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Originally Posted by DirtBag
Not splitting hairs, but it was 26% and I am saying some additional are not being counted (possibly they feel smokers are ostracized). 90% of all the temporary labor I have hired (hundreds of people across the country at numerous construction sites) smoke cigarettes. In fact 50% of them ask for an hours pay just prior to lunch, and they come back with a pack of cigarettes. They all have Obamma phones (plural) and they would all rather be back to the labor office prior to closing to get that days money. Very few of them can work 3 days in a row, they all have problems, and it is seldom their own fault.
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There is no such thing, in spite of what anyone says...of
'Obama phones.'
That program was started under Reagan.
FCC chief: Reagan could be proud of 'Obamaphone' program | TheHill
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"Here’s the truth. The Lifeline program long predates the current administration," Clyburn said in the speech at the New America Foundation. "It was actually created during the Reagan administration, so let's give credit where credit is due. The Lifeline program is a legacy President Reagan could be proud of."
Congress first enacted the Lifeline program in 1985, and the FCC expanded the program to cover cellphone service in 2005 during the George W. Bush administration.
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Originally Posted by DirtBag
With regard to your statement of punishing the majority of people below the poverty level, because of the minority that is below the poverty level can be wasteful or scamming...could we agree that has been the case with regard to those above the poverty level having to support those below the poverty level all these years?
Welfare is a trap that acquires more people every year, we are not helping them we are holding them back. Work or starve...that was my options.
Again you did not answer the question posed to you, what do you call a person who cannot afford to feed or clothe themselves and receives welfare, but can afford to smoke?
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Do you even know that a large % of those getting help because they are under the poverty line...
are the working poor? 
And billion dollar corporations who underpay their workers...are the prime beneficiaries.
75% of Working Poor on Welfare - The Daily Beast
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75% of Working Poor on Welfare
The study found that state and federal governments spend more than $150 billion a year on four antipoverty programs used by working families, including Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, food stamps, and the earned-income tax credit, which is directed at working families.
Researchers conclude that taxpayers are not only providing support to the poor, but essentially a subsidy for employers of low-wage workers like McDonald’s and Wal-Mart.
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So tell everyone why you think it is OK to subsidize these corporations who don't need it...while you rail against the working poor?
Skin color perhaps?
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