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Originally Posted by Sun Tzu
Is crack a myth?
Do you think a crack addict can hold job?
To say that women on welfare have babies to get more welfare so they can turn around and spend the money on crack, while they live in government sponsered housing, and usually sell their food stamps for .50 to the dollar is ridiculous. To say that doesnt happen at all is just being uninformed. Do a social observation experiment and go live in a ghetto for 1 year.
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To stay off topic (sorry Jazz): the MYTH of the Welfare Queen was first foisted upon us by Ronald Regan as an effort to scale back social safety net programs. There's no doubt that there are cheaters in the system, but they're not the majority or even a very significant minority. But you mention welfare to a right-winger, and what comes right out of their mouth is the single-mother-eight-child-family-eating-caviar-driving-a-cadillac nonsense that's been debunked a thousand times. That said mythical mother is now on crack is a regrettable but timely addition to the myth.
TO RETURN TO TOPIC: There's concern these days that Obama isn't further ahead of McCain, but I'm not worried. To get public funding, McCain has to spend up his primary earnings before being formally nominated, which is what he's doing. Obama's still way ahead of him war-chest-wise, and is saving his pennies for later in the year when the campaign's really on. Any poll points earned now are basically feel-good points and don't mean much for the actual election.