Reply #30: also

[SemperEadem]

they've been successful at avoiding answering why some repuke pols sneak pork into bills, who they are, the state they live in and why it was done. The people need to understand, as was mentioned in another thread, exactly where government subsidies come into play to make it easier for people in this country, such as putting food on their tables for their families (subsidizing farmers).

Granted, there is a lot of waste going on in government and since the repukes are in charge of all branches, it seems, the magnifying glass needs to be turned on them and closely examine the needs they claim this country has--usually corporate welfare--contrasted to the needs the people of this country have.

For example: bailing out the airlines when they should have been made to perform in an equal capitalistic marketplace--the strongest survive and the weak ones go out of business or get bought out. Whose bright idea was that to go along with handing out welfare checks to the airlines? That was waste.

I agree with the line of thought that you have--the conversation needs to be reframed and steered in a direction which puts dems in a stronger position. It's time for us to stop allowing knee-jerk fear mongering thugs from defining us and making the definition stick.

'Murkins haven't been hit between the eyes with the truth about the lies they are swallowing about * and their actually getting to sit down and have a beer with him since they voted for him in this election--no one has put it to them, effectively, that, as my daughter says, "you ain't got it like that, boo".

Until that happens, they're not going to see that federal programs aren't free rides from the government--the interstate highway system isn't free; FEMA isn't free; federal insurance of their bank accounts isn't free; cheap food isn't free; these are all brought to you by your tax dollars---and when your time of need happens, you expect your government to step into the void for you---well, taxes are what makes that possible.