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DonCoquixote

(13,939 posts)
11. nice ancedote
Thu May 19, 2016, 04:34 PM
May 2016

Got any stats to prove this "deadbeat" quality you are ready to tar people with, or worse, risk starving an innocent person for?

It is so sad to see the people that claim to the liberals, that probably spent the 70's and 80's getting hell from the Archie Bunkers of the world, turn into the sort of people liberals used to fight.

We got ours, Hillary and Bill got theirs, so to everyone else, up yours!

One word of warning to those ready to slam "deadbeats", thanks to this global economy that certain people promoter, thanks to those H1-b Visas that are the closest we have come to legalized slavery since the C.S.A was in bloom, a lot of you who think you will never need welfare are going to find all those years of hard work do not mean squat. Thanks to the fact tha banks have been let loose like a bunch of hounds after a fox, you may find your savings can be smoked to ashes like the cigar in your banker's mouth.

Then again, what has Hillary said about H1b visas?



And double all this if she finally goes after Assad, which is to say, plays chicken with Vlad Putin.




not like she would ever be flippant about war"


or that there would be consequences of that:



Now, let me be clear, since this is Clinton vs Trump, Clinton hands down, and I realize that is all many care about, however, the fact is, these are holes in the Hillary boat she could EASILY patch. Remember how Bernie lost steam after Hillary questioned both the KXL and the TTP? When she acted like a LIBERAL, she won. However, because a lot of America, including a lot of self described "liberals" say they hate "welfare cheats" and love war as much as the GOP, people who wish to pander to them say they will punish those welfare cheats and Middle easterners.

In short, if we lose this, it will be because we allowed liberal values to be copied and co-opted by the self described "centrists" aka, those people who were driven from their party, but tricked many liberals into agreeing with them so they could stay in this "big tent", and in the process, push many of the people liberals used to care about out of the tent.

Hillary, while I have m,any problems with her, is not my enemy, but I am not being her friend by letting the Debbie Wasserman Schultzes pour liquor down her throat and then asking Hillary to drive her home.

