Scott Walker and the Hammock Theory of Poverty

Washington Post ^ | February 3, 2015 | Greg Sargent - Plum Line

[RatRipper]

McCain and Romney campaigned like introverted funeral directors and it did not work. Voters have endured a belly full of lies followed by the consequences of having been duped repeatedly. Speak plain truth and voters will respond.

[zerosix]

Unfortunately, the Bush's, having always been at the top, feel guilty about it and thus desire to "give to those" at the bottom. The only problem with that is, they don't give away their own money, they give away the money those at the working end have earned!!!

That's why it's so hard for the really elite to be President or leader of much of anything, they've never actually had to work at a real living, therefore have no understanding how much those who have always had to work for their income have had to struggle to get what they have.

Then to ask those same people to either work harder or live on less because the government is giving their money away to people who won't work to support themselves, is the cruelest cut of all.

No more Bush's, no Romney's, no millionaires - period!

[spintreebob]

SSI and Medicaid are 2 big ropes at one end of the hammock. Ag, Environment and a multitude of ropes at the other end of the hammock are the true welfare queens.

47% of SSI is addiction and made-up phobia mental health disabilities. They have to stop. Pragmatically, Medicaid won’t be cut off. States need more freedom to redesign it and experiment without being penalized. Maybe some state will discover a way to get it down. I’m for cutting it off totally and immediately. But that is not going to happen so we have to design something that can happen, given my views are in the minority.

[Kenny]

Wow, the Post is in all-out-get-Walker mode.