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(25,251 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,719 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Revolutions start when the power structure starve people.
global1
(25,251 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)The percentage of people they can actually con drops daily. By how much? The RepubliCons are gambling with the public's money.
OhNo-Really
(3,985 posts)I can see the logo
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)hvn_nbr_2
(6,486 posts)"enhanced interrogation" instead of "torture"
"chain migration" instead of the real name "family re-unification"
"Obamacare" instead of ACA
"welfare reform" instead of starving poor people
It just goes on and on.
PatSeg
(47,482 posts)when I hear the MSM just repeat the phrases that right-wing strategists coined for political purposes. They are just doing the republican party's work for them, spreading the propaganda. If they must use such phrases, it should be "So called, chain migration" or "As republicans say........", and follow it up with the correct wording.
appalachiablue
(41,140 posts)and impossible new work requirements, data submission, restrictions and more. All to discourage and eliminate recipients.
MSM rarely delves into the reality of these issues, why many remain completely ignorant. Unless they face it, close up.
Kentucky "Work Requirements" for Medicaid:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210215245
Sophia4
(3,515 posts)No alcohol or tobacco. They can buy snacks -- as in chips for children's lunches.
They can't buy vitamins.
I was really poor at times in my life -- working poor.
I wrote down and listed every item I purchased and every penny I spent. It's a hard job being poor. It's really hard.
And Republicans want to make it harder.
What is the Republican plan for raising wages so that people can live and eat well on what they earn when they work?
niyad
(113,323 posts)PatSeg
(47,482 posts)and make a profit off of us, then we are of no use to them.
Sophia4
(3,515 posts)appalachiablue
(41,140 posts)it's pretty clear. Not to survive with any real shred of quality of life anyway.
Ultimate social Darwinism.
Sophia4
(3,515 posts)appalachiablue
(41,140 posts)of all the drastic policies and changes taking place with social programs, automation, health and pollution. Foremost motivate them to GOTV-D, if they intend to survive. A tall order, but must be done. Or we're done, frankly. Seriously!
BamaRefugee
(3,483 posts)ffr
(22,670 posts)The conservative corporate media sucks!