cant say i dont agree with most of this

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Originally Posted by somerfrost

A bunch of overly simplistic BS, right wing propaganda that poor folks are poor because they want to be and are the source of all our problems. People are in need because of their own "mistakes" like being born to the wrong parents, being sick or physically disabled etc etc. The most telling part of this trash is the last part...lets deny the right to vote to folks. After centuries of struggle by women and other minorities to gain the right to vote, lets roll back the clock, maybe land ownership should be a requirement to vote? Of course placing folks in "military housing" sounds a bit like what we did to Japanese Americans in WWII, a real high point in our history...and lets force women to be rendered unable to have children...just like China. All in all, this sounds more like a quote from Hitler than an idea of any American who values civil liberties!

while I do not agree with denying the right to vote..

a few things:

why would it be a bad thing to drug test welfare recipients? (of course only if there was a very cost efficient way of drug testing)

also why would it be a bad thing to make sure people who are living in goverment housing are keeping the place nice? I dont own my own place, I rent (meaning I'm paying to live there), and my landlord still has the right to make sure his place is kept up.

I have a pipe dream where people would only get pregnant when are ready for one emotionally and financially... but its just a pipe dream.

Why should food stamps be able to buy you potatoe chips and ice cream? they should be used for food that is healthy and needed to survive, if you want to snack on ****, buy it with your own cash. Why the hell should my friend be able to buy Starbucks mocha coffee from the gas station on a damn food stamp card?

I do think people who are on welfare should have to do community service. at least then you are earning your buck.

its not about poor people being poor because they want to be... its about having some damn respect for the tax dollar, and if you need to live on the tax dollar, it shouldnt just be a free ride.