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In reply to the discussion: Pic Of The Moment: At CPAC, Paul Ryan Justifies Safety Net Cuts [View all]tclambert
(11,085 posts)18. In Maslow's hierarchy of needs, dignity is 4th level. Food is first level.
You have to meet the physiological needs--food, water, air to breathe--before you can worry about the higher levels. Let's see, 2nd level is security, 3rd is friendship and belonging, 4th is self-esteem, 5th is full self-actualization. Dignity would definitely fit into the 4th level.
The point is a starving person ceases to worry about dignity or practically anything else except how to get some food. How many homeless people go dumpster diving behind restaurants hoping to find something edible?
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With Ryan being big on anti-abortion, how in the hell does he propose to feed the babies
Thinkingabout
Mar 2014
#3
It's the rich white man's God's will that those lazy babies should starve!!!!
Ken Burch
Mar 2014
#47
"With Ryan being big on anti-abortion, how in the hell does he propose to feed the babies?"
Sobriquet
Mar 2014
#55
ryan gets handouts from corps. who get handouts from gov't and they deny handouts to starving kids.
unblock
Mar 2014
#6
Ryan, and people like him, are the ones who demand that dignity must be sacrificed...1.
NancyDL
Mar 2014
#14
At Level 2, Ryan/Gingrich Plan is to remove children from their parents and take over their care
DhhD
Mar 2014
#54
Here's a nice plate of dignity kid, there's billions in unclaimed profit to be made!
Initech
Mar 2014
#24
Is Paul Ryan going to give up his government paid healthcare so he can have the dignity
Incitatus
Mar 2014
#26
When the various politicians warned us that NAFTA would start a race to the bottom they were right.
Enthusiast
Mar 2014
#40
More "dignity" for the poor: Ryan-style. What an ass wipe (thx Laura PourMeADrink)
dballance
Mar 2014
#43
A friend just posted this on facebook, came through moveon.org from the DU fb page.
uppityperson
Mar 2014
#57