Does anyone ever wonder why Rich Liberals that claim to care for the Poor never actually help the Poor?
99846
Yeah, didnt the biggest hypocrit of them all, Michael Moore, have money invested in Haliburton and other oil companies?  Much hypocrisy on the left.
1096452
I don't think it's so much that they WANT to pay more in taxes as much as it is that they are easily led by the Liberals in power who feel the best way to deal with any issue is to throw money ( tax-payers...not their own ) at it. And who can argue with their " Stellar " results ? Just look at how great Welfare works ! The bottom line is there's NO difference between the Lib And the Cons. ( if you are middle class ) They're BOTH Politicians who will waste our tax-dollars to further their own agendas and line their pockets. Rep. or Dem. if you're middle-class you're f*cked...the only question is HOW do you want to get f*cked ? would you rather have Libs giving your money to people who don't want to work, and backing issues like Gay marraige.....or by Cons. giving it to huge corporations...and making side deals with Oil conglomerates ? If you're middle-class it's the same destination, just different roads.
1121845
Lazy!! You mean the people who pay the price for "free enterprise".  Over 90% who get assistance are handicapped, children and the elderly! THEY ARE LAZY???\n\nYou are a Bunch of sick people!!\n\nThe REAL lazy are the rich, who gets $93,000 of my money put in their pockets by Bush's tax cuts to the wealthy!!!\n\nI have never seen a bunch of self-righteous pathetic bunch of people in my life!\n\nAnd what would you know about a homeless Vet, suffering from PTSD, among other things? NADA!!\n\nFifty percent of the Budget goes to the Military and to PAY THE INTEREST on Bush's 8 TRILLION 400 BILLION dollar deficit!\n\nYea, lets build another sub! We need that more than we need to end poverty and homelessness in our own country!  Oh hell, lets give Congress another pay raise!!
566402
Because the government doesn't give a damn about the poor. Capitalism doesn't give a damn about the poor. It's a survival of the fittest my friend.
688448
No. They are the working poor which covers a lot of things.
1180447
This is a perfect example why liberalism drives a country into an economic death spiral.  There's only so much government money to go around, and as long as we're spending big chunks of it on illegals aliens and people who scam welfare, then people who truly need help will be denied it.\n\nI'll say it for the millionth time.  There is nothing more harmful to a person in true need than a liberal.
881505
Sure! And they'd still complain about the oil companies getting rich, too. Liberals only see what they want to see; it's easier that way. So, to them, the farmers will never be rich, even if they're driving around in Bentleys and the oil companies will always be the rich, nasty villains even if their CEOs have to give up driving because they can't afford the ethanol.
1031094
It's easy to 'assume' that everyone who receives assistance is just lazy and that no one suffers from any circumstances that requires our society to help them. It is the perfect perception and makes it a lot easier on the rest of us to feel good about ourselves.\n\nBut in fact, bad things do happen to good people sometimes and there are those who are neither lazy or trying to steal your pennies who do need some assistance.\n\nBut then again, are you your brother's keeper?\n\nProbably not.
460794
No they are not , because they use money givin to them to help fix building problems and thier own supplys to keep it running . And whatever is left might help some with gas , bills , $25 gift cards excetra . And when you go to get food they don't give enough for how many you have in your family , they make it very complicating to even get help , because of people who lie to get more have ruined it . But they ruined it because thier family was starving . I think that if rich people dug deep into thier own pockets , go door to door , or watch at grocery stores and watch the people around you , you can tell if a person is really is in need or not - take the time to turn and say QUIETLY  " I know you need more than that and I am able to help your family , no strings attached " I would start crying if someone said that to me , and I would take the help - other than going to a food bank . They don't even give food that goes with any of the food they have givin , but they expect you to make 3-4 meals for 5-8 people out of nothing but canned foods mostly . I could go on and on - sorry !
