Hey Folks,
On February 25 the local paper reported: “Poorest Americans get poorer / Incomes of 16 million fall 50% below poverty line,” a story by Tony Pugh of McClatchy Newspapers.
On February 26 it reported: “Welfare state getting larger / Cash assistance has waned, but other programs keep growing,” a story by Stephen Olemacher of AP.
Duhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!! Surprise, surprise !!
In the first story we find:
“The percentage of poor Americans who are living in severe poverty has reached a 32-year high, millions of working Americans are falling closer to the poverty line, and the gulf between the "haves" and "have-nots" continues to widen.
A McClatchy Newspapers analysis of 2005 census figures, the latest available, found that nearly 16 million Americans are living in deep or severe poverty. A family of four with two children and an annual income of less than $9,903 — half the federal poverty line — was considered severely poor in 2005. So were individuals who made less than $5,080 a year.”
Now, Folks, 16 million people is larger than the combined populations of Ohio and Kentucky. Does that “put a face on it”?
Moreover, we’re not talking ALL the poor people; we’re talking only the deeply and severely poor !!
How can this be?
Simple: that’s been The Plan all along.
Wake up folks!! WE are the sheep and they are the sheep owners. That’s ALWAYS been the plan; it’s how “society”/”civilization” works.
Specifically in the US of A, early-on in frontier days the sheep had better grazing – the white ones anyway. They were encouraged to find their fortune taming the wilds. Once they succeeded, the Philadelphia Lawyers and other Robber Barons felt safe enough to come take it away from them ( e.g. Daniel Boone [not to be confused with his imbecile descendent Pat Boone] and Simon Kenton [ of Tecumseh fame] ).
The frontier finally disappeared and free-roaming sheep became scarce – time to put ‘em back on the farm for easy exploitation – the way God (and the Wealthy) wanted it to be (the Rich Man's Burden). That worked pretty well until the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression made things so bad for the masses that revolution was a real possibility.
Franklin Roosevelt saved the wealthy’s ass with his “New Deal,” simultaneously securing their eternal hatred. Ever since, the angry Upper Crust has worked feverishly to dismantle those evil kindnesses, the very ones that saved them from the guillotine.
They have made regular progress culminating with George W. Bush’s blatant, unashamed attacks on everything that “regular” folks once were said to hold dear. That’s The Plan!!!
The re-enslavement of the American people is close to its end game. Rights are obliterated or mangled, standards of living are lowered, availability of education and health care are reduced, unions are made irrelevant, retirement becomes a joke. No wonder the second story reports:
“WASHINGTON — The welfare state is bigger than ever despite a decade of policies designed to wean poor people from public aid.
The number of families receiving cash benefits from welfare has plummeted since the government imposed time limits on the payments a decade ago. But other programs for the poor, including Medicaid, food stamps and disability benefits, are bursting with new enrollees.
The result, according to an Associated Press analysis: Nearly one in six people rely on some form of public assistance, a larger share than at any time since the government started measuring two decades ago.
Critics of the welfare overhaul say the numbers offer fresh evidence that few former recipients have become self-sufficient, even though millions have moved from welfare to work. They say the vast majority have been forced into lowpaying jobs with no benefits and few opportunities to advance.
‘If the goal of welfare reform was to get people off the welfare rolls, bravo,’ said Vivyan Adair, a former welfare recipient who is now an assistant professor of women’s studies at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. ‘If the goal was to reduce poverty and give people economic and job stability, it was not a success.’”
That’s The Plan, Folks: “the vast majority have been forced into lowpaying jobs with no benefits and few opportunities to advance.” Yep, WAL-MART and Burger King !!
Further on, the article says: “In the early 1990s, critics contended that the welfare system encouraged unemployment.” Yep, people in deep and severe poverty working at “lowpaying jobs with no benefits and few opportunities to advance” do fall into the unemployment hole, and that forces WAL-Mart to pay more to get workers.
But Welfare “Reform” took care of that “problem”! Forcing the poor to work for nearly nothing, suffering until they die – it's part of The Plan. And the numbers are staggering: “Nearly one in six people rely on some form of public assistance.” That’s 50 million people, more than the combined populations of Texas, West Virginia, New York, Wyoming, New Hampshire, Kansas, and South Dakota.
“The Plan” explains the seemingly incongruous facts related to “Free Trade” deals, outsourcing over seas, the Mexican immigration “problem,” the New Orleans situation, the war in Iraq, tax cuts for the rich, and more.
If one believes that the people who run this country really care about the people, the country, or anything not related to their own, personal well-being, these things make no sense (sure, we are fed all sorts of complicated bullshit to “justify” the policies of the rich, and they usually do help the rich, but they always turn out – somehow - not to do for the people what we were told they would during the sales pitch.
The perfect example is provided by the two consecutive articles. The only ones to benefit from Welfare “Reform” were people who were already well off. People got off welfare, went to work, and were worse off. In these two articles a decade-long line of bullshit is clearly revealed, even to the sheepish (if they are awake).
So wake up to The Plan, people. Stand up and say, “I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it any more!!”
Or, if you prefer, say:
Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa !!!!! And wag your tail behind you.
