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Welfare and the next American revolution
thesoundguy1
Member Posts: 680 ✭
This is the first time I've started a topic,so here goes.
The welfare system will never go away,and here's why I believe it
won't.
The welfare system is a"blackmail pay-off".Historicaly,most revolutions begin with most poor of a society,and when the economic
situation of a given society begins to affect the more educated
and insightful in the middle class,things become more organized,
and full-blown revolutions take place.(The communist revolution in
Russia and,the French revolution,all began with the very
poor populace and the"diplaced" middle class).
The civil rights movement did not gather any real steam until
the involvement of the prominent and middle class.
But,the civil rights movement has come up short,as will any real
revolution,on any significant level in this country,because of the welfare system.The overtaxed middle and working class will not be
able make any real changes,because the welfare system keeps the welfare class at odds with the working and middle classes.
The working and middle classes,pushing for tax relief and other changes in our government,threatens the very welfare system the
very poorest of this country rely on for their"livelyhoods".
So for the corrupt beuracracy,welfare is a small price to pay
to keep the "proletariat" pacified.
In exchange for this blackmail payment,the very poorest are more than
willing to give-up freedoms that the working and middle classes
hold dear.
Is my logic flawed or,am I looking at this wrong? I'm willing to hear some other perspectives!
The welfare system will never go away,and here's why I believe it
won't.
The welfare system is a"blackmail pay-off".Historicaly,most revolutions begin with most poor of a society,and when the economic
situation of a given society begins to affect the more educated
and insightful in the middle class,things become more organized,
and full-blown revolutions take place.(The communist revolution in
Russia and,the French revolution,all began with the very
poor populace and the"diplaced" middle class).
The civil rights movement did not gather any real steam until
the involvement of the prominent and middle class.
But,the civil rights movement has come up short,as will any real
revolution,on any significant level in this country,because of the welfare system.The overtaxed middle and working class will not be
able make any real changes,because the welfare system keeps the welfare class at odds with the working and middle classes.
The working and middle classes,pushing for tax relief and other changes in our government,threatens the very welfare system the
very poorest of this country rely on for their"livelyhoods".
So for the corrupt beuracracy,welfare is a small price to pay
to keep the "proletariat" pacified.
In exchange for this blackmail payment,the very poorest are more than
willing to give-up freedoms that the working and middle classes
hold dear.
Is my logic flawed or,am I looking at this wrong? I'm willing to hear some other perspectives!
Comments
I shalt punish thy bodies, because the more thou sweateth in training; the least thou bleedeth in combat
life experiences,and what little common sense I have to the things
that concern me.
AlleninAlaska aglore@gci.net
Free men are not equal and equal men are not free
THEY ARE NOT!
Go look at voting day, you will NOT see many poor people at the voting booths!
I'd say that 95% of the welfare recipients aren't even registered to vote!
Since less than 50% of the population in general doesn't vote, I feel that is pretty safe.
Merc
BTW-Your average "welfare person" is a woman, with kids, and is white. The average person is also usually on welfare for less than 18 months.
NO! You may not have my guns! Now go crawl back into your hole!
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"Tolerating things you may not necessarily like is part of being free" - Larry Flynt
"The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time"...Abraham Lincoln
the fact that many welfare recipients don't vote,I feel makes an argument for my observation that started this thread.They did not vote for the
welfare system,they certainly are not voting for it.Who voted for it?
I did not vote for it.Did we ever get a chance to vote on it?
Of course not.Saxon my very well be right...I may be stupid;)
Vote? I don't remember anyone voting welfare into office.
Welfare IS a good idea (leave it to the gov. to screw it up!) Some people, at some time, will need a helping hand. However, it shouldn't be a hand OUT, it should be a hand UP. And it shouldn't be forever!
Merc
NO! You may not have my guns! Now go crawl back into your hole!
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"Tolerating things you may not necessarily like is part of being free" - Larry Flynt
"The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time"...Abraham Lincoln
AlleninAlaska aglore@gci.net
Free men are not equal and equal men are not free
"The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time"...Abraham Lincoln
in this country are actually corporations,in the form of tax breaks,
abatements,etc.The auto industry bailouts,more recently the airline bailouts.Can these be considered welfare?
Maybe I should clarify what I was trying to say.The seeds of a revolution,(disconnection of a government from it's people,etc.
leading to widespread distrust of the government,or government
abuses of power.),historicly has been planted in a nations most
poor.Out of fear,or lack of the skills to organize,the revolution
does not take place.It's when displaced middle class,work in
congress with the poorer folk that these rovolts grow into
course-of-history changeing events.
Please forgive me for my lack of clarity in my topic starter.
To quote "Forrest Gump"-"I'm not a smart man."