President Obama's strategy is to appeal to those who feel they are entitled to government support. Those who love government spending need to remember where the money comes from - the people. At least from the 50% who actually pay income taxes.

1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.
2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.
3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.
4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.
5. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that is the beginning of the end of any nation.

MIMI's a liberal pinko one who loves free anything as long as it is free! I personally do not give a d*mn about the poor. I succeeded and you have too also or die off. But what i want to stop is stealing from me because others are too lazy or feel they are entitled to free anything at my expense.

Nope I call myself a self sufficient American who has worked to make what he has. I have no time nor patience for generations of poor who even with opportunity fail to succeed. The poor are poor for a reason. let them be poor, not our problem. I do not want to pay for low end people with low end problems. You have opportunity here those that take advantage of it are rewarded but then penalized for those who do not wish to do anything but take from the government hand. screw em!!

As a liberal who has been trained to be delusional lynda you are typical of the low intelligence unicorns and rainbows type that has ruined the country. Not once did i say i hate America only liberals do. I just want everyone to pull their own weight we are the greatest country but not by much. Even Putin says socialism does not work. I as far as angry i am not, again a liberal slant. Roads are paid for by those pulling their weight not generations of public housing living public assistance garbage. I speak my mind I'm not mad not angry i don't even hate you low intelligence liberals but I am firmly against paying for people who do not contribute to society only take from it they are a drain and leave them to their own devices and see how quickly they get jobs.

Very blunt but mostly true. I paid 55k in taxes last year and you have families with 4 generations living in public housing.. I do not want to pay for people to take handouts. you shouldn't get a handout for your whole life. free housing free food stamps and last year free internet. that's crap! socialistic programs breed degenerates who feed off the system. I would like to see jobs programs that say you work on public programs you get paid, you do not work you get nothing.

It seems to be fairly clear: there are those who prefer fending for themselves in the land of opportunity and those who believe that those who fend and succeed should share the rewards of their work with those who do not work.
The current president has intentionall and successfully divided the country into haves and have nots. He has made the have nots believe they are entitled, yes entitled, to more than they put in.
He has painted those who pay the bills for everyone else as not paying enough. He calls that their "fair share." He points to roads and infrastructure and even police and fire protection as examples of why those who succeed should pay more for the privilege of succeeding.
He seems to forget that those who work hard and succeed are the ones paying taxes - and it is those taxes paying for the roads, protection, etc. In other words, the successful ARE paying their own way. And they are also paying $700 Billion a year to fund 185 welfare programs.
The president needs votes, so he panders to those who have grown dependent on the govt. He tells them the "rich" should pay their "fair share." The dependents want to continue getting their handouts, so of course they vote for him.

I am tired of paying forillegals and frakes phonies and frauds on the entitlement programs!!

IF you wish to give to the poor lynda and cut into your birkenstock money and live like a bohemian good for you but by your choice!. I simply am tired of my money being taken because i have it and then giving to people who are a drain on our society. If you want to give all your money (which i doubt) to the poor then go ahead but that is with your permission, do not take mine because someone else doesnt have any. You are a typical high nosed, full of yourself bleeding heart liberal, looking down your nose at those who do not want to give to miscreants who do not deserve it. Your delusional, spouting your alleged intelligence while just being a liberal means you do not get it. go grow a garden, get your marijuana from your commune friend and indulge yourself while reading Karl Marx again but leave those that do not want their money taken to help with your socialistic views alone.

Lynda....you live in fantasy world. Entitlement programs have turned into a form of "social slavery" for a permanent under class. I think that the liberal masses at first thought they were doing a good thing for the right reasons. They then selfishly realized that by keeping these people on the "entitlement leash" they could control a large segment of the population to their benefit. Now even liberals, except for the hard core radical progressive elements (obama) have realized it is unattainable and must be controlled it not stopped. And the only way to do that is to vote obama out in November and start to bring fiscal and social sanity back to America.

