The Anti-Government Republican Base is Totally Dependent On Government

[Flaylo]

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Reliance on government is growing, not shrinking, in the aftermath of the 'Great Recession." And the same folks who shouted down their Congresspersons at Town Hall meetings in 2009 are relying more and more on the social safety net to stay alive.

The personal stories explored in this article are painful to read because the disconnect between the slogans they spew and their personal behavior is maddening. You just want to shake your head in sorrow. This portrait of a tea party activist is typical:

He says that too many Americans lean on taxpayers rather than living within their means. He supports politicians who promise to cut government spending. In 2010, he printed T-shirts for the Tea Party campaign of a neighbor, Chip Cravaack, who ousted this region’s long-serving Democratic congressman.


Yet this year, as in each of the past three years, Mr. Gulbranson, 57, is counting on a payment of several thousand dollars from the federal government, a subsidy for working families called the earned-income tax credit. He has signed up his three school-age children to eat free breakfast and lunch at federal expense. And Medicare paid for his mother, 88, to have hip surgery twice.

The most dispiriting aspect of these stories is that guys like Gulbranson do show dim signs of awareness of the problem, but because they've been completely brainwashed by right-wing propaganda they're utterly unable to conceive of a solution:

“You have to help and have compassion as a people, because otherwise you have no society, but financially you can’t destroy yourself. And that is what we’re doing.”
He paused again, unable to resolve the dilemma.

“I feel bad for my children.”

He feels bad for his children. That's what thirty years of Republican philosophy has left him for a legacy. Not: "wait a minute, there's something wrong here," not, "why has my pay stagnated for ten years while my boss's has tripled," but "I feel bad for my children."

Keep up the anti-government bullshit you Repugs, we know you all love govrnment even when you're too damn dumb to realize you benefit from it, support the batshit crazy rightwingers and vote against your interests and and blame the Democrats for the aftermath like you've ben doing the past 30 years,

 

[Flaylo]

More shit from batshit crazy people

And then there are people like this man, a Tea Party voter who along with his family cares for a disabled daughter. The nature of the daughter's disability is not described in the article, but it appears to be serious enough to require special assistance at school and constant attendant home care. While he is grateful for the assistance, the father is quick to point out that he could get by with less:

Mr. Falk, who voted for Mr. Cravaack [A Tea Party Republican], said he did not want to pay higher taxes and did not want the government to impose higher taxes on anyone else. He said that his family appreciated the government’s help and that living with less would be painful for them and many other families. But he said the government could not continue to operate on borrowed money.
“They’re going to have to reduce benefits,” he said. “We’re going to have to accept it, and we’re going to have to suffer.”

Mr Falk is not asked whether he would be willing to forego the benefits currently paying for his daughter's home care if it would mean less "suffering" for everyone else. We can only assume what his answer would be.

These people are obviously confused and delusional out of their fucking minds.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Cuba is bad. We don't want to go down that road.

 

[Meathead]

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I had no idea the Republican base was almost entirely minorities.

 

[ScienceRocks]

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I had no idea the Republican base was almost entirely minorities.

Miss, Al and Ga has between 25-40% non-white populations. This is how you explain such a high level of government aid within these states. Explains the low test scores too.

The leftist don't ever wish to think through things!

 

[Flaylo]

Cuba is bad. We don't want to go down that road.

You batshit crazy people don't know what communism/socialism is, don't start with that shit. You can't call for bullshit such as cuts in government benefits when you are getting govt handouts you dickhead, I bet all of the Tea Bastards are taking that EIC and using that Medicare/Medicaid, if they truly wanted to cut back because they believe in less government they would start with their fucking selves instead of worrying about cutting other people's shit.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Cuba is bad. We don't want to go down that road.

You batshit crazy people don't know what communism/socialism is, don't start with that shit. You can't call for bullshit such as cuts in government benefits when you are getting govt handouts you dickhead, I bet all of the Tea Bastards are taking that EIC and using that Medicare/Medicaid, if they truly wanted to cut back because they believe in less government they would start with their fucking selves instead of worrying about cutting other people's shit.

What is occurring in countries like Greece are very real. Let's be smart about what we do.

 

[Steelplate]

Greece again? Look at Greece's production....look at ours....We aren't Greece.....not even close. Greece is, and has always been a right wing strawman issue.

 

[Flaylo]

Cuba is bad. We don't want to go down that road.

You batshit crazy people don't know what communism/socialism is, don't start with that shit. You can't call for bullshit such as cuts in government benefits when you are getting govt handouts you dickhead, I bet all of the Tea Bastards are taking that EIC and using that Medicare/Medicaid, if they truly wanted to cut back because they believe in less government they would start with their fucking selves instead of worrying about cutting other people's shit.

