TemplarKormac
Political Atheist
I hear Democrats left right and sideways contending that they advocate policies that "help" the poor to prosper. They lament on how they "care" for the poor and that Republicans do everything to make them poorer by helping the rich. But lets examine this so called liberal love of the poor.
In 1935, while America was still recovering from the ravages of the Great Depression, Democrats passed and Franklin D. Roosevelt signed The Social Security Act, which gave money to states in order to provide assistance to various groups of people suffering from unique financial hardships. One part of this act in particular, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (Title IV) known as "Welfare" later on, would be succeeded by the TANF or (Temporary Assistance For Needy Families) block grant.
This act was aimed at combating poverty in the United States during that era, and has been changed and amended to suit the times. However, it instead of becoming a vehicle of liberation from poverty for the poor, has become an instrument of their enslavement. And in some cases the poor have exploited the program to serve selfish need and want rather than personal furtherance. This has had the unintended effect furthering poverty rather than eliminating it.
Roughly, 65 million people in America receive some form of Welfare, whether it be general welfare, food stamps, or unemployment insurance. And despite all of this, the poverty rate rose to 15.1% in 2011.
While this act was designed in good faith and with the best intentions in mind, it would soon become a tool politicians would use in a nasty game of class warfare politics, as well as a means to influence the poor into voting against a party whom they are told does not care for them but for their alleged selfish need.
Democrats use the poor as a means for political gain and exhibit no real concern for their plights. As recently as 2011, when the Occupy Wall Street movement came about, it instilled a stereotypical one percent versus the 99 percent argument, which demonized the rich and supposedly told of how they would victimize the poor with their practices. Democrats went as far as to endorse the movement for a time, saying as Democrat John Larson from Connecticut put it: “The silent masses aren’t so silent anymore. They are fighting to give voice to the struggles that everyday Americans are going through,” Larson said. “While I don’t condone their every action, I applaud their standing up for what they believe in."
During the 2012 Presidential Campaign, President Barack Obama trumpeted the cause of the poor (or so we thought), vilifying his opponent Mitt Romney as a corporatist who didn't care about poor people. He even accused him of indirectly giving one cancer. All the meanwhile, he showed his love of the poor by holding extravagant fundraisers with popular singers, such as Jay-Z in particular. In 2011, 7 of the 10 richest people in Congress were Democrats.
So if the Democrats loved the poor, or supposedly cared for them, why are they living it up in Washington right now?
In 1935, while America was still recovering from the ravages of the Great Depression, Democrats passed and Franklin D. Roosevelt signed The Social Security Act, which gave money to states in order to provide assistance to various groups of people suffering from unique financial hardships. One part of this act in particular, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (Title IV) known as "Welfare" later on, would be succeeded by the TANF or (Temporary Assistance For Needy Families) block grant.
This act was aimed at combating poverty in the United States during that era, and has been changed and amended to suit the times. However, it instead of becoming a vehicle of liberation from poverty for the poor, has become an instrument of their enslavement. And in some cases the poor have exploited the program to serve selfish need and want rather than personal furtherance. This has had the unintended effect furthering poverty rather than eliminating it.
Roughly, 65 million people in America receive some form of Welfare, whether it be general welfare, food stamps, or unemployment insurance. And despite all of this, the poverty rate rose to 15.1% in 2011.
While this act was designed in good faith and with the best intentions in mind, it would soon become a tool politicians would use in a nasty game of class warfare politics, as well as a means to influence the poor into voting against a party whom they are told does not care for them but for their alleged selfish need.
Democrats use the poor as a means for political gain and exhibit no real concern for their plights. As recently as 2011, when the Occupy Wall Street movement came about, it instilled a stereotypical one percent versus the 99 percent argument, which demonized the rich and supposedly told of how they would victimize the poor with their practices. Democrats went as far as to endorse the movement for a time, saying as Democrat John Larson from Connecticut put it: “The silent masses aren’t so silent anymore. They are fighting to give voice to the struggles that everyday Americans are going through,” Larson said. “While I don’t condone their every action, I applaud their standing up for what they believe in."
During the 2012 Presidential Campaign, President Barack Obama trumpeted the cause of the poor (or so we thought), vilifying his opponent Mitt Romney as a corporatist who didn't care about poor people. He even accused him of indirectly giving one cancer. All the meanwhile, he showed his love of the poor by holding extravagant fundraisers with popular singers, such as Jay-Z in particular. In 2011, 7 of the 10 richest people in Congress were Democrats.
So if the Democrats loved the poor, or supposedly cared for them, why are they living it up in Washington right now?
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