This shit is getting more disgusting

[bigtree]

Last edited Wed Apr 25, 2018, 04:24 PM - Edit history (2)

WaPo: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/04/25/hud-secretary-ben-carson-to-propose-raising-rent-for-low-income-americans-receiving-federal-housing-subsidies/?utm_term=.5d7be51758d6

[The Genealogist]

1. It is disgusting for sure

This unnatural hatred of poor people is shameful. More shameful than fhat is that these people claim to be christians. What would Jesus do?

[ollie10]

26. I think he would puke

[olegramps]

45. It appears that some Black masters are just as cruel as the old slave task masters they condemn.

[Bleacher Creature]

2. Fancy dishwater isn't going to pay for itself! NT

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

3. They're trying to wear us down with daily outrages. We need to keep repeating, "This is not normal."

[smirkymonkey]

27. It almost seems systematic. And they are wearing some of us down.

What they do on a daily basis is so cruel and unfair, I just can't take much more of it. It also just overwhelms me to think that there are so many people who are willing to make life as miserable and difficult for the people in this country who are barely getting by in the first place. What makes people so evil? They are destroying my faith in humanity. Some days I just want off of this planet.

[Chellee]

32. See, that's where we differ. I want them off this planet.

Maybe it's time to think about colonizing the moon. Not our moon, mind you, that's far too close. I think Saturn has some moons that might be suitable.

I mean, honestly, they should love this plan, a whole space rock all to themselves. They can govern (or not) it any way they want. Survival of the fittest. Death penalty for being poor. Servitude for having a uterus. They can name it something biblical, like Corinthians Two. It will be their fondest dream come true.

If we frame this right, we can probably sell tickets and they'll pay for the whole cost themselves. It's a win-win.

[UpInArms]

43. I keep hoping for the rapture

That removes them all from our world

[notdarkyet]

34. +1000

[BobTheSubgenius]

38. I absolutely think that.

I consider myself pretty aware (although not so much, when compared to the incredible attention span and breadth of knowledge of many here on DU) and very liberal. I have never voted otherwise, and I've been voting since the early 70's.

And I find my instinct for outrage is being blunted. I can imagine how little attention the less aware pay to stories like this.

[NewJeffCT]

48. agreed

and, Trump's tweets and tantrums add to the distractions.

[salin]

4. Make the Poor - Poorer Again!! Swell the tide of the homeless!!

Funny that he didn't use lines like this when he was running for President.

[lpbk2713]

5. Another way to make the poor sustain the wealthy.

They have no shame.

[ploppy]

7. Is there no end

to how hideously these people behave? I hope Ben Carson likes his $30,000 conference table.

[world wide wally]

8. Hey Dr Ben.... Fuck you

[ck4829]

9. Poor Republicans receiving housing subsidies respond...

"Clearly all the minorities and immigrants are forcing the Trump administration to do this to deserving people like me."

[spanone]

10. outward disregard for their fellow human beings....republicans in a nutshell

[lunatica]

22. Double that!

Dear Spanone, consider yourself recommended!

A picture is worth a thousand words.

[Dustlawyer]

25. And the sad thing is that most of these people have been programmed by

RW media for the corporate/billionaire overlords to blame the poor, elderly, immigrants and minorities for all of our financial problems. The Republicans swallowing this crap are not excused, but if we want it to stop we have to make some big changes in our media. Restoring the Fairness Act would be a great start.

[Shrike47]

11. Mean, just mean. And they claim to be Christians, complete with pictures with Jesus.

[tblue37]

15. Klingon Jesus:

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[George II]

12. Has to find a way to pay for that furniture.

[Stargazer99]

49. Yeah, the public treat

[SunSeeker]

13. K & R for exposure.

[ProudLib72]

14. Relax. Poverty is just a state of mind

Keep telling yourself that when you are homeless and starving to death in a dumpster in an alley.

[BigmanPigman]

16. Thank you David...This is getting more disgusting.

"You got to speak out against the madness, you got to speak your mind if you dare," sings Crosby in reference to the uncertainty of the times. 'Long Time Gone' was written the night after the assassination of Robert Kennedy. "I started to feel overwhelmed," Crosby told Rolling Stone, "It seemed as if it was ballot by bullet. It seemed as if it didn't matter how good a person we could find to put up as an inspiration and a leader for the good, that somehow the other side would triumph by simply gunning them down." David Crosby...... 'Long Time Gone'.

[notdarkyet]

36. Felll in love with this album when it came out. Long time coming I played over and over.

I knew it was true.