Wow. Some nasty comments here. Right-wingers just expect people to keep spitting out kids that don't get properly educated (sorry, this church school / home school thing where you debunk science and logic just ain't working), then you wonder why we have a workforce that can't work -- then you blame the government. Let's also not forget the 1.4 trillion dollars in war debt the Bush dynasty stuck us with. Don't blame Obama - blame the people you voted in to power. And Mitt Romney? Please ... people like him are why so many American jobs have been shipped overseas. Wake up, people.

Right wingers? How about all people with common sense expect people to accept some semblance of resposibility? You know, simple things - finish high school. Not really so difficult, especially since I know some young people with high school diplomas who literally cannot read or write - but they can vote and they do qualify for food stamps.
Consider this: William Galston, a former adviser to President Bill Clinton, conducted studies and found that if you 1) finish high school, 2) marry before having a child and 3) don't have a child until you're 20, then you almost certainly will not be poor. The statistics Galston found were stunning: Only 8 percent of people who do all three are poor. Of those who don't, a full 79 percent are - and taxpayers support them.
IS THAT SO DIFFICULT?????
1. FINISH HIGH SCHOOL
2. MARRY BEFORE HAVING A CHILD
3. DON'T HAVE A CHILD BEFORE 20
These statistics don't lie - it all comes down to accepting responsibility - not much, just a few common sense rules to live by.
We cannot legislate people out of poverty, but we could legislate that people who do not follow these three rules DO NOT QUALIFY for welfare of any type.

Before the whining starts, let me clarify that by no means should we refuse to help those who really need assistance. There will be thoise who truly cannot help thjemselves and we have always found ways to help them, through charities, individual giving and yes, through legitimate govt support programs.
Problem is, we have generational poverty - people who are taught to live on govt support. That is why we now have 185 welfare programs costing us $700 Billion a year. It is because we have NO expectations of anyone. Yes, we are free - but that does not mean we are free to sit back and expect others to take care of us.
A long time ago we didn't just hand out the money and expect nothing in return. We had the WPA:

Of all of Roosevelt’s New Deal programs, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) is the most famous, because it affected so many people’s lives. Roosevelt’s vision of a work-relief program employed more than 8.5 million people. For an average salary of $41.57 a month, WPA employees built bridges, roads, public buildings, public parks and airports.

Under Harry Hopkins, the WPA would spend more than $11 million in employment relief before it was canceled in 1943. The work relief program was more expensive than direct relief payments, but worth the added cost, Hopkins believed. “Give a man a dole,” he observed, “and you save his body and destroy his spirit. Give him a job and you save both body and spirit”.

Not surprising they are even in a poll when they mirror one another.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWDJEc92d38

People are living in a fantasy world if they believe we actually have a choice in this country. It's nothing more than a two-party dictatorship, which makes sense, considering it's been steered that way.

‎"The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea acceptable only to the doctrinaire and academic thinkers. Instead, the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can "throw the rascals out" at any election without leading to any profound or extreme shifts in policy."

Carrol Quigley, Tragedy and Hope

FYI: Quigley was Bill Clinton's mentor.

This comment box asked me how I feel. Ok box. I feel like some of my neighbors that post here lack manners. Being passionate about your beliefs is great, but if you are so taken by your feelings that you cannot contain your outrage/disgust/whathaveyou, why not take a breath and comment when you can articulate your argument clearly without name calling or derision? Our problems start with a lack of civil discourse. Communication makes things happen. Look at someone that disagrees with you as an opportunity to educate, or be educated yourself (it is ok to be wrong some of the time), rather than a place to wag a finger. I realize that is finger wagging itself, and for that I apologize, but really people, enough with the winning at the internet already.

Again I believe liberals have brought us to this ruiin. All liberals no? those red rosed glass wearing, hug your neighbor, unicorn owning rainbow riding delusional individuals that think government money solves everything. And just for the general information I am a conservative but i believe in a woman's right to choose, (not my business) gay/lesbians do what you want that does not involve me either. I actually do have a stand on religon evolution. My conservative beliefs entail mostly economic areas where the government needs to stop penalizing those with efort and the strive to succeed and then give it to people who believe they are entitled to whatever the government gives out. I actually would welcome a well known liberal type program of FDR, build a road get a paycheck, build a dam get a paycheck. build a building, get a paycheck. do nothing though you should get nothing.

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