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Home Front: Politix
Bill Whittle: The Vote Pump
2012-01-28
Posted by:Beavis

#10  Medicaid has its legitimate uses, but is probably much more prone to abuse. Food stamps are the same, good, but overdone. We need to choke a few million people off the teat. Nothing short of a case by case review will weed out the bums. Expensive, but worth it.

Having pretty much been forced to participate in this system (Medicaid) on behalf of my daughter with Down syndrome, I strongly second what Big Jim just said: there are maybe two leeches in the Medicaid trough for every one person who should really be getting it. This includes all sorts of drug addicts, people pretending to be permanently injured and/or sick, and obvious illegals - though the last category have at least had the initiative to better themselves by sneaking into the country to run a scam.
Posted by: Secret Master   2012-01-28 19:57  

#9  CF, when you decide to say something like that again, don't use the "/sarc" tab - use "/off liberals 'thinking.'"

It's accurate, and leaves no doubt. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara   2012-01-28 19:31  

#8  CrazyFool, I suspect people get sensitive about even sarcastic comments about race because the 'general perception', fed by the MSM, is that conservatives and fellow travelers are all racist, and they prefer not to fill the MSM etc. tar bucket for them.
Posted by: Glenmore   2012-01-28 19:04  

#7  bigjim, Social Security recipients have been promised a lot more than could actuarily be paid from their 'contributions' (taxes); they've been scammed. Of course the same can be said for most defined benefit pension plans as well.
Posted by: Glenmore   2012-01-28 19:01  

#6  OMG! I thought I didn't need to /SARC tag on that one because it would be obvious....

ESPECIALLY after the media and race-baiters went after Newt for his 'Food Stamp' President statement.

Apologies for not making it more clear that I was being sarcastic (or at least channeling the media talking points).
Thank you. Whew!

AoS at 1830 CT
Posted by: CrazyFool   2012-01-28 18:55  

#5  CF: "Most entitlement abusers are black."

Document this properly please, or grab a bar of smelly yellow soap and wash out your mouth.
Posted by: mom   2012-01-28 12:46  

#4  SS recipients are retired persons who paid in for years. They are not abusers or leaches. SSI recipients may or may not be leaches. Medicaid has its legitimate uses, but is probably much more prone to abuse. Food stamps are the same, good, but overdone. We need to choke a few million people off the teat. Nothing short of a case by case review will weed out the bums. Expensive, but worth it.
Posted by: bigjim-CA   2012-01-28 12:12  

#3  Must be a racist - bringing facts into the picture... After all most entitlement abusers are black - so this must be some sort of codeword...
Really? Welfare fraud statistics are notoriously difficult to gather and interpret. Perhaps you could document your statement. Or, you could withdraw it. Or, you could recognize that laying it out there like that, without documentation, exposes you to some rather hard-to-answer charges about your beliefs in skin pigmentation.

Your call, but you might want to consider it.

AoS at 1400 CT
Posted by: CrazyFool   2012-01-28 11:25  

#2  Should be Whittle.

Sorry
Posted by: Beavis   2012-01-28 10:51  

#1  This sort of reporting is better down in text, but I guess something has to be directed to potential voters who refuse to read.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2012-01-28 10:44  

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