Right Wing Declares War on the Poor:

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Kate O'Beirne calls parents of school lunch recipients child abusers

video at link: http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/right-wing-declares-war-poor-kate-obeirne-c


O’BEIRNE: And then the title of our gathering is so crucial; “Less of Washington and More of Ourselves”. The federal school lunch program and now breakfast program and I guess in Washington DC, dinner program are pretty close to being sacred cows… broad bipartisan support. And if we’re going to ask more of ourselves, my question is what poor excuse for a parent can’t rustle up a bowl of cereal and a banana? I just don’t get why millions of school children qualify for school breakfasts unless we have a major wide spread problem with child neglect.

You know, I mean if that’s how many parents are incapable of pulling together a bowl of cereal and a banana, then we have problems that are way bigger than… that problem can’t be solved with a school breakfast, because we have parents who are just criminally… ah… criminally negligent with respect to raising children.

And yet, that’s the kind of program that has huge bipartisan support with very little thought about why we’re now feeding children. Talk about a fundamental parental responsibility. In what sense can we begin asking the “more of ourselves” piece to go with this less government?

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1. Right wing declared war on the poor thirty years ago.

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2. Yep, trickle down economics works soooo well. Problem is, the trickle down is

all BS and it stinks!

[Faygo Kid]

3. +1

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9. And it worked because the Left didn't stand up against it strong.

And its still working..... for the same reason.

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4. She probably also believes in the repeal of child labor laws like one of her fellow republican rep.

http://www.care2.com/causes/civil-rights/blog/child-labor-laws-are-unconstitutional/

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6. Gee, Katie, project much??

It's one of the things that right wing mouthpieces do best.

[Urban Prairie]

5. "My question is what poor excuse for a parent can’t rustle up a bowl of cereal and a banana?"

Her answer is a parent that is likely in much more of a economic dilemma than she will ever experience in her lifetime.

If I was there at the "gathering" of what was probably stone dumb rightwing morans, I would suggest to her that she trade places with one of those "poor excuses" for a parent, for say one month, and taking the parent's place using ONLY the resources that parent had available, and then discover if SHE could do better.

[surrealAmerican]

7. It's creepy when little bits of truth invade ...

... these rants. In fact we do "have problems that are way bigger than can be solved with a school breakfast": like how a parent can work full time and still not have enough money to house, clothe, and feed their child.

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8. Also how 'bout mom's 7.50 per hr job STARTS @6:00am like mine did,for x years..Sick of verbal vomit

from re:puke: s.

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10. in 1980, yes. n/t

[caliguy]

11. GOP fails

The GOP knows that America is becoming more diverse racially and that a majority of the younger people are not religious and have liberal views. The GOP is scared and will do whatever it takes to make voting allowable to only White Christians. The left has a majority of America now. Why? Because socially, it is more tolerant, peaceful, and caring then the Fascist Christians in Politics right now

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12. GOP started plans to eliminate the middle class back in 1985 (June- Newsweek)