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Democrats aghast over ‘racially offensive’
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Posted By: Imright, 2/1/2023 7:14:37 PM

Republicans have created a “Work and Welfare” subcommittee within the House Ways and Means Committee and Democrats are incensed over it, screeching that it is deeply offensive to those on welfare and to black Americans in general. Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) called the committee to order on Tuesday to approve the rules in the 118th Congress. The rules put in place the new name of the committee which was immediately pounced on by a number of Democrats who made it evident they are perpetually offended over just about everything. (Video) “As we know, ‘welfare,’ while it might be a word that connotes security and well-being is not well

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Reply 1 - Posted by: marbles 2/1/2023 7:24:24 PM (No. 1392415)
Racists see everything through the prism of race.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: janjan 2/1/2023 7:28:53 PM (No. 1392418)
There they go again, exposing their own racism. Why are they equating the word ‘welfare’ with Black people?
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Reply 3 - Posted by: EQKimball 2/1/2023 7:30:30 PM (No. 1392419)
In 1996, President Bill Clinton pledged to "end welfare as we know it." Was he being racially offensive?
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Reply 4 - Posted by: sunshinehorses 2/1/2023 7:43:15 PM (No. 1392430)
Considering that I am white and decades ago, I had to make use of welfare for a short time, how can this be racially offensive????
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Reply 5 - Posted by: billa57 2/1/2023 7:45:27 PM (No. 1392432)
'Work' is an offensive word? That says a lot.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: singermom9 2/1/2023 7:58:08 PM (No. 1392440)
Get the smelling salts.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: ThreeBadCats3 2/1/2023 8:06:12 PM (No. 1392446)
It was a common term when I was a poor white boy working my way through college sixty years ago. I more than paid it back over the years, but thanks.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: thefield 2/1/2023 8:09:59 PM (No. 1392450)
I am aghast at them.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Scribelus 2/1/2023 8:19:50 PM (No. 1392458)
‘Work and Extortion’ is more accurate.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: mizzmac 2/1/2023 8:33:13 PM (No. 1392467)
I read the entire article and did not find the new, politically correct, non-perjorative term for welfare. "Pro-provision" maybe? Something else? Pray tell, Dems?
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Reply 11 - Posted by: jalo1951 2/1/2023 8:33:17 PM (No. 1392468)
I am white. I have 5 brothers and sisters. My alcoholic father deserted us and our mother. She was only in her early 30's. All mom ever wanted to do was to have a large family and take care of us. Sometimes life does not work out like we think it will. She worked and did the best she could. Eventually we went on welfare. She also went to school and became a nurse. Graduated first in her class and at the time she scored the highest on the state licensing test. She worked in our state's largest hospital for 25 years before she retired. She did not drink, use drugs, or run around having more babies. Welfare is for short term use, help from fellow tax payers. It is not a way of life. And if you have a problem with that than you are probably part of the problem. Mom graduated from nursing school and I graduated from high school the same. Very proud of her. I am not ashamed that we needed assistance and proud about how mom handled the whole situation.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: Corndoggies 2/1/2023 8:49:29 PM (No. 1392481)
I’ve never had a problem with short term welfare. My problem lies when it turns into generational income.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: seamusm 2/1/2023 9:02:43 PM (No. 1392485)
So maybe these people should get off welfare and WORK (Maynard G. Krebs scream is heard).
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Reply 14 - Posted by: thefield 2/1/2023 9:24:07 PM (No. 1392496)
#13 I date you as nea my age. Maynard?
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Reply 15 - Posted by: Socio 2/1/2023 9:57:06 PM (No. 1392507)
I would like to see a list of things not offensive to the Left but it would be just a blank page.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: SALady 2/1/2023 10:21:18 PM (No. 1392523)
Because there are a higher percentage of Americans that are "white", the majority of people on welfare are also white. I guess the race baiting Demon-Rats in the House sort of missed that little tidbit of fact!!!!! But since the Demon-Rats have one agenda -- to force as many blacks onto the welfare plantation as possible, I think the only thing about this subcommittee that really "offends" them is that the truth of lie-beral racism will be exposed!!!!
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Reply 17 - Posted by: ChattyCatsSusan 2/1/2023 10:42:39 PM (No. 1392538)
Well maybe if those folks who are offended went out and actually got jobs they might stop being offended? After reading Judge Judy's autobiography about 25 years ago, I was surprised to learn how many welfare recipients are multigenerational recipients. She said it is being treated as some kind of weird family inheritance. I think that legislation signed by LBJ was one of the most evil attacks on the black family structure.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: Heraclitus 2/1/2023 10:58:11 PM (No. 1392551)
The original intent, as i understand it (except for some commies who meant it as a permanent condition), was to be a helping hand when unpredictable financial crises beset an individual or family. I forget who said this, but welfare was not supposed to be a hammock. Star Parker has written much on this, having experienced generational welfare, and its destructive impact on people when they will not move on to independence. The trouble is, welfare proponents treat their clients like children or imbeciles who simply cannot emancipate themselves from the State.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: Newtsche 2/1/2023 11:32:03 PM (No. 1392561)
The ghastly aghast? Exactly.
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Reply 20 - Posted by: Words have Meaning 2/2/2023 12:25:26 AM (No. 1392571)
Here is a job everyone can learn for the "Work and Welfare" subcommittee. "Work" to get a photo ID and get off "Welfare"...besides we need to lower the long welfare rolls to make room for the illegal aliens and get them out of the four-star hotels.
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Reply 21 - Posted by: DVC 2/2/2023 1:29:02 AM (No. 1392592)
The racists are those who are "aghast". Kiss my grits, racists.
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Reply 22 - Posted by: mifla 2/2/2023 4:28:58 AM (No. 1392624)
Democrats continue to support the racial stereotype.
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Reply 23 - Posted by: paral04 2/2/2023 9:12:00 AM (No. 1392768)
Why would anyone immediately think Blacks when welfare is mentioned? That sounds like a bigot to me. I guess the democrats have some self-hatred about their prejudices and want to take it out on everyone else.
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Reply 24 - Posted by: zoidberg 2/2/2023 9:29:09 AM (No. 1392776)
They must really freak out at the Preamble to the Constitution.
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