flamin lib
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Wed Feb-18-09 01:05 PM
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During the Reagan years it was all "personal responsibility", the |
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unemployed and poor were personally responsible for their condition.
Is it just me or is nobody saying that anymore?
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Wed Feb-18-09 01:07 PM
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1. A dumb slogan only works for so long |
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I think people are waking up to the fact that the Republican definition of "personal responsibility" only refers to the poor.
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Wed Feb-18-09 01:13 PM
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2. It got old for them. Especially when all fingers point to them. |
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Wed Feb-18-09 01:18 PM
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which will also cause them to self-destruct.
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Wed Feb-18-09 01:21 PM
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4. Yes they are. But only in reference to individuals who are unemployed or who have lost their homes. |
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Wed Feb-18-09 01:22 PM
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5. hard to do when your constituents are unemployed/foreclosed |
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Edited on Wed Feb-18-09 01:23 PM by DBoon
When someone else has it bad, it is their personal responsiblity
When I have it bad, then ....
One definition of an economic depression is when Republicans are unemployed and lose their homes
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