[catbyte]

17. I guess his oath, "First, do no harm" is conditional.

What a despicable asshole.

[NBachers]

18. They can kick out the ones who can't pay, and then give the units to Hannity.

[dameatball]

24. Hannity needs an 8 x 8 unit.....stat!

[Thrill]

19. Well as expected. The rich get the tax cuts and the poor get the bill.

Who didn't see that coming?

[Soph0571]

20. We have had this for a while in the UK....

Just in a different way. The introduction of the bedroom tax

(in the UK) an informal name for a measure introduced in the Welfare Reform Act 2012, by which the amount of housing benefit paid to a claimant is reduced if the property they are renting is judged to have more bedrooms than necessary.

for low cost housing
and housing benefit capped if you rent a private home
We have seen a humongous rise in homeless low income families as a result

[Fritz Walter]

21. Advice, please

Should we sharpen our pitchfork tines in order to achieve greater penetration with less effort, or should we leave them dull, rusty and covered with microorganisms to achieve ensure a better microbial impact upon the target?

And, in case anyone asks the “target” would be my compost container.

[lunatica]

23. Use both just to be safe.

You never know which one is more necessary. Win/win all around.

Are you sure you don’t want to use them on Carson’s ass? You have my go ahead.

[Cha]

28. The WaPo wouldn't let me read the rest

without $ so I went to the Hill and found this at least..

"A release from HUD sought to emphasize that the increases will not apply to households “comprised of elderly persons or persons with disabilities.”

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/384845-carson-to-propose-rent-increases-for-americans-receiving-housing

Thanks bigtree.. ben carson is a disgusting pos

[MariaCSR]

29. oh god I hope that's true

[Cha]

30. Me too, Maria

[MariaCSR]

31. I'm on ssdi and i live in hud housing

I'm terrified.

[Cha]

35. I hear ya, sweetie..

I'm getting HUD assistance for my apt.. and this terrified me too.. and I definitely feel for everyone who will be affected.

I happen to be a senior now so hopefully I and us old folk, and people on SSI like yourself.. won't get kicked out 'cause we can't afford the rent increase that the greedy asshole ben carson is mulling over, with his shit eating grin..

[MariaCSR]

44. According to WaPo....seniors and disabled exempt for the first 6 yrs

What the hell happens after 6 years???

[Tatiana]

33. They are all subhuman (more from the article).

The proposal approved by the House Agriculture Committee would expand work initiatives, mandating that most adult recipients under 60 work part-time or enroll in a state-run training program. It would apply to as many as 7 million adults.

The Trump administration has also started allowing states to impose work requirements on residents enrolled on Medicaid.

The initiative unveiled by Carson Wednesday would raise the rent for tenants in subsidized housing to 35 percent of gross income (or 35 percent of their earnings working 15 hours a week at the federal minimum wage), up from the current standard of 30 percent of adjusted income. About half of the 4.7 million families receiving housing benefit would be affected, HUD officials said.

Thirty-five percent of one's gross income. Think of a single mom of 2 or 3 kids making $32,000 a year. That works out to nearly $2667 gross a month. Take off at least $400 for taxes, union dues and other miscellaneous. That takes you to $2267. If this person spends $933 (35%) of the gross for rent, she'd be left with $1334 per month to pay all of her family's bills, utilities, food, transportation costs, clothing, etc.

These people are pure, selfish, greedy, EVIL in human form. May they reap what they have sown.

[JohnnyRingo]

37. It's getting too hard to keep up.

As soon as one department head does one outrageous thing, another one pops up with something more egregious.

The next president will be running a salvage operation. Hopefully with prison sentences for those who dismantled our country.

[xxqqqzme]

41. Occasionally I think the must have a script

to follow. How can anyone continually come up with these mean, hate/hurtful ideas and policies. There must be a group of sociopaths handing out a list so these king con flunkies can check off their accomplishments.

[Puppyjive]

39. This is the Hannity Plan

Raise the rent on the poor, because people like Sean Hannity never seem to have enough money. Give me a break.

[Hassler]

40. Carson somehow has to pay for the millions in welfare he's given Meathead Hannity.

[OhNo-Really]

42. Painful Policy. Blowback anticipated

[themaguffin]

46. Sadly, we are way past disgusting

[workinclasszero]

47. Republican just love grinding their millionaire heels into the poor!

The evangelical right punish the poor and sick with glee cause they must be sinners or they would be the damn Koch bros, right?