Mutt

Gross oversimplification of the problem of poverty - there's no war on the poor, it's not 2014 not 1914, there are laws upon laws to protect workers safety, one just passed to protect this industry's performers. if he said 'we need to be more compassionate to the poor, help them get jobs' it would be ok, he's framed it into a conspiracy by corporations to keep the poor poor so they can be exploited. The economy has changed, there aren't good jobs for anybody who wants to work, and extending unemployment benefits, safer working conditions aren't going to change that. Is he suggesting that business owners pay higher wages to people with little skills out of sympathy?

There are poor people who are poor because of unlucky circumstances, there are also a huge number of them who are poor because from the day they were born they never thought ahead and come from generation after generation of underachievers. Throwing money at the poor has never helped. There are community colleges all over the place, how many of the poor while they're out of work are enrolled in programs to learn something that might make them employable?

All people deserve healthcare, food to survive, a roof over their head to protect them from the elements and an education for their children - don't we do that?

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