tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post8413633111532202378..comments2024-01-05T06:18:18.086-05:00Comments on CommentaramaPolitics: Welfare IdiocyAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-81418942219092431452016-06-24T12:02:39.559-04:002016-06-24T12:02:39.559-04:00Congrats Cris! That sounds terrific!
I am not sh...Congrats Cris! That sounds terrific!<br /><br />I am not shocked! LOL! No sane person can support Hillary for any political office.<br /><br />Thanks! Things are going very well lately! :)AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-11073171036378324532016-06-23T20:40:03.058-04:002016-06-23T20:40:03.058-04:00Hi Andrew!
I have a 15 month old grandchild! I liv...Hi Andrew!<br />I have a 15 month old grandchild! I lived in guest room for first year to care for him to avoid infant daycare (although I, myself, had a daycare facility when I was younger!). I encouraged my career minded daughter but was glad to provide the TLC! And hubby visited me every weekend!<br />You will be shocked to hear that I am against Hillary!!!<br />Haha<br />Watching Brexit returns! The news looks very interesting as of Thurs evening EST! The world is speaking!?!?<br />Hope all is well with you and your family! I will be trying to keep up here!CrisDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03019723115775740939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-12681611394161980962016-06-23T00:37:32.626-04:002016-06-23T00:37:32.626-04:00Hi Cris! Welcome back! How've you been?Hi Cris! Welcome back! How've you been?AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-89963715061761389032016-06-22T21:29:29.758-04:002016-06-22T21:29:29.758-04:00Hi Andrew!
Well said!
I'm backkkkkk!!!
-Chri...Hi Andrew! <br />Well said!<br />I'm backkkkkk!!! <br />-Christine MayockCrisDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03019723115775740939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-8686159388057753632016-06-21T10:05:14.859-04:002016-06-21T10:05:14.859-04:00tryanmax, The money numbers are meaningless. For ...tryanmax, The money numbers are meaningless. For one thing, with nearly a billion being spent by PACs, what the individual campaigns spend is negligible. Secondly, Trump is funding himself on a pay as you go method, whereas Hillary is using the more traditional war chest/piggy bank method.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-77753887090783111842016-06-21T09:49:04.078-04:002016-06-21T09:49:04.078-04:00Obligatory "Yuk, Trump" disclaimer.
You...<i>Obligatory "Yuk, Trump" disclaimer.</i><br /><br />You'd think the pundits would've learned by now not to make any predictions regarding Trump. They're reading tea leaves while the guy is grinding coffee. His money numbers are so far off the norm--as is everything else about his campaign--that it's all but impossible to know what to make of them. And look! Even his lack of funds is getting him free air time. <br /><br />Don't forget, Trump's a business man and business often runs on promised money rather than money in the bank. Political campaigns are run so differently than a business. I never thought of it before, but the cash-in-the-coffers model evidences that most pols don't regard the same way as the business world, or even the average household.<br /><br />Furthermore, Trump is the first presidential candidate in US history that has to run <b>against</b> the party that he supposedly represents. Nobody can hope to know what that means. <br /><br />Meanwhile, Hillary's numbers are only as good as they are because she's basically in hiding. Her own campaign acknowledges this. Let's wait to see what happens when she finally shows up. <br /><br />Sidenote: I recommend that we forgo the traditional presidential debate format in favor of a presidential argument. Basically, cut out the moderator. tryanmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881154741574720094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-64565163217669811632016-06-20T23:26:40.560-04:002016-06-20T23:26:40.560-04:00I've finally reached the acceptance stage. I&#...I've finally reached the acceptance stage. I'm at peace with Trump as our nominee.Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-47551838165616655112016-06-20T23:24:56.522-04:002016-06-20T23:24:56.522-04:00Eh, I'm better now.