- Uke Man
On February 25 the local paper reported: “Poorest Americans get poorer / Incomes of 16 million fall 50% below poverty line,” a story by Tony Pugh of McClatchy Newspapers.
On February 26 it reported: “Welfare state getting larger / Cash assistance has waned, but other programs keep growing,” a story by Stephen Olemacher of AP.
Duhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!! Surprise, surprise !!
In the first story we find:
“The percentage of poor Americans who are living in severe poverty has reached a 32-year high, millions of working Americans are falling closer to the poverty line, and the gulf between the "haves" and "have-nots" continues to widen.
A McClatchy Newspapers analysis of 2005 census figures, the latest available, found that nearly 16 million Americans are living in deep or severe poverty. A family of four with two children and an annual income of less than $9,903 — half the federal poverty line — was considered severely poor in 2005. So were individuals who made less than $5,080 a year.”
Now, Folks, 16 million people is larger than the combined populations of Ohio and Kentucky. Does that “put a face on it”?
Moreover, we’re not talking ALL the poor people; we’re talking only the deeply and severely poor !!
How can this be?
Simple: that’s been The Plan all along.
Wake up folks!! WE are the sheep and they are the sheep owners. That’s ALWAYS been the plan; it’s how “society”/”civilization” works.
Specifically in the US of A, early-on in frontier days the sheep had better grazing – the white ones anyway. They were encouraged to find their fortune taming the wilds. Once they succeeded, the Philadelphia Lawyers and other Robber Barons felt safe enough to come take it away from them ( e.g. Daniel Boone [not to be confused with his imbecile descendent Pat Boone] and Simon Kenton [ of Tecumseh fame] ).
The frontier finally disappeared and free-roaming sheep became scarce – time to put ‘em back on the farm for easy exploitation – the way God (and the Wealthy) wanted it to be (the Rich Man's Burden). That worked pretty well until the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression made things so bad for the masses that revolution was a real possibility.
Franklin Roosevelt saved the wealthy’s ass with his “New Deal,” simultaneously securing their eternal hatred. Ever since, the angry Upper Crust has worked feverishly to dismantle those evil kindnesses, the very ones that saved them from the guillotine.
They have made regular progress culminating with George W. Bush’s blatant, unashamed attacks on everything that “regular” folks once were said to hold dear. That’s The Plan!!!
The re-enslavement of the American people is close to its end game. Rights are obliterated or mangled, standards of living are lowered, availability of education and health care are reduced, unions are made irrelevant, retirement becomes a joke. No wonder the second story reports:
“WASHINGTON — The welfare state is bigger than ever despite a decade of policies designed to wean poor people from public aid.
The number of families receiving cash benefits from welfare has plummeted since the government imposed time limits on the payments a decade ago. But other programs for the poor, including Medicaid, food stamps and disability benefits, are bursting with new enrollees.
The result, according to an Associated Press analysis: Nearly one in six people rely on some form of public assistance, a larger share than at any time since the government started measuring two decades ago.
Critics of the welfare overhaul say the numbers offer fresh evidence that few former recipients have become self-sufficient, even though millions have moved from welfare to work. They say the vast majority have been forced into lowpaying jobs with no benefits and few opportunities to advance.
‘If the goal of welfare reform was to get people off the welfare rolls, bravo,’ said Vivyan Adair, a former welfare recipient who is now an assistant professor of women’s studies at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. ‘If the goal was to reduce poverty and give people economic and job stability, it was not a success.’”
That’s The Plan, Folks: “the vast majority have been forced into lowpaying jobs with no benefits and few opportunities to advance.” Yep, WAL-MART and Burger King !!
Further on, the article says: “In the early 1990s, critics contended that the welfare system encouraged unemployment.” Yep, people in deep and severe poverty working at “lowpaying jobs with no benefits and few opportunities to advance” do fall into the unemployment hole, and that forces WAL-Mart to pay more to get workers.
But Welfare “Reform” took care of that “problem”! Forcing the poor to work for nearly nothing, suffering until they die – it's part of The Plan. And the numbers are staggering: “Nearly one in six people rely on some form of public assistance.” That’s 50 million people, more than the combined populations of Texas, West Virginia, New York, Wyoming, New Hampshire, Kansas, and South Dakota.
“The Plan” explains the seemingly incongruous facts related to “Free Trade” deals, outsourcing over seas, the Mexican immigration “problem,” the New Orleans situation, the war in Iraq, tax cuts for the rich, and more.
If one believes that the people who run this country really care about the people, the country, or anything not related to their own, personal well-being, these things make no sense (sure, we are fed all sorts of complicated bullshit to “justify” the policies of the rich, and they usually do help the rich, but they always turn out – somehow - not to do for the people what we were told they would during the sales pitch.
The perfect example is provided by the two consecutive articles. The only ones to benefit from Welfare “Reform” were people who were already well off. People got off welfare, went to work, and were worse off. In these two articles a decade-long line of bullshit is clearly revealed, even to the sheepish (if they are awake).
So wake up to The Plan, people. Stand up and say, “I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it any more!!”
Or, if you prefer, say:
Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa !!!!! And wag your tail behind you.
- Uke Man
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