The middle class is broad in this country because of Republican values. Work hard for a better life. The dems want entitlements, free for everyone, no matter what. This disadvantages the working man and benefits those that don't work. It also tends to widen the lower class.

Don't start in on the big business bad man story. At this point, the dems usually point to corporate corruption and say that's all Republicans are about. Criminal activity is not part of the Republican agenda. Democrat "pundits" like to equate the two things because it gets people revved up but that's just propaganda.

Many people outside the USA and even people inside the USA under 30 think the democrat party in America has democratic values. Not so. Democrats believe in socialist values. Republicans believe in the free enterprise system. That is important, because a lot of people get stuck on the name without realizing they are exactly opposite of what they think.

In fairness, most people that vote democrat must certainly want a level playing field and all good things. So do socialists though, don't forget they were idealistic dreamers wanting (and believing) they were building a utopian society. It isn't right to say any of these systems or the people in them are inherently corrupt. That's not what I'm saying. In fact, when an economy stagnates very badly, some capital infusion tends to stimulate it, and that is an idea favored by democrats. I don't say everything the dems say is bad. I do think dems are politically motivated though, and way off the track in a way that is very bad for the country. It isn't about social-economic issues anymore, it's about winning the next election. That puts a real kink in the values, and makes entitlements very, very dangerous bargaining chips.

Republicans are for getting what you work for. If you're a Republican, you believe that you hunt for food or grow some crops, prepare it and eat it. If you aren't a farmer, then you do something that a farmer would want and you trade him for his food. The exchange is done with money, but you still do something for your living. If you cannot earn your keep, a Republican doesn't want you to starve but some accountability is expected. Republicans have that as their basic value system.

Democrats are for sharing and dividing resources equally. When human nature comes into the picture, what tends to happen is that people get lazy and don't perform. They just want handouts. Socialist countries at least have quotas and if you don't match them, you are punished. The Democratic party hasn't thought it through that far, they just want everyone to have the fruits of a healthy economy, whether there is production to support it or not. The democrat socialist agenda practically ensures an unhealthy economy.

The current administration has;
Raised taxes by cutting all funding to the states while createing mandated programs that cost huge amount of money.
Created a whole new department of govt. in the Homeland Security Dept. then forced the funding onto the states
Created the No Child Left Behind act then left funding to the states.
Started a War to Obtain foreign resources while instituting a tax rebate to help them get elected.
Caved in to pressure from religous extremists to use the courts to mandate morality.
There's more but I don't want to use the bandwidth.

The people that could really use program like this usually get back on their feet in a short period of time. Someone that actually contributes to society and just has a temporary problem will solve it eventually. They need emergency assistence only.

Section 8 style entitlements simply don't work. Same thing with food stamps. The acceptance procedure takes several months to go through so the only people that get them are "professional" welfare recipients. They are people that get themselves setup for life.

The politicians that voted in these kinds of programs obviously didn't think them through. They might be a good campaign platform for a dem but as a real social assistance program, they can't possibly do any good. The only people on them are long term welfare recipients. There are no emergency plans for the truly needy, only plans for people that contribute nothing and are the same as street panhandlers. Except of course, these people have their panhandling down to an art.

No Repulican would vote for something like this. It is the dems that put plans like this into effect. It hurts the working class by taking food off their plates and giving it to the dope dealers and panhandlers that have taken the time to get setup on Section 8 and food stamps.

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