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BarackTheVote

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3. This is an awesome rant, and you're 100% correct!

Reply to thomhartmann (Original post)

Thu Dec 17, 2020, 11:18 AM

Dec 2020

It’s crazy how conditioned Americans are to couch their arguments about how to help poor people always in terms of “we can’t help them enough that they’ll be tempted to be lazy”—even in my own life, I find myself falling into this trap. But it’s the inherent human dignity of people that demands that they have enough to live WITH dignity.

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Today's Rant: Americans must drive a stake through the heart of the NeoCalvinist Republican Party [View all] thomhartmann Dec 2020 OP

This is spot on. Wellstone ruled Dec 2020 #1

You have described the well-known problem, as have many others. MineralMan Dec 2020 #2

excellent question NRaleighLiberal Dec 2020 #4

Enlightenment of the electorate -- keep telling it until it sinks in. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2020 #7

This is an awesome rant, and you're 100% correct! BarackTheVote Dec 2020 #3

Calvinism and American Exceptionalism Haveadream Dec 2020 #5

K & R Duppers Dec 2020 #6