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In reply to the discussion: The double-standard of making the poor prove they’re worthy of government benefits [View all]Algernon Moncrieff
(5,852 posts)62. And the point was that these legends play direcly to what the OP is saying
..which was the "double-standard of making the poor prove theyre worthy of government benefits." You hit it on the head when you stated:
(P)eople have movies in their heads that seem to play and become "reality". They are just convinced that they saw someone buying lobster and steaks with their food stamps. From their fever dreams directly into "one time I saw . . " with no middle step.
The next step after this was Reagan...and now Trump.
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The double-standard of making the poor prove they’re worthy of government benefits [View all]
gollygee
Apr 2016
OP
Getting the middle class to attack the poor instead of the rich is a winning strategy
Major Nikon
Apr 2016
#7
The small number that abuse the system get the press and encourage more restrictions.
FLPanhandle
Apr 2016
#8
I "love" the hot coffee lawsuit logic of tort reformers. "but she spilled coffee" - "yes but it was
MillennialDem
Apr 2016
#50
It's not as if right wing hatred of the poor is rooted in any sort of common sense...
MrScorpio
Apr 2016
#11
A divisive tactic used to take even more away from the poor...feeds into stereotypes as well.
Jefferson23
Apr 2016
#12
"Good Day?" It's between 8:30 and 12:30. The continental US is covered in darkness.
Algernon Moncrieff
Apr 2016
#33
If it helps I've seen Suburbanites of color that are just as bad, I've lived poor
Dragonfli
Apr 2016
#55
And the point was that these legends play direcly to what the OP is saying
Algernon Moncrieff
Apr 2016
#62
"Every" seemed simpler than the more accurate "disturbingly pervasive"
Algernon Moncrieff
Apr 2016
#70
HELL, every congressman who serves at the state or fed level should be drug tested
FlatBaroque
Apr 2016
#53
So if a poor person gets a gift and pays rent with that gift and then uses his food card
JDPriestly
Apr 2016
#37
Tax breaks need to be replaced with subsidies and grants. It would be more honest and simpler
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2016
#34
Wherever homeless are giving FREE HOUSING, overall costs go down a lot.
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2016
#36
Thank you. There are no hard and fast rules, but simply giving housing to the homeless
JDPriestly
Apr 2016
#38
I would say it's a scam at work and should be illegal as well. I don't use drugs, so the only
MillennialDem
Apr 2016
#49
Because if you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes true. The poor are spending their
MillennialDem
Apr 2016
#48
Teachings of Christianity. If someone is a victim, they are somehow at fault for their own
Amimnoch
Apr 2016
#72
The rich get more welfare dollarwise, they need daily drug testing.
Dont call me Shirley
Apr 2016
#73