Under President Clinton, welfare rolls were reduced from 5.5 million to about 1.5 million today. There are some 55 million democratic leaning voters. You need to revise your ignorant and simplistic message on this, big time.
2007-10-09 03:18:30 · 22 answers · asked by alphabetsoup2 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
By the way, the majority of those on welfare and such programs, DO NOT VOTE.
2007-10-09 03:22:01 · update #1
So you make a broad generalization asking why others make broad generalizations?
Pot meet kettle, perhaps?
2007-10-09 03:22:56 · answer #1 · answered by Supercell 5 · 6⤊ 3⤋
Strangely enough, take away the ultra rich, who hold 90% of all of America's wealth now like they were medeival lords, and your average Joe Q Democrat, works harder (longer hours, producing more) and makes more money than your average Joe Q Republican. Maybe it's because Blue states tend to be industry states (like Michigan, Pennsylvania, new York) while Red States tend to be Welfare States (like Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama) but these are facts.
2007-10-09 03:28:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
It's a desperate attempt to keep dissatisfied members from jumping ship. If the other party is the welfare party, then there's nowhere else to go.
2007-10-09 03:31:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's just a variation of the "welfare queen" fabricated by Reagan.
I don't understand it either. They always have to have some "boogeyman" to blame, to hate, to hold up as a scapegoat for any and all problems.
It's WAY kneejerk.
2007-10-09 04:20:51 · answer #4 · answered by LaDeeDa 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely. If you can't argue with them on logical terms and can't win on issues the cons believe the way to win is to make personal attacks and name calling. It workded for awhile but not any more.
There is something in the air.......aaaahhh it is the sweet aroma of a Democratic landslide in 2008.
2007-10-09 03:32:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
The Welfare reform act you speak of as "under Clinton" was created and passed by the Republican controlled congress and was initially opposed by Clinton. You should get your facts straight before attacking others as "ignorant", don't you think? As for Republicans - most don't think liberals are looking for handouts. No we think they are rich Hollywood morons and rich North East Lawyers pretending to pander to the poor in order to get their votes.
2007-10-09 03:26:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
Those that do perpetrate the rhetoric, do so in the hope that voters will not want to be associated with the poor, the weak, and the downtrodden.
2007-10-09 03:30:55 · answer #7 · answered by fangtaiyang 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Only the ones that listen to Rush really believe that. Most people on welfare have no party affiliation.
2007-10-09 03:31:44 · answer #8 · answered by grumpyoldman 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
If you go into big cities amongst the poor, you will find a lot of minorities and lower class voters that depend on welfare. These people are typically unemployed, or have such low income they need these services. This is where the stereotype comes from. Those people are so dependent on the system that they have to vote Democrat. It's terrible what's been done to them.
2007-10-09 03:22:21 · answer #9 · answered by Pfo 7 · 6⤊ 7⤋
Fox new tells them this. They believe anything Fox news tell them.They have no idea what working for min. wage is like. They quite simply don't care because it doesn't pertain to them. They just don't get it that we have working poor in this country. As long as they aren't one of the working poor then it doesn't exist in their narrow minds.
2007-10-09 03:36:10 · answer #10 · answered by pkvan 4 · 7⤊ 1⤋
They do that because they are hate filled and ignorant to the facts.
2007-10-10 00:40:31 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