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Quote of the Day – Tavis Smiley Edition
“Not at all. Mitt Romney’s wrong when he thinks that we are engaging in what he calls the politics of envy. No one who happens to be poor wants what Mr. Romney has. They just want to move beyond a poverty of opportunity in this country to an opportunity to play on a level playing field.”
Tavis Smiley, Marxist and multi-millionaire, appearing on The Hannity Show talking about what people who live in poverty want, while promoting his new book.
Well, here is a start, let’s get them off welfare and entitlements so they have a chance to improve their lives. That will never happen as long as they are living off the government dime. The playing field while you are on welfare will never be level. It is getting them off welfare that will give them opportunity.
See more on his book tour here.
SignPainterGuy and 
just a conservative girl are discussing. 
SignPainterGuy 12:28 PM on 04/29/2012 Permalink |
Ms. Smiley is so out of touch. The poor dream BIG; they absolutely DO want the kinds of things the Romneys have, they just have little realization of what is involved in getting them. And as an addenda, the poor have little idea how the rich function. “The rich don`t spend money; how do you think they got rich !?” I hear that so often. It proves that the poor haven`t rubbed elbows with the rich. Ignorance abounds !
Anyway, the welfare system needs to be reversed in it`s procedures for getting on and off. It should be made much more difficult to get on, having to prove you need it, but once you start earning money and begin to need assistance less, the checks should not be cut off immediately, but tapered slowing, so that a welfare recipient can save a bit and work into independence rather than jumping straight in without a cushion.
just a conservative girl 8:31 PM on 04/29/2012 Permalink |
You are correct. It is such a simple solution. Start pro-rating welfare and food stamps so they when they are able to take moderately better paying position and not lose everything. Too simple of a solution for the government to ever bother doing.
SignPainterGuy 9:51 PM on 04/29/2012 Permalink |
It would seem the objective is to “keep” people on welfare.
Rush has made an excellent point; If the gov. entitlement-way is so great, then where are the success stories. They should be everywhere in great numbers, but only free market capitalism provides a way for most anyone with the will to be successful.