Cotton2226
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Republicans and the people!
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NightSwimmer
Senator
God is a mighty shield -- behind which much malevolence may be hidden from public view.
Jim Scott
Council Member
The above cartoon represents the kind of fallacy the political left has been selling America for many decades. While the idea behind it (the GOP uses God as a way to deny the poor their 'right' to others people's money) is absurd - few Republican leaders use God as a rationale for much of anything they do - the cartoon is emblematic of leftist convictions that anyone who expresses a religious conviction has to be a 'hater' , making such people worthy of the leftists contempt. A contempt they are happy to announce whenever the opportunity arises to get a shot in at 'religion'. Well, except Islam. Muslims don't 'turn the other cheek'. Much safer for leftists to mock Christians. How many anti-Muslim posts do you see compared to anti-Christian? I'm just saying.
For decades, the left has employed 'the poor' as a shibboleth to justify wealth distribution schemes. Guess who gets to do the distributing? Not the wealth producers, but the government elite. This contempt for individual effort and ambition is a vital part of leftist ideology that sees the 'collective' as above any individual and makes 'the greater good' a built-in justification for all kinds of authoritarian policies. 'Obamacare' being the latest and most egregious example.
Meanwhile, coming up on a half-century of LBJ's 'Great Society', the poverty rate has hardly changed since that massive government spending program was launched back in 1966. The federalized welfare system has made many Americans permanently dependent on government largess and in the process has weakened the middle class as well as the once-strong black family. While more and more people are receiving various forms of 'government' welfare, the money has to come from somewhere and, contrary to liberal assumptions, the rich are far too few in number to support the massive 'entitlement' system the U.S. is now mired in so the working middle class bears the economic burden. This tax burden inevitably slows economic growth and growth statistics bear that out. However, count on the political left 'blaming Bush' for the sluggish economic growth, even though Obama spent around 800 billion taxpayer dollars intended to 'stimulate' economic growth. They didn't. The left's excuse? 'It would have been worse without the stimulus'. Since you can't prove a negative they get away with such rubbish. Well, to an extent. However, reality always catches up with economic fantasies - as is happening now.
Another reason why the U.S. will not have a true economic recovery while Democrats are in power. They will use 'the poor' as a shield against criticism i.e. if you oppose more government entitlement spending you 'hate the poor'. The leftmedia uses it's megaphone to sell the lie and the gullible buy it. God has nothing to do with it.
Jim
For decades, the left has employed 'the poor' as a shibboleth to justify wealth distribution schemes. Guess who gets to do the distributing? Not the wealth producers, but the government elite. This contempt for individual effort and ambition is a vital part of leftist ideology that sees the 'collective' as above any individual and makes 'the greater good' a built-in justification for all kinds of authoritarian policies. 'Obamacare' being the latest and most egregious example.
Meanwhile, coming up on a half-century of LBJ's 'Great Society', the poverty rate has hardly changed since that massive government spending program was launched back in 1966. The federalized welfare system has made many Americans permanently dependent on government largess and in the process has weakened the middle class as well as the once-strong black family. While more and more people are receiving various forms of 'government' welfare, the money has to come from somewhere and, contrary to liberal assumptions, the rich are far too few in number to support the massive 'entitlement' system the U.S. is now mired in so the working middle class bears the economic burden. This tax burden inevitably slows economic growth and growth statistics bear that out. However, count on the political left 'blaming Bush' for the sluggish economic growth, even though Obama spent around 800 billion taxpayer dollars intended to 'stimulate' economic growth. They didn't. The left's excuse? 'It would have been worse without the stimulus'. Since you can't prove a negative they get away with such rubbish. Well, to an extent. However, reality always catches up with economic fantasies - as is happening now.
Another reason why the U.S. will not have a true economic recovery while Democrats are in power. They will use 'the poor' as a shield against criticism i.e. if you oppose more government entitlement spending you 'hate the poor'. The leftmedia uses it's megaphone to sell the lie and the gullible buy it. God has nothing to do with it.
Jim
NightSwimmer
Senator
The fancy font doesn't adequately camouflage your lack of critical thinking skills, Jim.
oicu812
"Trust, but Verify"
hi jim!
funny how the ones who have more, are vastly less charitable to the poor than the ones with less..
and even faced with overwhelming evidence of such facts, they just deny the truth exists, ignore it hoping it will go away so they can bring it out later, or explain that its all secret republican code, thats designed to make the Democrats look like the cheap, hypocritical douchbags that they are...
a toast to you liberals,,you have exceeded my expectations!
can i get you all a water and vinegar?
