Just saw this on a FB page......sounds so repubspeak eh? *gag*

[a kennedy]

"You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves."

-William J. H. Boetcker

[dhol82]

1. Well, at least he is dead. Sadly, his words linger on.

Surprised they haven’t trotted him out before.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._H._Boetcker

[ck4829]

2. But can you help the rich by destroying the poor?

Who is strong? Ethan Couch, is he strong? The guy raped his kid and then got out of prison because he never worked a day in his life because of his wealth and prison would be 'too hard on him', is he strong?

I'll be sure to remember this "brotherhood of man" quote when right wingers try to divide public sector workers against private sector workers, when they encourage paranoia of Muslims and immigrants, when they make up conspiracy theories about minorities, and when they do stupid things to "own the libs".

[Leith]

3. Quickly Thrown Together

"You cannot help the poor by further enriching the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by throwing obstacles in their way. You cannot bring about prosperity by taking everything the poor have left. You cannot lift the wage earner up by giving the wage payer more excuses to lower wages. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by increasing hatred of minorities. You cannot build character and courage by denying that you see it in those you disdain and attributing it only to those with power and influence. You cannot help people permanently by removing all means by which they could and should do for themselves."

Feel free to improve on this or add more. I threw this together rather quickly and with indignation.

[PatSeg]

4. I was raised around that philosophy

It usually came from people who were very comfortably middle class.

[sarcasmo]

5. Facebook is pit of Republican hate.

[Ilsa]

6. What a sack of vile, stinking, liquid crap. nt

[flotsam]

7. While they will promote that I'll bet they forgot this:

Boetcker also spoke of the "Seven National Crimes":

I don’t think.
I don’t know.
I don’t care.
I am too busy.
I leave well enough alone.
I have no time to read and find out.
I am not interested.

Does that sound like any political party you Know???

[JHB]

8. It's worse. Half the time, or more, that quote is attributed to Lincoln

Falsely, of course. Boetcker Is the true author, but he doesn't have the name re ignition, and they so love to pretend Lincoln supported their pet causes.