I'm more sitting back...Eh, I'm better now.<br /><br />I'm more sitting back and enjoying the show.Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-6115857876277798952016-06-20T23:21:42.398-04:002016-06-20T23:21:42.398-04:00Bev, The real irony on the left is that if they ev...Bev, The real irony on the left is that if they ever get their way, they will basically destroy their own followers... people who are least likely to be able to survive in the harsher world leftists want to create.<br /><br />But then, leftists have never been known to be long term thinkers.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-76079512155457967722016-06-20T23:18:44.903-04:002016-06-20T23:18:44.903-04:00I'm worrying about you, Kit.I'm worrying about you, Kit.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-45886277209097786932016-06-20T23:14:13.994-04:002016-06-20T23:14:13.994-04:00The FEC released the money spent by the various ca...The FEC released the money spent by the various campaigns.<br /><br />Trump's campaign has $1.3 million<br />Hillary's campaign has $47 million.<br /><br />I would call it a dumpster fire but as one fellow on twitter named Kevin Collins (@kwcollins) put it: "Calling @realDonaldTrump's campaign a dumpster fire is unfair to dumpster fires, because dumpster fires at least have some fuel"Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-36217976244108788112016-06-20T14:30:50.286-04:002016-06-20T14:30:50.286-04:00This makes my head hurt. I agree that this idiot i...This makes my head hurt. I agree that this idiot is just doing it to raise anger. I wish just once these morons would point out that much of those "deductions" are "charitable deductions" to worthing charities that help "poor people on welfare". That includes many, many billions from "evil corporations" who donate time/money/in-kind donations to help those in need. <br /><br />But hey, who needs that extra $350+billion dollars in charitable giving anyway. Let them eat cake...BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-47077558836290130892016-06-20T12:47:13.607-04:002016-06-20T12:47:13.607-04:00tryanmax, I agree. Proving an illness is a much g...tryanmax, I agree. Proving an illness is a much greater invasion of privacy that proving you are drug free.<br /><br />I think debunking the cost effect is really simple actually. As you see, the AP even needs to play this game of comparing the total number caught versus the total number of people getting benefits, as if they were all tested. Talk about bad logic! I could use the same "logic" to say that I know of one racist and there are 320 million people and 1 in 320 million is nothing! Think that would fly? So why does this crap fly with them?<br /><br />Personally, I think her goal is to raise anger of poor people against rich people, and to try to generate a sense of shame in those who would question anyone's right to get benefits.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-17046877062196552102016-06-20T12:41:51.426-04:002016-06-20T12:41:51.426-04:00Anthony, That's exactly what she's doing. ...Anthony, That's exactly what she's doing. But it doesn't make her actions any less stupid.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-47781422344052637412016-06-20T12:01:28.149-04:002016-06-20T12:01:28.149-04:00I think Gwen Moore's goal is getting tough on ...I think Gwen Moore's goal is getting tough on the rich, which is a popular theme on both sides of the aisle nowadays (though both sides take slightly different positions). <br /><br />Its a stupid proposal which has no chance of becoming law but the hard left will lionize her for it.<br />Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16124128949343301445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-9022189245714727722016-06-20T10:02:31.611-04:002016-06-20T10:02:31.611-04:00My disjointed thoughts are these:
I've worked...My disjointed thoughts are these:<br /><br />I've worked various government jobs and they all required a drug test. If one has to pee clean in order to earn <i>wages</i> from the government, certainly the same requirement ought to apply to those who are simply given the money. <br /><br />Technically speaking, I am a welfare recipient, or at least my daughter is. They aren't TANF benefits, so it's apples and oranges, but because it's medical, so you bet there are plenty of medical tests. There's no drug screening, but still. If anybody wants to complain about indignity, how about proving your illness to obtain medical benefits? Not that I think it's indignant, but that's how the left operates. <br /><br />Following that thought, the hoops one has to jump through to determine eligibility are really simply. Yeah, it's a pain in the neck to periodically round up your paystubs and other documents and mail them in. (Or email, these days.) What leftists like Moore want is to offer welfare on simple say-so. Uh, not gonna fly. <br /><br />I am a bit surprised she's moving away from the standard Think Progress line about drug-testing being not cost effective. My guess is that people just aren't convinced by that idea. After all, Andrew debunked it pretty handily in a couple sentences. <br /><br />Finally, drug testing programs don't even necessarily kick people off of welfare. According to an Independent Journal article, Tennessee has a typical procedure: <br /><br /><i>- Welfare applicants first take a written examination, with questions to reveal if a person might be using drugs;<br />- If the written exam raises suspicions, an applicant must pass a urine test;<br />- Applicants who fail the urine test must enter a treatment program or face welfare ineligibility;<br />- After treatment, applicants must pass another urine test or face welfare ineligibility for an amount of time determined by the state.</i> tryanmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881154741574720094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-59012879671407088402016-06-20T02:24:23.759-04:002016-06-20T02:24:23.759-04:00I have no idea what happened at Cleveland except t...I have no idea what happened at Cleveland except that they won some indoor game. ;-)Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-6629476738221877262016-06-19T23:12:57.101-04:002016-06-19T23:12:57.101-04:00Congrats to Cleveland, btw! Great series, great g...Congrats to Cleveland, btw! Great series, great game, great finish!AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.com