spectrumc01
I give you....the TRUTH
In response to all the threads wanting to take away voting rights and reproductive rights of the poor I have this to say. What is everyone thinking? I can't believe that some people would even consider removing the rights that make us not only US citizens but human beings. Have the poor become the whipping post for all of our ills in the US? Here are some things to consider before you go signing on to limit fellow citizens rights.
Jobs:
1) The poor don't outsource jobs
2) The poor don't create jobs, as is always pointed out, so where are the jobs? ask the rich.
Taxes:
1) The poor don't hide their money in offshore accounts
2) The poor don't run up 5-6 digit tax debts and then wait to settle for next to nothing
Gas prices:
1) The poor don't set oil production
2) The poor don't own gas stations
3) The poor don't speculate on oil
Immigration:
1) The vast majority of the poor have been here awhile, and do not contribute to illegal immigration
Uninsured:
1) The poor have medicade / medicare so they don't contribute to the uninsured population
2) The poor don't own the medical insurance companies
3) The poor don't set insurance premiums
Politics:
1) The poor don't hold public office
2) The poor don't set local, state, federal, or foriegn policy
3) Less than 1/2 the US population votes in any election, they are not all poor people voting
Overcrowded prisons:
1) There are no debtors prisons, so they do not contribute to overcrowding
2) Prisons are loaded with people from all economic backgrounds, i.e. Bernie Maddoff
The housing crisis / govt. bailout
1) The homeless did not purchase any homes
2) The poor did not get any TARP money, nor did they get any stimulus funds
Reproduction / drugs / natural disasters / social issues
1) The conservative, religious, right wing Republicans want to do away with abortion, and planned parenthood, ensuring that the population of the poor will increase.
2) Drugs, including alcohol, minus marijuanna, plague all economic classes. They turn the non poor into the poor.
3) The poor do not cause tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, or fires yet these natural disasters add to the poors ranks
4) The poor have no energy to spend on social issues, as food/shelter/clothing monopolize their time.
The poor are the result of political and social agendas of both parties. I do recognize that there are people who are milking and scamming the system for all it's worth, I also recognize that all of those people are not poor either. Taking our frustrations out on a class of people who have no powers to fix any of our problems is counter productive. The poor cannot solve anything, the rich and politicians can, yet we would rather take it out on the poor for some reason. I think it is because we as people like watching shit roll down hill, and we like watching people suffer so we can preach "personal responsibility" and smirk at them, making ourselves feel better.
What the poor provide however, is periodic global change. When the poor have nothing left to be taken they resort to revolution. (see the French revolution, and Arab spring) Let us not forget that they out number the rich. (ask the British about the Zulu)
Jobs:
1) The poor don't outsource jobs
2) The poor don't create jobs, as is always pointed out, so where are the jobs? ask the rich.
Taxes:
1) The poor don't hide their money in offshore accounts
2) The poor don't run up 5-6 digit tax debts and then wait to settle for next to nothing
Gas prices:
1) The poor don't set oil production
2) The poor don't own gas stations
3) The poor don't speculate on oil
Immigration:
1) The vast majority of the poor have been here awhile, and do not contribute to illegal immigration
Uninsured:
1) The poor have medicade / medicare so they don't contribute to the uninsured population
2) The poor don't own the medical insurance companies
3) The poor don't set insurance premiums
Politics:
1) The poor don't hold public office
2) The poor don't set local, state, federal, or foriegn policy
3) Less than 1/2 the US population votes in any election, they are not all poor people voting
Overcrowded prisons:
1) There are no debtors prisons, so they do not contribute to overcrowding
2) Prisons are loaded with people from all economic backgrounds, i.e. Bernie Maddoff
The housing crisis / govt. bailout
1) The homeless did not purchase any homes
2) The poor did not get any TARP money, nor did they get any stimulus funds
Reproduction / drugs / natural disasters / social issues
1) The conservative, religious, right wing Republicans want to do away with abortion, and planned parenthood, ensuring that the population of the poor will increase.
2) Drugs, including alcohol, minus marijuanna, plague all economic classes. They turn the non poor into the poor.
3) The poor do not cause tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, or fires yet these natural disasters add to the poors ranks
4) The poor have no energy to spend on social issues, as food/shelter/clothing monopolize their time.
The poor are the result of political and social agendas of both parties. I do recognize that there are people who are milking and scamming the system for all it's worth, I also recognize that all of those people are not poor either. Taking our frustrations out on a class of people who have no powers to fix any of our problems is counter productive. The poor cannot solve anything, the rich and politicians can, yet we would rather take it out on the poor for some reason. I think it is because we as people like watching shit roll down hill, and we like watching people suffer so we can preach "personal responsibility" and smirk at them, making ourselves feel better.
What the poor provide however, is periodic global change. When the poor have nothing left to be taken they resort to revolution. (see the French revolution, and Arab spring) Let us not forget that they out number the rich. (ask the British about the Zulu)
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