1045573
Liberals think that all problems are answered by throwing money at it and not giving any thought as to what the real problem might be.  The result of that is high taxes and taxes that usually hurt the poor the most.  Their thinking is keeping the poor and ill-educated down and throwing them a bone every now and then.  The poor and ill-educated buy into this.\n\nConservatives believe that money should be spent wisely.  Where is the money needed most and how far will the dollar go?  Money for the poor is needed, but education and job training is far more important.  Studies show that the poor and indigent would rather be taught a trade and or educated than spoon fed.  Make more money available to those that want to better their life through education and job training skills.
957913
We try to be liberal, caring, and help people to have shelter from oppressive regimes. Some of them take advantage; lie even. \n\n"The road to destruction is paved with good intentions". \n\nLook at our welfare system - supposed to be a safety net, whereby the weakest and most desperate members of society are helped back on their feet. Do you think the people who founded our welfare system would ever have envisaged the abuse of the benefits system which we see today? \n\nA similar story with the NHS. My grandparents, in the 1930s, couldn't afford a doctor's visit or medicine when their child was seriously ill. The NHS was set up to address that - now people can have plastic surgery etc., paid for by the taxpayer; the NHS scope has got too big, and spending has spiralled out of control.\n\nThe thing is that you can't trust people to be honest and incorruptible. Some will take advantage, and mess it up for everyone else.
1123510
Although their most popular cause is abortion, I think the cause they're most dishonest about is that they're the champion of the poor, minorities, and the uneducated.  They've been playing a cruel joke upon these people for fifty years now.  Are there less poor people now?  No.  Are there less uneducated people now?  No.  Less homeless?  No.  A lower percentage of minorities in prison?  No.  A lower percentage of minorities in poverty?  No.\n\nLook at the cities that have been under liberal control for decades and tell me how the poor and minorities are doing.  Detroit?  New Orleans?  Los Angeles?  More poor and minorities are killed every day in these cities than are soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.\n\nThe liberals have done NOTHING for the poor and the uneducated.  Nothing.  Except keep them poor and uneducated.  This is purposeful because they need those people for their voter base.  People who aren't poor and are educated tend not to vote for liberals.\n\nThe two most significant acts for the poor and for minorities were both delivered by Republicans - The Emancipation Proclamation and The Civil Rights Act of 1964.
381567
Most liberals think they are good because they want to take things that people work hard for, and give them to people who are 'less fortunate'.  And by less fortunate, I mean people who decided not to go to school and learn something, and people who are too lazy to get a job because they will lose their welfare checks if they do.
1139295
the christians i know either could care less about the bible [most of them] or they're intensely conservative, in every way.\n\nthey tend to counter the argument that they should help the poor with an angry proclamation that they are called to be good stewards of their finances.
537881
see... asmul8ed is the typical example of why we are cutting and why we have social programs in the first place...\n\nConservatives preach that it should be left up to private companies and people to give to chairty, yet when it actually comes time for these people to give... they say things like asmul8ed said "I don't quite have it and how do I know where it's going?"... excuses, excuses... they never have enough money to justify giving some of it away\n\nSimply put, the majority of the rich don't want their money to go to anyone but themselves, through taxes or through donations. Granted there are some who generously give, but they appear to be the vast minority. Consider how many trillions are made every year, yet many are still in need. Clearly many are not giving and don't care too (and never will)\n\nSo if it wasn't for these programs, many of the poor would simply die in our country... if your a Christian, you should understand that blessed are the poor and we should all try to help them any way we can... \nI do think that our welfare system needs much more oversight, and a work for food program would be great, but eliminating program is simply taking a step back to a third world mentality where the poor die in the street and the rich barely care enough to step over them...
929997
liberals will never respect a conservative view or way of life...they only want the money to spend for another confiscatory public welfare program.
785960
Because they're actually communists. They want everything to be better for them and to do that they think people who have more money should give some of it up. If they had only stayed in school...then they wouldn't be lazing about and sucking on the welfare teat. \n\nI'm not rich either, but I hate it when poor people sit around and don't do anything to improve their situation and hope that the government will make everything better for them.