Tag Archives: poverty

Mitt Isn’t Concerned About The Poor

He keeps handing us sound bites.

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American Family Association: Sick Poor People Should Just Fucking Die

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Last Night’s Debate In 100 Seconds

It’s not in the clip, but did you catch the part where the crowd booed Mitt Romney’s Mexican heritage? The crowd also booed the moderator when he asked Newt Gingrich about food stamps. Mexicans? BOOOO. Poor people? BOOOO. As always, you can’t make it up.NOTE: Romney has Mexican relatives because they fled there to avoid prosecution for polygamy.

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Frothy Mix: End Medicare Now

“We should not have a government-run health care system.” (If you’re dumb enough to be poor and sick, fuck you, just die.)

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You’re Just Jealous Of Mitten’s Wealth

“You know, I think it’s about envy. I think it’s about class warfare. When you have a president encouraging the idea of dividing America based on the 99 percent versus one percent — and those people who have been most successful will be in the one percent — you have opened up a whole new wave of approach in this …

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Food Stamps Are Fascist

Shorter Santorum: Fuck off and die, poor people!

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1-2-3 GOP

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Romney: Cutting Welfare Won’t Hurt Poor

Zillionaire Mitt Romney is a man of the people, a common man, somebody who knows how tough things are for the poor. Fox host Chris Wallace pressed Romney on his support for the Ryan budget, suggesting that Ryan’s plans to eliminate $700 billion in aid to states, including $127 billion in food stamps, would make Romney vulnerable to Democratic attacks …

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FRC: The Poor Aren’t That Poor

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Today In The GOP’s War On Poverty

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Poor Kids Don’t Know How To Work

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A Day In Their Shoes

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Bryan Fischer: There’s No More Poverty

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If You Don’t Work, You Don’t Eat

More of that Christian Love™ from Michele Bachmann.

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Concerned Women Are Concernstipated About Free Diapers For Poor Families

“There already are programs in place through welfare that actually do provide for the very indigent and that’s important, but this was a giveaway through daycare centers and really a bail-out for daycare centers — and we just strongly believe that this is inappropriate. I call that cheap grace. You’re meeting one little issue, but there’s an overall issue that …

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United States: Bottom Of The Heap

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Ralph Reed: Helping The Needy Is A Violation Of The Constitution

And it takes away our liberty.

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Sesame Street To Debut “Hungry” Muppet

In a grim marker of the times, Sesame Street will launch a new “hungry” Muppet character whose family faces regular food deprivation. Pink-faced Muppet Lily, whose family deals with food insecurity, will join Big Bird, Elmo and other favorites on a one-hour prime-time special featuring country star Brad Paisley and his wife Kimberly Williams Paisley called “Growing Hope Against Hunger,” …

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NEW YORK CITY: More Video Of NYPD Brutality At Wall Street Protest

Shit starts to get real at about 3:00. The NYPD seems be singling out some protesters with professional camera equipment. Which is rather pointless when also facing a sea of iPhones.RELATED: My Twitter followers know I’ve been pretty snarky about this unfocused protest, but the NYPD’s behavior has been unsnarking the fuck out of me.

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NEW YORK CITY: Cops Pepper-Spray Wall Street Protesters, Over 100 Arrested

Yesterday the NYPD crashed a protest march from Union Square to Wall Street, pepper-straying some young women and arresting over 100. The #OccupyWallStreet action has been going since last week. Scores of protesters were arrested in Manhattan Saturday as a march against social inequality turned violent. Hundreds of people carrying banners and chanting “shame, shame” walked between Zuccotti Park, near …

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