What is occurring in countries like Greece are very real. Let's be smart about what we do.

What do you know about Greece shithead? Come on lets see it, give the reasons why, come on.

 

[Stephanie]

ooooooooooooooo, ANTI-government

ok then, we should just GROW this Government some more and let them take over you petty little lives, how big a soda cup do you think you NEED anyway

the propaganda for this government is sickening

 

[Claudette]

Go figure!NYTimes: The Anti-Government Republican Base is Totally Dependent On Government | Alternet

I had no idea the Republican base was almost entirely minorities.

I'm an Indi and I believe in smaller Govt and believe me I don't owe a damned thing to the Govt.

Anything I have I worked my ass of for.

The NYT?? Really?? The mouthpeice of liberal America?? WOW Guess I'll give them all the consideration that they are due. NONE.

 

[Flaylo]

Go figure!NYTimes: The Anti-Government Republican Base is Totally Dependent On Government | Alternet

I had no idea the Republican base was almost entirely minorities.

I'm an Indi and I believe in smaller Govt and believe me I don't owe a damned thing to the Govt.

Anything I have I worked my ass of for.

The NYT?? Really?? The mouthpeice of liberal America?? WOW Guess I'll give them all the consideration that they are due. NONE.

You're not an indie, cut the bullshit you fucktard, you're a mouthpiece for rightwing batshit crazy America.

 

[Flaylo]

Go figure!NYTimes: The Anti-Government Republican Base is Totally Dependent On Government | Alternet

I had no idea the Republican base was almost entirely minorities.

I'm an Indi and I believe in smaller Govt and believe me I don't owe a damned thing to the Govt.

Anything I have I worked my ass of for. The NYT?? Really?? The mouthpeice of liberal America?? WOW Guess I'll give them all the consideration that they are due. NONE.

Exactly one of the reasons why Greece had economic crisis

How Greek tax evasion helped sink the global economy

Lack of paying taxes and tax evasion, dumbfuck always shoots herself in the head. I return and see that you're just as fucking dumb as before, even dumber.

 

[Mac1958]

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Someone remind me:

From where does the federal government get all that money to be so good?

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[Stephanie]

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Someone remind me:

From where does the federal government get all that money to be so good?

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they have a magic money tree, don't you know

 

[Billo_Really]

No one is more dependant on government handouts, receives more government welfare than any other group and has more unecessary tax payer dollars being spent on them, than this group...

Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, General Electric, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, General Dynamics, United Technologies, BAE Systems, and SAIC.

...if you're serious about reducing the deficit, you take money from them.

 

[Mac1958]

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Someone remind me:

From where does the federal government get all that money to be so good?

.

they have a magic money tree, don't you know

Oh, yeah...

 

[Flaylo]

No one is more dependant on government handouts, receives more government welfare than any other group and has more unecessary tax payer dollars being spent on them, than this group...

Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, General Electric, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, General Dynamics, United Technologies, BAE Systems, and SAIC.

...if you're serious about reducing the deficit, you take money from them.

Government handouts are great as long as they go to big businesses, the contradictory bullshit of the rightwing mantra, they think outsourcing to private companies and firing federal workers reduces spending and government but the same money will be spent.

 

[Claudette]

Go figure!NYTimes: The Anti-Government Republican Base is Totally Dependent On Government | Alternet

I had no idea the Republican base was almost entirely minorities.

I'm an Indi and I believe in smaller Govt and believe me I don't owe a damned thing to the Govt.

Anything I have I worked my ass of for.

The NYT?? Really?? The mouthpeice of liberal America?? WOW Guess I'll give them all the consideration that they are due. NONE.

You're not an indie, cut the bullshit you fucktard, you're a mouthpiece for rightwing batshit crazy America.

Fuck off fucktard asshole. I'm a registered Independent voter and I sure as shit won't be voting for Barry boy in Nov.

Your the mouthpeice for the batshit crazy Dems and Liberals in America.

 

[Claudette]

No one is more dependant on government handouts, receives more government welfare than any other group and has more unecessary tax payer dollars being spent on them, than this group...

Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, General Electric, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, General Dynamics, United Technologies, BAE Systems, and SAIC.

...if you're serious about reducing the deficit, you take money from them.

Well. Get rid of all the tax loopholes, tax breaks, subsidies and EIC. Let the Govt keep all its tax dollars.

Vote for some folks who will make that happen.

Oh wait. I forgot. The Clown in Congress don't want that to happen. Never mind.