"..entitled to food..." That just gets me every time I see that

[Skidmore]

damned ad with the clip of that 47% smug snark from Romney. Has anyone ever answered him on that? I know there is a lot of talk about how he dissed the middle class that is repeated endlessly. But essentially, he is condemning the poor to starvation here. Has any of our pols spoken for the poor or the working poor. This is not just a middle class issue as he framed it.

[ck4829]

1. "Next thing you know these poor people will act like food comes out of the ground or something!"

[inchhigh]

2. Food for nothin

Like it grows on trees

[quaker bill]

6. I think some of it does, at least in my yard

[enough]

3. I agree. That is the fundamental core of the entire speech, and of his

view of the world. And he knows his audience in that room see it the same way.

[Earth_First]

4. If only there were a way to tax the second Oxygen molecule in water... n/t

[madrchsod]

5. the middle class is`t eating all that great either...

the last time i was in walmart there seemed to be a lot more of walmarts "great value" food. i guess even the middle class walmart shoppers are cutting back.

[reformist2]

7. It's the sense of outrage, almost anger, in his voice that gets me.

He wants the poor to beg for their supper, and to thank their masters for each and every scrap of food they get.

[Skidmore]

10. No, he doesn't want them to beg because he's the kind of guy that will see to it

that begging isn't allowed under some ordinance in town or make it a crime to sleep on the street if you have no place else to go. Doesn't matter why you are in those circumstances--your own poor decisions, being forced into bankruptcy, health circumstances, because no one will hire you since you were incarcerated. It doesn't matter to someone like him. He does want you to spoil his view or his beautiful mind.

[unblock]

8. what burns me most is that they always act like *everyone* who doesn't work is *lazy*

first, many people who don't work *can't* work because they are children, seniors, or mentally or physically challenged.
my brother, for instance, is an employer's nightmare due to mental issues. he can shine in an interview, but it takes employers about 6 weeks to figure out that he's not right and they get rid of him and clean up his mess.

second, the unemployment rate being what it is means that the "job creators" aren't the lazy ones, not creating enough jobs to go around. it's like musical chairs, and saying there are too many people who don't want to sit down. hey, there are only so many chairs, SOMEONE has to lose.

third, rich pays for lazy. you can sit on your bum all day long if you're rich enough and choose to do so. poor people can't afford lazy. surviving is too much work. anyone who thinks poor means lazy doesn't know the first thing about poor. hell, they haven't even bothered to THINK about it for just a moment. that's all it takes to realize that poor + lazy = dead.

[Prophet 451]

11. I'm like your brother

I'm on disability (here in the UK) for physical and mental issues. On the right day, I could maybe get through a job interview and then, a couple of days later, they'd find me carving my arms and and crying about the barking dogs (I have a phobia of large dogs so guess what shows up in my occasional hallucinations?). The conservatives and their media toadies here have created such an environment of hatred that unemployed people or disabled people are pretty much the most hated demographic in the country.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

9. Yes, but thankfully he said it and it was recorded. Karma has saved us from this wretch.

[Zalatix]

12. Perhaps he'd rather have food riots?

[Bigmack]

13. I always want to ask those people...

WTF is the actual advantage for most Americans in being American if they don't have enough food, shelter, and the basic necessities of life?

This country is - for the moment - rich enough to provide all of those things to the poorest of our citizens.

Being a Roman citizen meant something.

Being an American citizen means you can own guns, speak (more or less) freely, and even vote.

But what does that do for you if you don't have enough to eat?