The chronic issue of poverty: how do the sincere Republicans propose to alleviate it ?

[steve2470]

Caveat: I am not talking about Trump or Trumpists. Forget them.

I am referring to, I guess, "Reagan worshippers". I have always heard from them, "oh all boats are lifted by a rising tide". From what I have seen, I am not too sure about that. Those who have a "good boat" (aka enough education or training, good health, family support, etc) are lifted, whereas all others are not lifted.

My hunch is that, if you are Republican, you really do NOT care about poverty, whatsoever. Or its effects upon society. Over 47 years of observing them, it is ONLY Democrats that have really put forth serious proposals about it. I can't tell you the exact ones, I would have to go do hours of research.

Has anyone had a debate with a Republican about it, or read a "serious book" about it from one of them ?

Thank you again for tolerating my questions. I hope it helps others be educated, also.

Steve

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Feature, not bug.

[Laelth]

9. Precisely. They like chronic poverty.

It keeps wages low, and it means that people have to complete for dangerous, low-wage, unfulfilling, and torturous jobs. What’s not to like?





-Laelth

[Just_Vote_Dem]

2. They don't care.

As I've expressed in other posts, they are against food stamps, welfare, basically anything that would help a person in need,

[Yeehah]

3. Tax cuts for billionaires

The republican answer to everything.

[dlk]

4. Republicans like to misquote the Bible that the poor will always be with you

The omit the part where they’re admonished to care for them. It’s the immature politics is selfishness.

[steve2470]

5. excellent point

They always neglect to mention all the references in the New Testament where Jesus speaks of taking care of the poor.

[BlueNProud]

6. GOP doesn't even give lip service to trying to uplift and inspire people anymore

When's the last time you heard a GOPer giving off a positive message that could be embraced by all?

[Newest Reality]

7. They don't.

Not only is a feature of capitalism overall, they would probably take steps to create a breakaway civilization and live in an Elysium of luxury and extreme wealth, abandoning the rest of humanity, who would live in an increasingly dystopian squalor.

That's their platform and they want to rise up on it.

[MineralMan]

8. Cake. They will give the poor cake to eat.

[JT45242]

10. Conflicted sometimes -- see wife of Jim Gaffigan

Jim Gaffigan's wife had a great post responding to her that 'how could you be a good Catholic and not vote for Trump?"

Her response was well thought out and referred to the words of the current Pope. She stated that Catholics, and Christians in general, are called to treat all life as sacred. NOt just unborn fetus, the poor, the immigrant, the disenfranchised.

There are a lot of people who care about this who vote Republican because of that one issue.

It has always confused me why so many of these one issues who worship the fetus do not care about them after they transition to actual person.

It is just that their concern for the poor, the oppressed, etc. is just not as great as their worship of the fetus. The idloatry of the fetus has been a powerful tool that the Republican party has used ever since Bob Jones University got hit for racist policies and wanted to stack the courts.

For many Republicans, they only really worship the allmighty dollar.