Conservative Republicans Have Had Enough Of The Unemployed Cut Them Loose
Do republicans believe it is time to cut the unemployed loose? It’s beginning to sound that way. Here is some talk from conservative Jamie Allman writing on The Daily Call website: http://dailycaller.com/2010/03/04/bunning-no-hero-for-conservatism/
“There is a lot of talk about fiscal responsibility these days, but so far no one has tackled the truly tough reality that the federal government was never designed to be in the business of helping people eat, work or get along when times are tough.”
My problem with conservatives is hypocrisy. I could respond to the above that the government was never designed to have a space program or a highway system. People democratically decide what they want to do with their tax money.
“Perhaps is the feds weren’t taking a sizeable chunk of our income we would have more money to help our family and neighbors when they are suddenly out of work. Perhaps we would have more money to give to churches and charities that help our fellow citizens in need.”
Again it’s the hypocrisy. What difference does it make if it’s the government or some charitable organization that’s giving the handout? In the end it’s the same thing. Helping the unemployed get through hard times. And since when has the nation’s workforce become charity cases. Are they not the backbone of America? This is my problem with republicans. It’s the contempt they harbor for working class Americans.
“Do I believe I am responsible for helping my fellow citizen in tough times? Yes. I just don’t believe the federal government is responsible for it.”
Problem is that if the government doesn’t do it we can’t depend on this fellow to chip in and help either. If he doesn’t want the government to do it we can be pretty damn certain he doesn’t believe any of his money should be redistributed to the unemployed.
“Unfortunately very few politicians from any party would get elected on a platform of slashing entitlements and few Americans would vote for them since so many of us have grown up believing the government is responsible for our financial well being. “
Whenever you read a republican article on the governments need to be fiscally responsible you will always see this comment thrown in at the end. For republicans it’s not so much about fiscal responsibility as it is about those unemployed bums freeloading off taxes paid by those who are lucky enough to still have a job. Again, if they don’t want the government to get involved with a safety net for those laid off during this great recession you can be as sure as hell they won’t be contributing to any charities to provide that support. Republicans don’t believe you deserve the support at all. Somehow deep in their heart they believe your misfortune is all your fault.
“The sooner we start making tough choices and electing those who will make tough choices the sooner we will save our children from crushing debt and ballooning centralized government.”
Now lastly here comes the punch line. We need to elect a Republican president with spine enough to make the tough choice to cut the unemployed loose to face their destiny on their own. Republicans won’t stand side by side with their fellow citizens in distress, and they won’t help shoulder their burden during this time of national crisis.
And make no mistake it’s not their children they are worried about. Such heartless conservatives are more likely to eat their own children if they were forced to go without. Republicans are at the point where they want to throw the dead weight overboard and put the problem behind them.
I, personally, am not so quick to abandon my fellow Americans when times get tough. Although I have to admit that I would think twice before throwing a life preserver to this fellow if he accidently fell overboard. It’s too early in the game to decide who lives and who dies. It will come to that eventually, but the republicans seem to be ghoulishly eager to get on with it.
