Rachel Maddow, "What Republicans Mean When They Talk about Food Stamps and Millionaires.

[Stuart G]

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last night 12/20/11..it really worth watching...

Rachel Maddow.
From Rachel's Bolg
at MSNBC.

http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/21/9605904-what-republicans-mean-when-they-talk-about-food-stamps-and-millionaires


"When you're 65, you get Medicare. You get Social Security. When you lose your job, if you have paid into the unemployment insurance program, you get unemployment insurance.

You are by definition entitled to these things, and these things have been a huge success in the story of America. They are our social safety net. They have kept people out of poverty. They have kept food on the table. They've allowed us to retire one day instead of working our entire lives until we die.

But the thing about them is that they are entitlements. And that is as important to what they mean to us as Americans as it is to their political survival. You get these things if you're rich or if you're poor. We do not discriminate by class. As Americans, we get them.

But when you try to change those programs so instead of benefiting everybody, they just benefit, say, poorer Americans, you set the stage to break those programs apart because the right has come up with really great politics for making the rest of the country resent programs that only serve poor people. So, suddenly means testing unemployment insurance. That may
seem like a throw-away line in a Republican proposal. That`s not a real
problem, why are they working on that?"


Well, it is a way to dismantle that as an entitlement -- to make us think of unemployment insurance as something that only applies to poor people. And once you convince voters that a program is only for the poor, then it's easier to convince everyone else to whittle it away."



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The entire segment is worth watching...And the explanation of what the Pukes really want is sobering. They are out to destroy the
socal net and kill those programs that keep Americans from starving and dieing. Watch the last 3 minutes if you can, she hammers home the point that it is also about setting one group against another, so that Medicare and Social Security can be destroyed. She is one hundred percent correct. This is clear, simple, focused, and totally honest.
Everyone needs to see this..

[Lysistrada]

1. Excellent

Very informative.