Feb 24 2009
Obama liberals call Republicans greedy, but who really wants what?
You’ve heard it a million times. Republicans are greedy. Republicans don’t care about the poor.
Let’s address that in light of the recently passed Communist promotion bill.
Liberals got what they wanted, and almost no Republicans voted for it, so Democrats own this nonsense.
The bill encourages longer stays on unemployment. The bill encourages longer stays on welfare, and removes the work requirement. Yet, for the truly disabled on SSI, it issues only a one-time payment of $250.
It is liberals who want to subsidize handouts for people who can work, but give almost nothing for those who physically or mentally can’t. So who really cares about the poor?
It is the conservative who wants people to work and make their own way, who wants to remove government barriers to job creation. It is the liberal who encourages people to stay on the dole for as long as possible. So who really wants people to have the American dream?
It is the liberal who demands that the bank that made a sub-prime mortgage take responsibility, yet also demands that the homeowner who applied for and signed for that loan not have to take responsibility. It is the conservative that says nobody, the bank or the homeowner, should be bailed out for poor decision making. So who really cares about personal responsibility? Who really wants people to succeed on their own merits, which anyone knows is more fulfilling than having taxpayers subsidize you?
It is the liberal who wants handouts. It is the liberal who thinks other people should pay for their bills. It is the liberal that never wants the poor to come off welfare and become successful, i.e. “winners of life’s lottery,” as Dick Gephardt put it.
It is the conservative who says “make your own way.” It is also the conservative who does not want to confiscate your hard earnings when you realize the American dream by becoming wealthy.
Yes, a conservative wants to keep his money, but he also wants everyone to keep their money. A liberal wants to keep his money, but he also wants other people’s money.
A conservative wants everyone to have a chance at being rich, while realizing that not everyone will make it. A liberal realizes that not everyone will make it, so they don’t think anyone should. According to a liberal, it’s not fair that some people will stop being poor.
It is the liberal who doesn’t care about the poor. It is the liberal who is greedy.
