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I could give shit one about the poor.
I'm sick and tired of bankrolling their lives for em through welfare, medicaide and all that other social bullshit we taxpayers are forced to provice.
Its not my duty to take care of the poor. Those of you who think its your duty then whip out those wallets and checkbooks and have at it.
Oh wait. I forgot. None of you will do that. It would cost you every penny you have. Never mind.
Are you a Christian? Because if you are, it is, in fact, your duty to help the poor.
My stance is not based on religion at all; it's based on reason. Logically, it is clear there will always be people who need assistance, always have been and always will be. If we ignore them, we end up with the type of situations you see in the photos I posted. I am not willing to live in a country where I co-exist with that situation, so I believe that the State needs to step in and help. I don't mind paying for it through my taxes. It is certainly better to pay for that than to pay for wars.
However, I find it incredibly hypocritical for people who profess to be religious, Christian or otherwise, yet have the attitude you, Claudette, have. All of the major religions have guidelines and tenets that say it is their duty to help those in need -- the poor, the weak, the disabled, the disenfranchised, etc. To profess to be religious and ignore the poor is to be a hypocrite.
It was rather tactless, but in it lies a certain truth. You shouldn't shield people from their failures. Doing that leads to a false sense of entitlement. Those who have never tasted failure should be made to. Life isn't a bed of roses. What we lack the courage to do, is let poor people find a way for themselves; instead of letting the government lead them by the hand down an endless road, with no clear destination in sight.
There's no truth in it. None.
And it's a very dangerous thing to do.
You let enough poor "wither and die" and they become very angry, form into groups and kill the people letting them wither and die.
That's been the main reason for revolution through out history and represents a failure of governance.
I don't know how many conservatives actually believe this stuff down deep. But that end of the spectrum is currently trapped in an absolutist echo chamber where all of this is bad, all of that is bad, and all of it should end, completely.
I don't know anyone, Conservative or otherwise who wants it ALL done away with. Many of us do want what is retained to have much more oversight and to be done at the STATE level, where it belongs rather than at the Federal level, but few (if any) want it all gone.
So we buy them off, right? How about you spend YOUR money on that?
So basically you are saying poor black people would choose the middle two (no one is going to die) over the last? How racist of you.
Buy them off?
No.
Provide assistance and educate, yes. That's been the most successful route out of poverty.
And where in my post do you see anything about black folks?
By the way..the way most immigrant waves have survived in this country..that includes Germans, Italians, Irish, etc..who came AFTER blacks..were to form organized crime groups.
A small portion of them did. the rest worked hard.
How does providing a woman with 5 kids from 4 different daddies everything she needs to survive giving them a route out of poverty? Especially if they don't have any negative results if they choose to just get their checks and motor on.
Indiana GOP candidate: No one has the guts to let poor people wither and die
I was not trying to hurt anybodys feelings, Johnston said. I saw the opportunity to say something. I think a lot of the poor have no way out, and theres no motivation to improve your position. Its like training a child, either you enable them or force them out at some point.
The candidate made the comments in a discussion thread on the Mad Mac page, which covers local politics.
For almost three generations people, in some cases, have been given handouts, Johnston said during the discussion. They have been enabled so much that their paradigm in life is simply being given the stuff of life, however meager.
What you see is a setting for a life of misery is life to them never-the-less, he continued. No one has the guts to just let them wither and die. No one who wants votes is willing to call a spade a spade. As long as the Dems can get their votes the enabling will continue. The Republicans need their votes and dare not cut the fiscal tether. It is really a political Catch-22.
Did they learn nothing from 'legitimate rape' guy?
These sound bytes are killers--especially since the base ain't rich.
Now I understand republicans who dont believe that those actions wont affect them but dont be so sure. I also understand that people shouldnt turn to crime as a solution but saying that doesnt change someones situation and when people get desperate they will do almost anything.
Is that the Republican vision for America? Watch as the poor wither and die in the streets and also be on constant guard from other citizens all for your ideology?
What will America look like once your ideology takes hold? Would you want to stay?
Now I understand republicans who dont believe that those actions wont affect them but dont be so sure. I also understand that people shouldnt turn to crime as a solution but saying that doesnt change someones situation and when people get desperate they will do almost anything.
