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Originally Posted by buggyone
"Once upon a time there was a program called WPA...those who could not find work had to work on public projects sponsored by the government to get paid. Many roads, bridges and other facilities were built during that era....I don't know the exact dates but think it was around the years of the wall street crash. I am sure those stout hearted Americans never ever even gave it a thought to just collect the money and do nothing."
Very amusing that a wuber would give high credit to the Works Progress Administration. The WPA was created in 1933 by an Executive Order signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
I was under the impression that conservatives believe Franklin Roosevelt was the grandfather of socialism in the US - now being carried on by Pres. Obama. And yet, BTK praises the WPA. Is this possibly that he did not know the WPA was one of the alphabet administrations created by "The Socialist" or is he really a closet Democrat?
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What you guys are omitting is that, unlike the perpetual unemployment benefits/welfare payments given out now, the WPA only allowed an individual to work six months. Further if for some reason they couldn't work (illness) they lost their turn. Today thanks to Democrats we have people living at or above the poverty level who have never worked a day in their lives. Remember at or above the poverty level here in America means they are well fed, own auto flat screen TV and have AC
I know I know another Republican white guy with no compassion. Real compassion is giving an individual a hand up so that it lead to self-reliance and hence integrity, self respect but mostly pride in themselves