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In reply to the discussion: RW facebook friend complains about lack of services [View all]gollygee
(22,336 posts)And not just for people poorer and/or darker than you, though that's who they're hoping it's about.
I'm trying to think of people I personally know who are into this whole Tea Party nonsense who HAVEN'T used some kind of government assistance, and I can't think of any. One only used food stamps. One used food stamps and I think housing assistance (?) too at some point. I remember her thanking God for providing housing assistance and I remember telling her that it wasn't God, it was Big Government that did that. LOL. And the neighbor has used at least food stamps as well. It might be coincidence that all the ones I know have used assistance as I don't know that many of them.
But THEY really need it! They aren't the ones "abusing the system." (/sarcasm) The code language here in Michigan is that it's "people from Detroit" who "abuse the system." You can connect the dots there. And yes, trust me, I call them on that.
I really believe the Tea Party is more about race than anything else, though I'll admit that is colored by the people I know who follow it.