That's why most of us go armed..... These wastes of flesh and oxygen step out of line, they don't get a second chance to make that same mistake.
Is that the Republican vision for America? Watch as the poor wither and die in the streets and also be on constant guard from other citizens all for your ideology?
What will America look like once your ideology takes hold? Would you want to stay?
Now I understand republicans who dont believe that those actions wont affect them but dont be so sure. I also understand that people shouldnt turn to crime as a solution but saying that doesnt change someones situation and when people get desperate they will do almost anything.
That's why most of us go armed..... These wastes of flesh and oxygen step out of line, they don't get a second chance to make that same mistake.
Have you ever had to shoot someone? Trust me, it aint all "bang bang ur dead lol".
Is that the Republican vision for America? Watch as the poor wither and die in the streets and also be on constant guard from other citizens all for your ideology?
Ideology is all that we have as human beings. How well we do at living up to it is what we will be judged on at the end. Which is why most Republicans fail.... they can't live up to their own ideology. See one Cantor, Eric and his failed primary this past Tuesday for proof of that.
What will America look like once your ideology takes hold? Would you want to stay?
Just Wither and Die please. Like it. Terrific thing to run on. As honest as it gets in politics these days.
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Have you ever had to shoot someone? Trust me, it aint all "bang bang ur dead lol".
No actually we also have virtues. Want to know why no one seems to ever live up to Republican Ideology ever? Is it because no one in history could or that the ideology is so fake that its impossible to live up too.
Where are you going to go? I'd love to hear where this Republican utopia exists. Russia sure aint it.
Republican utopia can be right here in US if we fight to take it back from the Marxist who control White House and Senate.
Ya know if you work hard you won't have to worry about "withering" and "dying." You live in a land of opportunity, there are no victims in the USA.
Buy them off?
No.
Provide assistance and educate, yes. That's been the most successful route out of poverty.
And where in my post do you see anything about black folks?
By the way..the way most immigrant waves have survived in this country..that includes Germans, Italians, Irish, etc..who came AFTER blacks..were to form organized crime groups.
A small portion of them did. the rest worked hard.
How does providing a woman with 5 kids from 4 different daddies everything she needs to survive giving them a route out of poverty? Especially if they don't have any negative results if they choose to just get their checks and motor on.
Basically prior to the New Deal?
You were guaranteed to work long hours, make very little money, get booted from your job at 50 and die at 55-60. And that's IF you could find employment.
That was life in the US of A.
After the New Deal? Life got better. ALOT better. Poverty went down from 20% or so to 11%. And there was very real social mobility and wage gain. And that's when a very real and robust middle class was created in this country.
Thanks to Reagan?
That got halted in it's tracks.
do you mean medical profession?Just Wither and Die please. Like it. Terrific thing to run on. As honest as it gets in politics these days.
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Obama is the one that told the elderly instead of getting a pacemaker at 83 to just take a pill.
Once you hit 74 the medical progression writes you off anyway. I've seen it first hand with my mom.
Buy them off?
No.
Provide assistance and educate, yes. That's been the most successful route out of poverty.
And where in my post do you see anything about black folks?
By the way..the way most immigrant waves have survived in this country..that includes Germans, Italians, Irish, etc..who came AFTER blacks..were to form organized crime groups.
A small portion of them did. the rest worked hard.
How does providing a woman with 5 kids from 4 different daddies everything she needs to survive giving them a route out of poverty? Especially if they don't have any negative results if they choose to just get their checks and motor on.
You think starving those 5 kids is a good lesson? And that would make the kids what? Necessary casualties in the war against the war on poverty?
Absolutism can be one of the most dangerous aspects if a group. It's something you are seeing more on the right..
I don't know how many conservatives actually believe this stuff down deep. But that end of the spectrum is currently trapped in an absolutist echo chamber where all of this is bad, all of that is bad, and all of it should end, completely.
That corner into which they're painting themselves is gonna get smaller and smaller.
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still ripping apart one sentence someone says
wow,
I disagree. What I think is impossible is to live those ideals and still get elected in large parts of the country.
