Hillary Is Like A Fish Out of Water When Talking About Class Issues

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196. Carter also increased defense spending to 10b

After promising to cut defense spending in his campaign.

Thank you for finding that Welfare quote. As a recipient, I don't see how anything has changed, other than getting worse via Clinton's "reforms" since that time. Aid is still a patchwork of incompetently run Federal, State, and Local programs. There are still unfair differences in the most important one - "General Assistance" welfare. That's run by county so there is a race to the bottom to avoid "attracting undesirables". The funds are inadequate for individuals, much less families. Here GA is a LOAN of $336/month for only 3 months out of the year unless you are disabled. Rent for a single room has hit $1200/month. There is a built in disincentive to take odd jobs for work (see my sig) because unless you can hit the ground running with a full time job, the money will just be subtracted from your GA and you will be in trouble with your landlord. That's right- you aren't ALLOWED to legally acquire money for non-food necessities. Need some tampons? Tough cookies.

It looks like Carter had a correct picture of the situation - which basically drowns people in too much bullshit to get them even on the road to work. But how did Clinton "fix"it? Did he standardize programs, give people realistic aid, and pipeline them to work? No he limited welfare to 5 years to "incetivize" people to get work and made things worse.

I will remain under the impression Hillary also thinks people on welfare just need more rugs pulled out from under them until she starts to make proposals that sound like something different.