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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo if Food Stamps are a corrupting factor in the Black Community as Newt thinks...
What about the corrupting influence the changes in the Capital Gains Tax did to the Investment Class, those in and supporting it...
It is pretty simple to me, the GOP, no matter how many Black People they can parade on stages, are, at heart, racial.
Not so much the people running the show, they are more calculatingly cynical, but the majority of the rank and file.
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So if Food Stamps are a corrupting factor in the Black Community as Newt thinks... (Original Post)
WCGreen
Jan 2012
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It's a well-known fact that entitlements are only corrupting to people with no money.
baldguy
Jan 2012
#1
That goes along with the poor being poor because of charactor and not circumstances...
WCGreen
Jan 2012
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baldguy
(36,649 posts)1. It's a well-known fact that entitlements are only corrupting to people with no money.
Letting a poor, single mother get $10 extra will make her slothful & lazy, while giving Wall Street investor get $100,000 extra will make him productive & resourceful.
And if you believe that, I've got a bridge I can sell to you cheep.
WCGreen
(45,558 posts)2. That goes along with the poor being poor because of charactor and not circumstances...
baldguy
(36,649 posts)3. Not just that; If you're poor then you're being punished by God.
If you're rich, that's proof that God loves you.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)4. If hard work made you rich single mothers would mostly be millionaires and Newt would be broke.
WCGreen
(45,558 posts)5. Spot on.....