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Bush said decades of federal policy have not solved the vexing problem of how to help generations of Americans mired in poverty.
"We have spent trillions of dollars on the ‘war on poverty,’ but there are now still more than 46 million Americans living in poverty," he said in a statement laying out his plan.
Luckily Bush has almost no chance of being elected.
originally posted by: CB328
It looks like no one has posted this yet. Bush is struggling to keep his campaign from complete annihalation. Here is his new plan to get the Republican base enthusiastic about him- get rid of welfare. Bush wants to end all programs for the poor and turn them all over to the states. This is a terrible idea as conservative states will be only too happy to quit paying into these programs altogether, even though many people will be bankrupted or even die as a result. It would probably cause a massive exodus to states like mine that do will continue to fund these programs which will be a disaster as well. Luckily Bush has almost no chance of being elected.
www.huffingtonpost.com...
originally posted by: CB328
It looks like no one has posted this yet. Bush is struggling to keep his campaign from complete annihalation. Here is his new plan to get the Republican base enthusiastic about him- get rid of welfare. Bush wants to end all programs for the poor and turn them all over to the states. This is a terrible idea as conservative states will be only too happy to quit paying into these programs altogether, even though many people will be bankrupted or even die as a result. It would probably cause a massive exodus to states like mine that do will continue to fund these programs which will be a disaster as well. Luckily Bush has almost no chance of being elected.
www.huffingtonpost.com...
originally posted by: CB328
Bush wants to end all programs for the poor and turn them all over to the states.
This is a terrible idea as conservative states will be only too happy to quit paying into these programs altogether, even though many people will be bankrupted or even die as a result.
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: CB328
Bush wants to end all programs for the poor and turn them all over to the states.
I'm not a Bush fan at all, but the question is do you like a big Federal government foot print and a small State government foot print or the other way around? Since we are a Republic I see the Federal government way too big and much of it should be at the State level.
This is a terrible idea as conservative states will be only too happy to quit paying into these programs altogether, even though many people will be bankrupted or even die as a result.
Really? Is this what you think? Conservatives want to kill off the poor? Lol I think conservatives want to give poor people jobs, but that is just crazy talk on the left...
originally posted by: Aazadan
So you take care of the kids. How do you take care of the adults?
originally posted by: luthier
Where I live in SC. Plenty of conservatives have created things like after school programs for kids with no where to go. I have worked with some legislators myself getting instruments into a highschool for band. Also helped me make an antibullying program/self defense tacticts as part of my Judo program.
originally posted by: Aazadan
a reply to: luthier
So you take care of the kids. How do you take care of the adults?
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: luthier
Where I live in SC. Plenty of conservatives have created things like after school programs for kids with no where to go. I have worked with some legislators myself getting instruments into a highschool for band. Also helped me make an antibullying program/self defense tacticts as part of my Judo program.
When those in need are taken care of at the state/local level they maintain their individual worth and identity. At the federal level people become nothing but numbers and statistics. Who cares if 100 million are hurting to put food on the table everyday of the week the unemployment fuzzy math is less than 6%, and that is all the Feds care about.
originally posted by: Xtrozero
Provide them jobs? The young, old, mentally/physically handicapped have excuses not to work, how about everyone else not in these categories? I don't see large liberal cities/areas such as Chicago doing so well with what they have in place.
originally posted by: luthier
The local governments know local problems. I am even okay with socialism if its a very local level and non federal. Anything bigger just turns into a mess or worse.