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Originally Posted by irateplatypus
........conservatives, by and large, do not ascribe a moral failure to those in poverty. however, they do describe any sense of entitlement from poor and rich as immoral.
in a free society driven by a free market some would say that the poor are exploited by the rich. many conservatives would counter that they, instead, are sustained by them.
to say that conservatives consider the system perfect is preposterous. there are class divisions... but why do you think that class divisions are evidence of a failure in the system? as long as some men work harder than others, as long as some men are smarter than others there will always be class divisions. a moral and just society will have class divisions, but these divisions will be based along lines of personal achievement not entitlement and privilege. our society is not up to that ideal yet.
a great way to give impoverished kids a chance in life would be for their family's tax dollars to be redirected (at their parent's request) to a private school instead of their local public warzone school. of course, we all know who proposed that and who shot it down.
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irate, as you write those great sounding phrases, our conservative congress is voting to change the chapter 7 bankruptcy filing rules, which will have the effect of selling out their own debtor class constituents. These politicians largely come from the states with the highest per capita chapter 7 filings. They are voting against the near term economic security of their local economies, trading $40 million in contributions from financial corporations, for yes votes on this bill. This is corporate welfare, and a sellout of the majority of their constituents.
The working class and the poor have no influence or political representation from their conservative politicians. They serve business interests and high net worth individuals.
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<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pressreleases/careerprof.asp">http://www.opensecrets.org/pressreleases/careerprof.asp</a>
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'CAREER PROFILES' SHOW LAWMAKERS'
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Among the interests lobbying in support of the bankruptcy bill currently before the Senate is the credit industry, which has contributed more than $40 million to federal candidates and political parties since 1989. But the senators who have raised the most campaign money from credit card companies during that time do not include Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), the majority leader, or Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), the bill's sponsor.,,,,,,
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