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HughBeaumont

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7. Nobody called the social safety nets "ENTITLEMENTS" . . .
Fri Mar 3, 2017, 01:46 PM
Mar 2017

. . . . until people that weren't them started getting earned benefits.

Tangled web weaved, and all that . . .

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Hey! She's leaching off government programs! Kittycow Mar 2017 #1
She is white. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #3
Nobody called the social safety nets "ENTITLEMENTS" . . . HughBeaumont Mar 2017 #7
I went to a Tea Party meeting in my town a while back. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #12
Those are "Build the moat, raise the drawbridge" conservatives. HughBeaumont Mar 2017 #15
Electing Trump was a package deal: HughBeaumont Mar 2017 #4
She won't be for long when they are cut off !!! OnDoutside Mar 2017 #19
A high school dropout, no skills, guillaumeb Mar 2017 #2
I didn't go there JustAnotherGen Mar 2017 #13
Agreed. Elections have consequences. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #14
Yep - and looking at the aca JustAnotherGen Mar 2017 #21
Maybe thats what she wanted to do, get even at those who have made the right choices. Jim Beard Mar 2017 #24
An interesting idea. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #27
So where in Michigan are the Trumps manufacturing their clothing and accessory lines? Vinca Mar 2017 #5
We worship money, business and the military in this country. hollowdweller Mar 2017 #6
The unspoken rule of any corporation is to "care for the Major Shareholders First and Only". HughBeaumont Mar 2017 #11
and that is why the GOP intends to destroy public education Freethinker65 Mar 2017 #8
I went to the link and read all of the bios JustAnotherGen Mar 2017 #9
I think her first problem was not using birth control. Jim Beard Mar 2017 #25
And they're not - they're going to get dirty air, smelly water and dead fish hatrack Mar 2017 #10
That particular class of voters lacks the critical thinking skills to procon Mar 2017 #35
Ironic is it not. Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #16
He wasn't running for re-election. Jim Beard Mar 2017 #26
I know,was in the Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #30
I have zero fucks to give for these people. Actually less than zero. Initech Mar 2017 #17
+1000 Blue_Tires Mar 2017 #18
+1,000. Oh, a bailout WILL be expected by them. HughBeaumont Mar 2017 #22
That's the christofascist mindset in a nutshell. Initech Mar 2017 #23
The power of conservative messaging-- You could be rich + successful "if only for the government..." andym Mar 2017 #20
Good to know she will be punished for her vote. lagomorph777 Mar 2017 #28
"Damn you Obama." lpbk2713 Mar 2017 #29
So, irony is lost on these people angrychair Mar 2017 #31
"THA'S DIFFRNT! AH URND MAH BENNIES!" HughBeaumont Mar 2017 #40
An hour from Canada and the wall is how the Con Man got her BeyondGeography Mar 2017 #32
"Border Jumpin's" great when you want to party in nearby Windsor. HughBeaumont Mar 2017 #39
You know what kills me Lotusflower70 Mar 2017 #33
Hard lesson get the red out Mar 2017 #34
The "we can't even take care of our own people" argument louis-t Mar 2017 #36
If you have to say. . . ogsball Mar 2017 #37
I'm miffed I have to help pay for those 3 DeminPennswoods Mar 2017 #38
So, she's on Medicaid and wants to retrain to be a nurse NewJeffCT Mar 2017 #41
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