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In reply to the discussion: Ohio to limit food stamps for some adults [View all]jtuck004
(15,882 posts)33. “The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.” John D. Rockefeller
The way to stop it is to simply quit enabling them. Cooperate and work with each other, quit making wealth for the wealthy. Go ahead and have the stupid guillotine if you want - it won't accomplish what one thinks. The French tried that, after de la Boetie (about 1450-1500) pointed out that the tyrant, today's wealthy corporations and others, only have what the people worked for and gave them. Suggested that if they would just quit supporting them the tyrant would fall of their own weight.
They ignored him, of course, and when they killed off the tyrant the rich simply moved in and took their place.
What we need to do is enable each other, make each other stronger and more capable of no longer living on the plantation as most of us do today. The killing off of the tyrant is a kind of action that some people think is going to free them, but is simply seen as a buying opportunity for those with real wealth, and those that live will be in the same place after it is over.
I don't suggest there won't be violence, but if you truly try to get strong, the violence will be perpetrated on us by the wealthy. And if they are successful, as they were by the 1930's in this country, those that survive will be in exactly the same place they are today.
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Mm maybe because the programs are only supposed to be an aid to assist them in a time of need
cstanleytech
Sep 2013
#20
Much like stating recipients of food stamps are merely making a "life-style choice" is simply a judg
LanternWaste
Sep 2013
#63
Way to go push for the dishonest cherry picker award there Lan, best of luck in your efforts.
cstanleytech
Sep 2013
#66
Oh there could be plenty of jobs if government would scrape the entire trickle down
cstanleytech
Sep 2013
#88
What the heck is wrong with you? Poverty is not a lifestyle choice. Shame, shame, shame.
marble falls
Sep 2013
#41
Might want to reread then what the discussion is about then before you sound like one
cstanleytech
Sep 2013
#67
The suggested requirements for funding transportation would cost more than the food stamp reduction
JustanAngel
Sep 2013
#78
Nope, the right wing fever version would be calling to cut the entire assistance program
cstanleytech
Sep 2013
#58
You see absolutely no correlation between our immense "Defense" spending and our very small
Bandit
Sep 2013
#72
Did I miss the part where the gov said he was bringing good paying jobs to Ohio?
Thinkingabout
Sep 2013
#7
“The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.” John D. Rockefeller
jtuck004
Sep 2013
#33
It's The God Damned Rich Who Are The Welfare Queens. They Steal The Money.
TheMastersNemesis
Sep 2013
#9
Oh I agree that the rich are not the job creators they were supposed to be
cstanleytech
Sep 2013
#21
And companies like Walmart pay such low wages which allows many to qualify for programs.
Thinkingabout
Sep 2013
#23
who will decide if every lone adult is 'able bodied' without mental health and physical exams?
Sunlei
Sep 2013
#26
Doing a similar thing in Kansas, but I think they are just kicking them off. n/t
jtuck004
Sep 2013
#38
Hey, something we agree on here. Cut the pentagon budget. Wont happen though I have
cstanleytech
Sep 2013
#59