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katsy

(4,246 posts)

15. Ignorant POS

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Sun May 3, 2015, 06:01 PM

May 2015

If welfare was indeed that lucrative... there would be no poverty traps.

There is great poverty because jobs were shipped overseas and the safety nets have not kept families secure.

I read a Harvard study of free trade and it pointed out that strong safety nets should be in place to keep displaced workers from falling into poverty. Well duhhh. Guess GOP skipped that part.

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Paul Ryan: Baltimore is stuck in ‘poverty trap’ because welfare benefits are too lucrative [View all] babylonsister May 2015 OP

Typical Paul Ryan drivel! leftofcool May 2015 #1

idiota supreme John_Doe80004 May 2015 #2

Welcome to DU! ScreamingMeemie May 2015 #19

They are stuck in it because all the decent manufacturing jobs are now.... yourout May 2015 #3

Oh for fucks sake edhopper May 2015 #4

I'm so sick of his crap. octoberlib May 2015 #5

Warning, Bullshit approaching critical mass. hifiguy May 2015 #6

This is so 1970s. Chemisse May 2015 #7

Irony, he has a point nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #8

Now that Ryan has gotten through (you're welcome, dickhead) gratuitous May 2015 #9

typical conservative thinking John_Doe80004 May 2015 #10

You mean like the "welfare benefits" that enabled him to get an education? tularetom May 2015 #11

That trade deal he and Obama are working on will certainly help... SMC22307 May 2015 #12

We don't believe it Codeine May 2015 #13

Paul Rand at your service. Kingofalldems May 2015 #14

Ignorant POS katsy May 2015 #15

Someone needs to challenge him on the specifics daredtowork May 2015 #16

Wha? City Lights May 2015 #17

Screw him. ScreamingMeemie May 2015 #18

"In 2012, the average American taxpayer making $50,000 per year Trillo May 2015 #20

Ryan is full of poop nt fadedrose May 2015 #21

You got that right...REPUBLICANS believe that and there are a lot of people who DON'T Jefferson23 May 2015 #22