“When we see the expansion of the dependency class in America and you add this to the 79 other means tested programs that we have in the United States, each time you add another brick to that wall, it’s a barrier to people that might go out and succeed. ” – Steve King Idaho (R).
The idea that is represented above is exactly what is wrong with the political climate in United States. This bullcookery is debunked handily at 3:15 of the video by Greg Kaufmann who uses empirical fact as opposed to ideological mantras to describe the poverty situation in the US.
If you give people the basics of survival, they will prosper and return more to the society and the economy then simply letting them become destitute.
bleatmop
Mystro
Dead Wild Roses 
3 comments
July 4, 2013 at 6:54 am
john zande
Nice how these assclowns also seem to blithely omit the fact that ‘real’ wages have remained stagnant (or have in fact declined in some sectors) for, what, the last 30+ years.
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July 4, 2013 at 9:05 pm
The Arbourist
@JZ
We do need to keep the important people happy John, cutting into profits is an anathema to ‘civilized’ society. :/
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July 5, 2013 at 3:56 am
john zande
True that. Apologies. My mantra today will be: Top-down, top-down, top-down… repeated 10,000 times ;)
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