nationalists efforts “are playing a long and ambitious game”.
The people behind Christianity-based legislative efforts grouped their various efforts into three categories, according to how difficult they would be to pass, Stewart said, and each is part of a larger picture.
“The first category consisted of largely symbolic gestures, like resolutions to emblazon the motto ‘In God We Trust’ in public school classrooms,” Stewart said.
“But the point of phase one was to prepare the ground for phases two and three, which aimed to entangle government with their version of religion in deeper ways.
“Considered individually, these bills making their ways through state legislatures appear to have a scattershot quality. In reality, they are very often components of a coordinated, overarching strategy.” https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...islation-bills
Talk to us and tell us why the GOP deserves our vote instead of insulting our intelligence and calling us freeloaders.
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