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Saturday, August 13, 2016

Using Welfare to Buy Elections

"The only time you even see the people is when you look down to see what it is you're stepping on." ― Bonnie Bedelia as Holly McClane in "Die Hard 2" (1990)div>
David Hunter

As originally conceived in 1964 with LBJ’s “Great Society,” welfare programs were promoted as a temporary helping hand to give the downtrodden a leg up. Today, this blatant economic redistribution (read: War on Poverty) has metastasized in a multi-generational government dependence scheme. In essence, entitlement programs such as food stamps are de facto bribes directed mostly at minority groups loyal to Democrats. For progressives it’s a simple numbers game: garnering enough votes to keep themselves perpetually in high elective office.   Recall that the bottom 60% of the population pays only 2% of federal income taxes. ......Full Story

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