SmokeALib
Platinum Member
You leftists are wrong yet again. How many times do I have to keep explaining this to you braindead marxists?If the poor would get off their couches and get to work, they wouldn't be hungry.cons far out give to charity. Libs only care about themselves.
That's why they want government to take care of the poor, it relieves them of guilt. If we relied on them, the poor would go hungry.
That is the sad excuse that Republicans give, that the poor are just lazy and don't want to work. And, then, they call themselves Christian.
Jesus, on the poor:
Mark 14:7
"For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do good to them; but you do not always have Me.
The fact of the matter, which most conservatives are ignorant about, is that studies have been done, and what you and other conservatives claim is so far from the truth that there must be another reason for your reluctance to have welfare, something called "greediness".
But the paper shouldn’t be taken at face value because the authors’ abundant caveats show that their study measures neither the reality of poverty in America, nor that of the public programs designed to fight it.
Tanner and Hughes acknowledge that “surveys of welfare recipients consistently show their desire for a job.” They acknowledge that a significant share of those receiving public benefits are working – Walmart employees, for example, famouslyrely on public assistance to get by, meaning that taxpayers effectively subsidize the Walton family’s vast fortunes. And they note that programs like TANF are time-limited – to a maximum of 60 months except in most cases.
They also acknowledge the central flaw in their conclusion: in real life the “typical” family in their study doesn’t come close to receiving the maximum benefit from every single program for which they’re eligible. But here the authors’ caveat doesn’t go far enough. Due largely to the fact that eligibility requirements have already become harder to overcome, these programs are helping fewer poor families get by. In 2009, around three out of four poor families with kids weren’t getting any TANF benefits. At the height of the economic crash, about 25 percent of those eligible for food stamps weren’t receiving them; during better times, that number hovers around 40 percent. And as the CATO study concedes, six out of seven poor families aren’t getting housing assistance.
Think Tank Report Says Poor Americans Have It Too Good | BillMoyers.com
Jesus did indeed want to feed the poor, but not from legislation. But from free will. You leftist clowns say killing unborn babies is cool, but if you decide not to kill them, then it's up to us to take care of them. Hypocrites!
As a conservative, middle-class, working taxpayer, I give freely to charities when I can. Once you Dims mandate that I give to charities of your choosing, it's no longer a charity. It's theft.
So hear this you pos leftist freeloaders:
KISS MY ASS.