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“I don’t want none of MY tax dollars going to the poor and needy! If we’re gonna give anything away it needs to go to chickenshit police departments, global corporations, and the obscenely wealthy.”
Don't forget the military!! If we spent a penny less than 2 trillion dollars per year that would make Jesus very angry!!
As jesus said "~~the meek shall inherit thee earth~~" "The military shall conquer the earth"
"'cause Ima Christian!!!"
Meanwhile, 90% of the people are poorer than they would have been if the poorest could afford to participate in the economy.
These people are either idiots who don't know anything about how a consumerism-based economy works, awful people who consider cruelty towards those who already have less than themselves more important, or both.
The cruelty is the point. Who are they going to feel smugly superior to, if there is nobody to look down on?
It's both. They're very stupid and cruel. They vote for Donald.
Their entire lives/belief system revolves around punishment.
Yeah, I was always leaning heavily towards "both".
Studies have shown its 100% of the people are poorer than they would have been if they paid thriving wages. It's just that the 90% now have needless suffering, while the 1% can revel in their cruelty.
Jesus would NEVER stand for this! Helping the poors? Not on Jesus's watch!
I think Jesus would remind you that if we give to the poor they won't have the incentive to "stop being lazy and pull themselves up by their bootstraps", you're only making it harder on them by helping...
Give me the money instead, I'll invest it.
Thanks Supply Side Jesus!
https://www.beliefnet.com/news/2003/09/the-gospel-of-supply-side-jesus.aspx
It has only been proven to be effective every single time it was tried, but who cares about reality.
Trickle down economics will work this time for sure!
Letting people do as they see fit is "government overreach". FFS. That fits right in with "war is peace" and "freedom is slavery"!
I hate conservatives so much, and that goes double for Texas Republicans.
If you punish undesirables they will rise to the occasion seems to be the conservative ideology that never ever works. Like not teaching sex ed increases abortions and single mothers instead of reducing them.
The do everything ass-backwards that accomplishes the opposite of what they want and then ignore the consequences
They've convinced themselves their (absolutely wrong) choice is the 'morally correct' one. Even LISTENING to a contradictory argument is seen as a moral 'corruption', so they just .. don't.
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“Those taxes should be going to line my buddies pockets so I get some kickbacks, not to help improve this state and the lives of the citizens in it!”
Christians: Give your money to the poor and love your neighbor as yourself.
Also Christians: Those lazy illegals are taking our jobs! We shouldn't be taking people's hard-earned money and just GIVING it to people who have PROVEN they can't manage it! What about MY bootstraps!
"Lets fix a problem" -literally anyone
Conservatives with fists clenched: "no"
Feel-good ideological masturbation is better than data-driven policy. Don't do what works, do whatever makes you feel good. (Usually cruelty)
It's almost like they don't want to help people prosper. That stance is going to cost them dearly at the polls most likely.
I wouldn't be surprised if Texas turns inexplicably purple. :)
Love your optimism
That stance is going to cost them dearly at the polls most likely.
Hahahahahahaahahaa!
Texas people are purple. It's only the voters who are red. I don't know how to get the blue people to vote. Everyone believes 'my vote doesn't matter."
...in one of the states where it matters most!
They don’t. They want ‘em desperate and needing to work for money, that way their labor can be exploited. Why do you think prison labor is still legal?
R is the party of taking things away. You can summarize very nearly everything they do this way.
You can't just help people, that's against Christian values! Jesus never did that kind of thing
One thing I really don't understand about America is how it's one of the most charitable countries on earth - but when it comes to proven government run charity there is usually strong pushback.
Like I understand how it happens I just wish people would evaluate their politicians more and think about whether or not their values actually align.
If you’re referring to dollars given/promised to “charity,” a huge amount of that is done in a way that protects assets from taxes but primarily benefits the donor or the donor’s offspring.
Example: Warren Buffet has billions he has pledged to charity. However, when he dies it goes into a private charitable trust that conveniently employs his children and pays them millions a year for “administration” duties. The trust can donate stocks to charities, and there is a tax exemption for the “value” of the donation, reducing the tax burden of the trust further. Billionaire charity in the USA is a nearly-complete fiction which is actually more in line with the behavior discussed in this article.
I'm sure that plays a part, but I'm going off this link which seems more based on individual actions than overall donation amounts.
That sure would be nice, but unfortunately most people view it like sports. "My team gonna beat your team"
And ofc Ken Paxton, the scummiest skin bag to ever ooze out of the Tea Party's corpse, thinks it's a bad thing. Probably because he doesn't get to line his pockets from the programs' funding before poor people get paid.