...When you look at the people who John Edwards insists are poor, what you find is that the overwhelming majority of them have cable television, have air conditioning, have microwaves, have two color TVs; 45 percent of them own their own homes, which are typically three-bedroom homes with 1.5 baths in very good recondition....
Pure baloney. Where's your evidence?
Are you familiar with Robert Rector, who made the statements?
Robert Rector is a leading national authority on poverty, the U.S.welfare system and immigration and is a Heritage Foundation Senior Research Fellow.
Dubbed the "intellectual godfather" of welfare reform by National Review Editor Rich Lowry, Rector concentrates on a range of issues relating to welfare reform, family breakdown and America's various social ills.
Rector played a major role in crafting the 1996 federal welfare reform legislation, which, for the first time, required recipients to work or get job training for their benefits. Since its passage, though, Rector has continued conducted extensive research on the economic costs of welfare and its role in undermining families.
Robert* E. Rector
Straight out of his Heritage Foundation bio.
]...In 1995, The Wall Street Journal declared, "to understand what Republicans are trying to do about welfare, dont look to Newt Gingrich. Watch Robert Rector." ....
Robert Rector - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Heritage Foundation is an American conservative-leaning think tank based in Washington, D.C....
The Heritage Foundation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yes, we are all aware that you just tried to pawn off conservative ideology as fact.
so, because someone is a conservative, they cant ever be right?
ok, then dont you EVER fucking use ANY liberal asshole to back up an opinion of yours
you can only use NEUTRAL opinions
which means you likely wont be able to use ANY source
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