tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post1082786897511707345..comments2023-10-08T04:12:46.273-05:00Comments on The Political Environment: Glenn Grothman Says Welfare Underwrites A "Lifestyle"James Rowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203270946492159686noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-56722688597447021152012-04-15T16:48:17.309-05:002012-04-15T16:48:17.309-05:00Is your point that living off capital gains is equ...Is your point that living off capital gains is equivalent to living off of and/or abusing the welfare system?<br /><br />Our welfare system with all of its payments, credits, food stamps etc... was meant to serve as a safety net for those in our society who needed the help at different times in there lives. Some need help for short periods, and some need help longer, some people even need help their entire lives. <br /><br />The problems, abuses and frustrations arise when people who really need minimal or no help at all turn themselves into economic wards of their federal/state governments. <br /><br />When the system is abused as it is in our country, it hurts those that support it as they lose faith in why these programs exist. It also hurts those that really need the support as there are only finite resources of which people can obtain.<br /><br />It was never meant to be a permanent lifestyle for the able bodied men and women in our society. Clean up the abuses and dump the criminals who abuse the system and it will go a long way in clearing up the image of the welfare programs.RDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-66271821593934807022012-04-15T11:56:33.087-05:002012-04-15T11:56:33.087-05:00To RD - - I could use your language to make the sa...To RD - - I could use your language to make the same argument about people who live off capital gains, shelters and trust.<br /><br />You will say "that's stereotyping," and I will say, "your point is?"James Rowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10203270946492159686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-32790133810474650812012-04-15T11:01:37.567-05:002012-04-15T11:01:37.567-05:00Yes, Lifestyle.
While our welfare society certain...Yes, Lifestyle.<br /><br />While our welfare society certainly helps people, it does have secondary consequences. <br /><br />Our welfare society has created a class of individuals that has become fully dependent upon the system. The problem is that many people have no interest in removing themselves from the system.<br /><br />Instead, they wait from month to month collecting checks, food stamps, housing money etc... They pay little to no income taxes and have no intentions of ever getting off the system. <br /><br />This has created a second class of citizens who are fully dependent upon government and what the government can do for them and NOT what they can do for their country.<br /><br /><br />There are many people who have grown accustomed to their welfare lifestyle and have no motivation to change. To deny that this happens is simply being dishonest or ignorant of the situation.RDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-79811651987416913822012-04-15T08:20:05.864-05:002012-04-15T08:20:05.864-05:00Either Grothman is out in the sun too much or he h...Either Grothman is out in the sun too much or he has a very low threshold for contrary opinions as revealed by his red face. <br />On the other hand I've heard him talk on Sly In The Morning and he presents himself as a calm reasonable person. Yet Sly is pretty easy on him which in the end reveals more of Grothman's incredibly bizzaro thinking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-33681395872118940982012-04-14T17:59:26.404-05:002012-04-14T17:59:26.404-05:00I agree that he got demolished in argument through...I agree that he got demolished in argument throughout and his body language was dismissive and rude.James Rowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10203270946492159686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-74080736211888644192012-04-14T15:38:40.668-05:002012-04-14T15:38:40.668-05:00Nice comeback from SARAH HALPERN-MEEKIN, PhD, Assi...Nice comeback from SARAH HALPERN-MEEKIN, PhD, Assistant Professor of Sociology yet GG just shakes his head. GG talks about benefits that allow a comfortable lifestyle. Uh GG - here's a challenge to you. Step in the poor's shoes for a month. <br />The lack of respect he shows for the commentors with his head shaking, pen taping and various body language movements defines his emotional intelligence. What an ignoramus. <br />It's amazing what power will extract from the likes of GG.Say What? https://www.blogger.com/profile/10542136708478530935noreply@blogger.com