Gov. LePage’s remarks aired repeatedly on the national news. While he is but one Republican, he reinforced the widespread view that Republicans, as a whole, lack compassion.
As to the 22.8 million Americans who are unemployed are underemployed, the vast majority are no doubt able-bodied. Are you suggesting there are 22.8 million readily-available full-time permanent jobs for them all?
I watched an interview with him following his remarks and he said he was raised in the welfare system, that so many generations just think that their life is nothing more than getting a gov’t check because that’s what he saw growing up, and that he managed to get out of it. So he was speaking from experience.
You mean like this?
Obama: 'Sometimes I Forget' Magnitude of the Recession
For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.” ... II Thessalonians 3:10
How is it Christian compassion to lower the dignity of a human being to government dependency?