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Biden and the Swamp Economy: Does he understand that we can’t all live on federal subsidies?
Wall Street Journal ^ | September 18, 2020 | James Freeman

Posted on 09/20/2020 7:24:20 AM PDT by karpov

Sixty-seven years after he moved out of Scranton, Pa., and 47 years after he began working in Washington, D.C., Joe Biden seems to have trouble remembering that there’s an economy outside of political subsidy programs. In a Thursday night “town hall” on CNN, the former vice president was asked several times in different ways about encouraging job creation and economic growth. Each time his answer involved federal schemes to redistribute wealth.

Appearing in Moosic, Pa., with CNN host Anderson Cooper, Mr. Biden couldn’t resist proposing more taxpayer subsidies even when a questioner had just finished describing a problem created by taxpayer subsidies. Here’s an excerpt from CNN’s transcript in which a registered nurse named Sheila Schaufler was given a turn at the microphone:

SCHAUFLER: Thank you. And Good evening and welcome back. There are many frontline workers who are making much less than people on unemployment, who have benefited from the extra $600.00 in stimulus payments. I have personally spoken to people who refuse to even look or apply for jobs because of the extra money. What is your plan to get Americans back to work and off the government payroll?

BIDEN: First of all, I have a plan to deal with the need for additional healthcare workers and pay them a wage that is a living wage that’s real. So they don’t have to live hand to mouth, for real. I won’t bore you with the detail, but -- I’ll get your name, we’ll send you the material...

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden
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1 posted on 09/20/2020 7:24:20 AM PDT by karpov
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To: karpov

No, that’s what he’s lived on his entire life.


2 posted on 09/20/2020 7:25:28 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: karpov
Buyden is probably owned by sros who stated his life mission is to destroy America.
3 posted on 09/20/2020 7:26:10 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: karpov

He doesn’t understand his teleprompter...what do you think?


4 posted on 09/20/2020 7:27:46 AM PDT by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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To: mountainlion

Joementia has been owned by the credit card industry for decades!


5 posted on 09/20/2020 7:33:10 AM PDT by 100%FEDUP (I'm seeing RED!)
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To: karpov

The intent is to destroy America...they know you can’t economically do this. Their enemies of the Republic.


6 posted on 09/20/2020 7:43:51 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: karpov

Biden....”I have a plan”.....let me get back to you”.....(Wash and repeat)


7 posted on 09/20/2020 7:54:24 AM PDT by caww (When a person becomes a Christian, 'the assurance of truth becomes reality')
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To: karpov

He has been sucking on the government tit for so long that he thinks everybody does.


8 posted on 09/20/2020 7:57:55 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: karpov

When you live on the plantation you don’t get subsidies.


9 posted on 09/20/2020 9:02:19 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: karpov

How many businesses and churches have indeed been living on federal dollars since spring. Millions of dollars to shut a single churches doors and stop the gospel. Easter was cancelled and still they are raking in cash for compliance.
Count them up and see if businesses can live without the government trough.
Generous and endless stimulus rounds. Approved from the top down.


10 posted on 09/20/2020 10:39:12 AM PDT by momincombatboots (Ephesians 6... who you are really at war with)
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To: karpov

dems think everybody can live on the money seized from the people who are actually working.
People with a brain know that for a society to function, you must have as many people working as productively as possible.


11 posted on 09/20/2020 10:49:00 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Sept 29, 9 PM New York Time, Trump vs gropey geezer)
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To: karpov
Any guy or gal sitting on a bar stool can claim that they "have a plan". Why should any Biden "plan" be any better than a plan drawn up at the neighborhood tavern? Democrats love saying "they have a plan". Biden's plan and five bucks will buy you a fancy coffee at Starbucks.

What qualifies Biden to "have a plan"? We all have plans, and he is dumber than the average fellow sitting on a bar stool.
 

12 posted on 09/20/2020 11:51:32 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (Guide me, O thou great redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land.)
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