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Biden’s Ever-Expanding Gravy Train of ‘Free Money’ Will Create a Downward Spiral of Dependency and Despair
Townhall.com ^ | May 18, 2021 | Rick Manning

Posted on 05/18/2021 8:57:40 AM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 05/18/2021 8:57:40 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Working as intended.


2 posted on 05/18/2021 8:58:19 AM PDT by brownsfan (Term limits! Without term limits, we are doomed.)
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To: Kaslin

So? It will also fuel hyperinflation.

It’s clear that we have finally reached this point: Who is John Galt?


3 posted on 05/18/2021 8:59:09 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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This discriminates against people without kids. We just get stuck paying the bills.


4 posted on 05/18/2021 9:01:01 AM PDT by pfflier
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I seem to remember a certain icon of the Democratic Party who once said, “Government must stop this business of relief.”


5 posted on 05/18/2021 9:01:38 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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6 posted on 05/18/2021 9:02:50 AM PDT by Right Brother
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The minute the “free” money stops flowing, here will be big trouble.

Remember a few years ago when the EBT card system was shut off when a major computer system problem made the debiting system unavailable all day? Anger, fury, all kinds of trouble often at the point of payment (store, checkout line, gas station).

Computer failure temporarily halts some food stamp payments .....
Oct 14, 2013 — A system shutdown began at 11 a.m. ET Saturday and affected 17 states, said a spokeswoman for Xerox – which is a contractor for the program.(several articles, this from CNN)


7 posted on 05/18/2021 9:05:52 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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Well, for us more creative and independent people, It is an opportunity to buy more guns and ammo.


8 posted on 05/18/2021 9:05:52 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Buy American, Hire American! End All Worker Visa Programs. Replace Visa Workers w/ American Wo)
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To: Kaslin; Right Brother
World Magazine had been fairly reliable, but they joined the Never Trumpers. You need the editorials and the article for a better context, but here is my response.

RE: If you can’t afford it

You advocated equivalency between a guy suffering from dementia and strange sexual proclivities and one of the few in Washington who took actions in the judicial branch that demonstrated he seriously regarded his oath to support and defend the Constitution. Now you complain the victor of behaving according to type and offering unlimited free stuff, which precludes attention to matters of eternity and promotes the demise of a vanishing republic.

The classical Christian faith you profess invigorated the Enlightenment and resulted in a Constitution promising the intangible, natural freedoms of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. The intension of convention delegates was never material comfort, but instead spiritual advancement as individuals created, encouraged, explored, built, cooperated, served and/or taught, and became heroic, while pursuing a new life.

If anyone deserves the label of heretic it is you for ignoring a government originally intended to prosper individual sovereignty and self-worth as a way to recognize the inestimable value the Lord assigns to each person.

9 posted on 05/18/2021 9:08:32 AM PDT by Retain Mike ( Sat Cong)
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This discriminates against people without kids. We just get stuck paying the bills.

Good insight. Applies to my wife and me.

Notice ALL the talk every year of "this tax benefit for the average husband and wife with two children" but omits "and actually taxes are going up for those without children and certain other categories...."

10 posted on 05/18/2021 9:09:43 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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I am painfully reminded of this every year at income tax time, and many times a year for property tax time.


11 posted on 05/18/2021 9:14:48 AM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury.
After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, always to be followed by a dictatorship, then a monarchy.”-Alexander Fraser Tytler


12 posted on 05/18/2021 9:17:19 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ((Democrats have declared us to be THE OBSOLETE MAN in the Twilight Zone.))
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To: frank ballenger

The only things holding this country together are Welfare and Cable.
If either one fails, it’s on.


13 posted on 05/18/2021 9:17:49 AM PDT by Little Ray (Corporations don't pay taxes. They collect them.)
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To: pfflier

I have a rock pile that I self identify as my children


14 posted on 05/18/2021 9:18:16 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: LostInBayport

At least I get half a deduction now for being old...Say, why don’t old people on fixed incomes and homeless veterans get $250 a month too?? They have contributed far more than a 2 year old tax deduction.


15 posted on 05/18/2021 9:23:59 AM PDT by pfflier
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To: Little Ray
The only things holding this country together are Welfare and Cable. If either one fails, it’s on.

Great joke.

16 posted on 05/18/2021 9:24:43 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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The Democrats, like President Trump, are trying to avoid an economic crash.

Many assets are way overpriced.

What can’t be controlled from DC is the dollar’s foreign exchange rates. It is what the US asset price is in yuan and Euros that matters.


17 posted on 05/18/2021 9:27:45 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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Keeping them on the plantation for their Masters.


18 posted on 05/18/2021 9:28:02 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: frank ballenger

The funny thing is that even with all these child tax credits the birth rate is still declining.

I have six kids under 18 so I get a lot of money from these programs. However I wonder how much debt my kids will be saddled with and how much economic opportunity is lost. By trying to buy votes both political parties are responsible for it.


19 posted on 05/18/2021 9:28:26 AM PDT by Flying Circus (God help us )
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To: Little Ray

Yep...today’s bread and circuses.


20 posted on 05/18/2021 9:28:40 AM PDT by dinodino ( )
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