5 Hypocritical Justifications the 1% Use to Justify the America's Staggering Inequality

[xchrom]

http://www.alternet.org/economy/5-hypocritical-justifications-1-use-justify-americas-staggering-inequality



1. Poor People Just Need to Get a Job. But there are No Jobs.

This may be the greatest hypocrisy of them all, because it directly impacts so many Americans. When anti-food-stamp Congressman Stephen Fincher (R-TN) said, "The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat," John Boehner had the answer: "Our job here is not to divide the American people...It’s to help every American have a fair shot at the American dream."

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2. Government is the Problem. Unless the Rich Need a Subsidy.

That "government is the problem" sentiment goes back to Ronald Reagan, whose post-recession spending actually increased four times faster than Obama's.

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3. "The Free Market System Distributes the Fruits of Economic Progress Among All People"

Milton Friedman said that in 1990. More recently John Boehner remarked, "President Kennedy in 1960 said, 'a rising tide lifts all boats,' and I think that is in fact correct."

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4. Entitlements Must Be Cut. Except for the Entitlements Owned by the Rich.

Paul Ryan makes the Republican case for cutting Social Security and Medicare: "The 2011 Budget Control Act largely ignored entitlement spending. But that is the nation's biggest challenge...There's a better way to cut spending...structural reforms to entitlement programs."

[SamKnause]

1. Different decade, different year,

different day, SAME OLD BULLSHIT !!!!

[reformist2]

2. It is pretty amazing how they blame Obama for a bad economy *and* lazy workers for not finding jobs!

Logically, one could argue one or the other, but not both. The fact that they do try to blame both just reveals the fundamental dishonesty of their argument.

[daleanime]

3. K&R....