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WhiskeyGrinder

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9. It's tempting to tie this story to Trump or the current social climate in our country but the truth

Reply to IronLionZion (Original post)

Fri Jul 21, 2017, 04:58 PM

Jul 2017

is the idea of a worthy poor and an unworthy poor has been around for decades. We will never get anywhere with things like single payer, universal basic income and so on until we figure out a way to let go of "worthy" and "unworthy."

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Disabled and disdained [View all] IronLionZion Jul 2017 OP

Up to $200/day according to some here on DU. ret5hd Jul 2017 #1

So much goddamn pain in this country. K&R WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2017 #2

My question is madokie Jul 2017 #3

Prosperity gospel IronLionZion Jul 2017 #4

Wait a minute. Just after the election, weren't there about a dozen people here Squinch Jul 2017 #5

I dunno. Iggo Jul 2017 #6

People take care of their neighbors Skidmore Jul 2017 #7

These are the people who voted for Trump. Motownman78 Jul 2017 #8

It's tempting to tie this story to Trump or the current social climate in our country but the truth WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2017 #9

I don't know how to teach people to care about other people IronLionZion Jul 2017 #12

I just don't get the mindset of giving a shit that someone might get something they don't deserve. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2017 #14

Millions of people worry someone is getting something they don't deserve IronLionZion Jul 2017 #16

Agreed. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2017 #18

I have been haunted by this photo all day. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2017 #10

This photo? IronLionZion Jul 2017 #11

No, the one in the OP. This one here just fills me with rage. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2017 #13

The man on the left is the father of the man in the OP photo IronLionZion Jul 2017 #15

. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2017 #17

I saw a guy today picking through the cigarette butts in the bucket a kennedy Jul 2017 #19