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In reply to the discussion: "Welfare has done far more damage to the Black family than slavery could ever do" [View all]paleotn
(17,876 posts)Absolutely nothing rear view about it. These racist, privileged assholes still exist...still spew the same stale shit...and they vote in large numbers. Spend some time in the south...or a northern exburb. It's still the leading meme among the white, privileged set.
My usual response is.....welfare is not a lifestyle. Google Clinton and welfare reform. It's only a few simple clicks of the keyboard. And while you're at it, google Jim Crow, lynching, red lining and institutional racism. As for WIC, compare the average allotment to your weekly grocery bill and tell me how you could feed a family of growing children on such a pittance. Take the federal minimum wage X 40 hours per week and tell me how that can support even a spartan lifestyle even with subsidized housing. Work more? And just when will they have the time to actually raise their children? That usually shuts them the fuck up. They're especially discombobulated with that coming from an older, white southerner like me. They initially think I'm one of them. A member of the club. But I'm not.