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Ben Carson: Welfare Perpetuates Poverty, Buys Votes
Daily Caller ^
| 10/12/15
| Connor D. Wolf
Posted on 10/12/2015 1:55:31 PM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley
Trump, Cruz and Carson are all making excellent points. It’s a shame the media will not acknowledge any of it. Just nasty guys picking on Hillary over an innocent email or two.
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posted on
10/12/2015 1:57:45 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(I've switched. Trump is my #1. He understands how to get things done. Cruz can be VP.)
To: markomalley
Anyone collecting ( or living on ) welfare and food stamps (EBT) should lose the right to vote while on public assistance . Easy to check . It should be a national voter eligibility requirement .
To: markomalley
False compassion is patting them on the head and saying, You cant take care of yourself and Im going to give you food stamps, a housing subsidy and free health care,' Carson said according to the Gainesville Times. And all the things you need so you can stay dependent and vote for me. Keep talking Dr Carson. I have no idea where this will all end up but watching you make Leftist Media Plantation heads explode by speaking truth to them is a delight to watch
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posted on
10/12/2015 1:58:40 PM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(Giving more money to DC to fix the Debt is like giving free drugs to addicts think it will cure them)
To: markomalley
Welfare and subsides have successfully cut my giving way down. I decided that if the government was going to take my money and give it to things I do not approve I would not give as much willfully. I have about 3 specific thing I donate to and ignore all the rest, especially anything that has to do with inner city, victim relief run by the government etc...
To: markomalley
We’ve all known this for quite some time...
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posted on
10/12/2015 2:01:30 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Plea$e $upport Free Republic.)
To: ClearCase_guy
Its a shame the media will not acknowledge any of it
People are hearing it directly at rallies and the debates, and then talking with others about it. The message IS getting out and spreading, much to the annoyance of the Big Leftist Media gatekeepers, who are desperately trying to do everything they can to stop it.
To: markomalley
If we got rid of welfare the taxpayers would have more money to give to private charities. Then the people who “need” welfare can go to these private charities and get assistance.
We didn’t have food stamps prior to 1939 and I don’t recall hearing about people dying in the streets.
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posted on
10/12/2015 2:05:45 PM PDT
by
rfreedom4u
(Rick Chollett for President!)
To: markomalley
[I have] no desire whatsoever to hurt the poor, Carson noted. But I believe in true compassion, providing the poor with a mechanism to climb the ladder of success. A noble goal. Just how would Dr. Carson accomplish that?
To: markomalley
give you food stamps, a housing subsidy and free health careIt's worse than 40 acres and a mule.
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posted on
10/12/2015 2:07:16 PM PDT
by
MUDDOG
To: rfreedom4u
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posted on
10/12/2015 2:08:23 PM PDT
by
smartyaz
To: MNJohnnie
It’s patently obvious why Trump and Carson are leading this field. They are out there speaking the truths that nobody else dare speak.
To: MUDDOG
Your family and the mule had to work that 40 acres to survive.
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posted on
10/12/2015 2:13:12 PM PDT
by
Cecily
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Weve all known this for quite some time... Yep and not one of your "Conservative" politicians would ever say it.
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posted on
10/12/2015 2:16:19 PM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(Giving more money to DC to fix the Debt is like giving free drugs to addicts think it will cure them)
To: Resolute Conservative
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posted on
10/12/2015 3:00:59 PM PDT
by
Extremely Extreme Extremist
(I am going to get those guns out of peoples hands. - Hillary Clinton 10/05/2015)
To: markomalley
Drum this home, Ben.
NOTHING guarantees poverty like dependence of the government.
The democrats buy your vote by keeping you poor.
To: ClearCase_guy
I would LOVE them to have this exact discussion during a debate!
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posted on
10/12/2015 3:04:45 PM PDT
by
TexasFreeper2009
(You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, & R)
To: rfreedom4u
We didnt have food stamps prior to 1939 and I dont recall hearing about people dying in the streets.
There were
hard times during the
Great Depression of the 30s.
1) 12 million people out of work
2) 12,000 people being made unemployed every day
3) 20,000 companies had gone bankrupt
4) 1616 banks had gone bankrupt
5) 1 farmer in 20 evicted
6) 23,000 people committed suicide in one year the highest ever
There was no system of benefit for the unemployed. Charities such as the Salvation Army gave out free food and shelter. It is known that some people actually starved to death. In some states men deliberately set fire to forests to get temporary employment as fire fighters while farmers killed their animals as no-one could afford to buy them in the cities despite there being great hunger there.
To: LeoWindhorse
Maine used to have a law that disallowed welfare recipients from voting. If you ‘lived off the town’, you could not vote.
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posted on
10/12/2015 3:56:52 PM PDT
by
abclily
To: abclily
IIRC that lasted until the 1930s.
It’s allowed under the US Constitution IMO.
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posted on
10/12/2015 4:02:22 PM PDT
by
MUDDOG
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