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In reply to the discussion: If there's one thing I simply cannot stand, it's poverty shaming. [View all]DesertDiamond
(1,616 posts)which was especially important for them to do because there were more and more poor during the "economic boom" that trickle down economics brought on. Shame the poor, make others despise them, make them ashamed of themselves. Greed is the true virtue! Rush Limbaugh promoted the meme of seeing a woman using food stamps and then driving away in a fancy SUV was repeated so many times that friends of mine were telling me the story and were sure they themselves had witnessed such an event.
And how do the promoters of this idea benefit from it? If we allow all protections to be taken away from the poor, they will be forced to turn to religious charities for help. It's already true where I live to some degree - there are no nonsecular food banks, so anyone who goes to them for food has to sit through a lecture about religion. In fact they are trying to turn everything in this country religion based. Then they will have what they want - a theocracy.