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GoneFishin

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5. Anything to create more poor people too desperate to turn down a $2/hour job in factories owned by

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2015, 12:27 PM

Apr 2015

greedy Republicans and their Corporatist friends. It seems that everything they do creates more people who are forced to work more jobs and longer hours, to support family members with ever diminishing resources. Of course, that serves two purposes : it increases the competition for jobs and depresses wages, and 2) keeps people preoccupied with buying groceries and not being evicted such that voting becomes a luxury that they just can't afford.

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Moving Medicaid To State Would Put Children On Hook For Parent's Long Term Care. [View all] TheMastersNemesis Apr 2015 OP

And 30 states already have these laws on the books that require children to support parents. pnwmom Apr 2015 #1

The Public Is Very Ignorant About What State Authority Would Mean. TheMastersNemesis Apr 2015 #2

You are correct before Medicaid was created the states paid for the care of the indigent because jwirr Apr 2015 #4

move it to the states and pols like christie can put their friends in charge of it....and loot it spanone Apr 2015 #3

Anything to create more poor people too desperate to turn down a $2/hour job in factories owned by GoneFishin Apr 2015 #5