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In reply to the discussion: Hillary, DLC/Third Way, Neocons, PNAC, Etc. [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)You seldom hear politicians speaking kindly about the poor anymore. It's "middle class" (which most people consider themselves), "working families" etc.
Welfare "as we know it" was ended by Bubba (who also offered to help Ryan with Democratic votes--RYAN).
Once, they mocked Social Security Survivors' benefits with frequent smirking (and sexist) references to "the widows and orphans." Now, they are after the rest of Social Security, and seem to want to start with the disabled, who, after all, often put in fewer quarters and collect longer, than those who don't collect until they retire voluntarily.
Contempt for "widows and orphans," the disabled and the elderly, with no recognition that Social Security is INSURANCE.
I don't care which letter follows your name, that is evil.