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Well, she did. nt silvershadow May 2016 #1
They used that to sell "progressive liberalisation" of services to the deveoping countries Baobab May 2016 #8
some people on welfare are deadbeats. I know several of them nt msongs May 2016 #2
Deadbeats, welfare queens, people faking back injuries. Cheese Sandwich May 2016 #5
But you will be OK with Trump as president? What planet is this? Actor May 2016 #31
Where did I say that? Cheese Sandwich May 2016 #35
. Loudestlib May 2016 #38
I dont know what you are implying but if you knew who I was and what I do Actor May 2016 #41
I'm not really human. Loudestlib May 2016 #44
The plaintive, wholly unverified cry of an anonymous internet poster with a dash of cali May 2016 #59
Forget me, look at what the WORLD is saying Actor May 2016 #60
Deflection. cali May 2016 #61
probably not they have no shame. They are implying you are employed by David Brock rbrnmw May 2016 #63
Democrats aren't supposed to attack poor people. Ken Burch May 2016 #6
I know. Let's export thousands of jobs and import millions of foreign workers. That will help poor Akicita May 2016 #33
That was the OLD Democratic Party. In the new, corporate-owned Democratic Party... Yurovsky May 2016 #64
nice ancedote DonCoquixote May 2016 #11
Stop believing the corporate media lies scscholar May 2016 #29
That's a pretty disgusting RW lie actually riderinthestorm May 2016 #66
Is there any reason you didn't boldface "Poverty overall is down" and "child poverty has dropped"? YouDig May 2016 #3
Because welfare reform was an attack on working class people and I wanted to bold that out. Cheese Sandwich May 2016 #7
Aha, the actual fact that poverty and child poverty dropped while employment went up is YouDig May 2016 #9
poverty goes up and down. Welfare reform was a structural change, permanent. Cheese Sandwich May 2016 #10
Not during the Clinton administration. Then it just went down. YouDig May 2016 #13
Well when Clinton was cutting welfare didn't he care that if the economy collapsed then people Cheese Sandwich May 2016 #14
His policies greatly reduced poverty. He couldn't forsee that Bush would wreck the economy after YouDig May 2016 #21
"couldn't forsee"? - The economy always goes up and down in cycles every few years. That's basic. Cheese Sandwich May 2016 #23
You think that poverty went down for an entire decade in the 90s, and then YouDig May 2016 #27
The cycles always happen. That is extremely predictable. Cheese Sandwich May 2016 #34
No, 10-years of decreasing and then 10 years increasing poverty is not predictable. YouDig May 2016 #36
PNTR was not passed until very late in the Clinton years. To be real it had a huge effect. Cheese Sandwich May 2016 #40
That is true, but NAFTA wasn't. YouDig May 2016 #43
this is an extremely important point 0rganism May 2016 #55
Over the long run, the Clintons' welfare reform has NOT reduced poverty. reformist2 May 2016 #16
While he was in office, it greatly decreased, this is a statistical fact. YouDig May 2016 #24
It did, mostly because of the internet boom. Very unusual scenario. reformist2 May 2016 #32
because bernie supporters don't care about helping the poor evidently, only nitpicking words. MariaThinks May 2016 #30
I'm not going to get to worked up about this maxsolomon May 2016 #4
Oh, yes there are deadbeats! Me and a black mother in NC jwirr May 2016 #28
I didn't say that you were a deadbeat, nor the mother in NC. I doubt Clinton would either. maxsolomon May 2016 #54
If she did not say it why was she kicking us off welfare? It jwirr May 2016 #58
Because it's so much better to sell out your country for millions. Waiting For Everyman May 2016 #12
I fail to see the issue here apnu May 2016 #15
It's because she called us deadbeats Cheese Sandwich May 2016 #19
Well context matters apnu May 2016 #25
Whatever. If you want to dance around it and try to justify it, go ahead. Cheese Sandwich May 2016 #37
The welfare rolls were cut in half. Oh, yes, but in the welfare jwirr May 2016 #39
Ok, i hear you. apnu May 2016 #45
My point is that she did not in anyway accept that there jwirr May 2016 #47
The wording was poor yes apnu May 2016 #49
She called us "deadbeats" but meant it only in the good way Fumesucker May 2016 #50
You hate Reagan for "welfare queens" but jwirr can't similarly loathe Clinton for deadbeats? riderinthestorm May 2016 #68
Meh. This again? Nobody cared then. Nobody cares now ... NurseJackie May 2016 #17
People do care about it I think. Cheese Sandwich May 2016 #22
Enjoy! NurseJackie May 2016 #26
Your rudeness doesn't cover for you. Octafish May 2016 #56
Not to worry. I doubt if Hillary will continue to insult deadbeats. nt oasis May 2016 #18
Spoken like the solid conservative she is ThePhilosopher04 May 2016 #20
HRC's point of view is right wing Republican here. stillwaiting May 2016 #42
"she can do that! she's for all those deadbeats!" MisterP May 2016 #46
I had to seek public assistance for almost a year after I lost my job newrevolution May 2016 #48
Welcome to DU Fumesucker May 2016 #51
Working yourself into an early grave My Good Babushka May 2016 #52
yes you have it figured out Cheese Sandwich May 2016 #62
Ironically, the glorious leftist pre-DLC party to which many wish to return whatthehey May 2016 #53
"Deadbeats" is how the rich would prefer to see the poor as so... AZ Progressive May 2016 #57
Unfortunately some are deadbeats. CorkySt.Clair May 2016 #65
That sounds like it came out of the mouth of one of the more hateful Republicans. Vinca May 2016 #67
Why is she so willing to bring in foreign workers on H1B visas, vintx May 2016 #69
Ugh. Karmadillo May 2016 #70
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