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Trickle down/supply side economics... long debunked as mythology. You need new material.
No, but when the bottom has no money, they don't buy goods, the don't use services and they don't put the fuel in our consumption driven economy. Bring up the bottom and you increase the top.
8 years of Bush has insured the American dream is only a fantasy. No need for most to even contemplate it for the next little while.
Dude, when I was born I lived in a house with 16 other family members, out of necessity. We never collected welfare or food stamps but we got a lot of help in a lot of other ways.
I'm not so self-righteous to sit here and tell you I did it all because of my "own effort". I did it because along the way I had great (under paid) teachers, counselors and clergy. I had a "support system" that I knew I could count on in a time of need. I've also gone from poor the rich and would hope my tax dollars would go to helping other make that move.
There are a lot of people who put a lot of their own effort into this land and don't have much to show for it, so spare me the sanctomonious "everyone else must be lazy" story.
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What effect on the economy of the United States has the countless trillions of dollars paid to welfare recipients had? Does the economy "take off" when you "build it from the bottom"? Is that what history has shown us? Uh........................no. You need to remember that the "bottom 20%" is a fluid group; most current members move out of that category within a few years. Only the deadbeats/truly unfortunate stay there forever.
Family is supposed to take care of family. Unfortunately, welfare resulted in dads not living with mom and the kids, which has contributed to the crime debacle we have today.
I'm glad your family did what my mother's family did....they all lived together, pooled their money, and took care of the family until they completed high school and got married to start their own families.
The fact that you "studied under the top professors" means nothing to me. The fact that Bill Ayers is ranked #1 tells you everything you need to know about college professors (the vast majority of which vote Democrat and wish for socialism).
Tenure is a
wonderful thing.
Mike (has lived "the truth" and doesn't depend on it from others)