PhD Thesis on DU and Free Republic

[Laura PourMeADrink]

85. very interesting RD

"The conservative view is that family should do these things"

I think this approach to helping those in need actually does work in very small setting. I saw first hand how it worked in West, TX. I see it work in small communities where people know each other. They go to the same churches, shop in the same stores, and have children who go to school together. But, it is a very narrow world view. It could never work in LA or NYC where the wealthy and the poor rarely mingle except on a busy street.

What troubles me is that in the past, these people looked at the masses in need with indifference. Now they look with utter disdain. They no longer think "Pull yourself up by your bootstraps", "Deal with it," as you say. They say they are all "on the take" and are bilking the system and that they are having to pay for it. I hear it all the time. Hell, even Romney echoed it in his 47% remarks.

How did this change in attitude happen? I think this is extraordinarily interesting to dissect. Was it a master plan the PTB hatched? Although I have no proof I have to believe it was. And I also have to believe that the Limbaughs of the world played a major role. I also think that the Bush economic downturn caused by a raping by the rich did as well. They noticed it was harder to make ends meet - and it was easy to make them think it was someone else's fault.