Reply #90: I have explained my position in every reply to every post I made. If you don't agree with [View All]

[bertman]

it that's fine. That does not mean you are right and I am wrong.

But, I will not have some dipshit call me a freeper for stating facts and my opinion relating to them.

So, you're saying that it has become a right-wing idea that people who receive government money might actually do it under false pretenses? It doesn't seem to be such a right-wing idea that government contractors under the Bush administration would cheat the government. I read lots of threads on DU that advocate more investigation, oversight and prosecution of fraud among contractors and special interest groups. Why should we turn a blind eye to those who cheat the government on a smaller scale? It's theft either way.

I've been poor, received unemployment checks when I couldn't get a job, and I've known lots of people who received welfare and food stamps when they needed them. I strongly support the idea that our government is here to protect those who are less fortunate than others and to give a hand up to people who need help. But I am not foolish enough to believe that there are only honest people applying for government money and services.

You seem to advocate no checks on those who receive government services and money. I disagree.

I don't know how I can make my position any clearer.

By the way, two Americas, I don't consider enforcing laws to be a right-wing idea.