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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsReason Romney us using the welfare issue so much is because it worked for Reagan so well
If some didn't know that.
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Reason Romney us using the welfare issue so much is because it worked for Reagan so well (Original Post)
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Aug 2012
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PDJane
(10,103 posts)1. I knew it. Gave me a severe case of déjà vu.
And Reagan, of course, was brilliant....especially since he was suffering from Alzheimer's.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)2. Obama needs a welfare queen commercial....
showing all the business welfare queens that take and don't pay their taxes.
rocktivity
(44,576 posts)3. Yeah, but there was no such thing as CORPORATE welfare back then...
rocktivity
gollygee
(22,336 posts)4. It's more race baiting
It is an unfair stereotype, but they don't care. To them, welfare = black.
LeftofObama
(4,243 posts)5. I noticed it too.
They're trotting out the same old bullshit that started with Ronny Raygun.
Cannikin
(8,359 posts)6. Let us not forget, Ronnie's "welfare queen"
turned out to be a myth.