Unemployed Republican Self-interest Disconnect

Vanguard, on Current TV, is like 60 Minutes on steroids by focusing on one issue for the whole hour. After the Current TV special on the GOP Iowa debate held Saturday night, Vanguard showed a program titled "Two Americas" that compared and contrasted two families on either end of the income scale. One brief statement from the unemployed Dad parroted the views expressed by Ron Paul - that the social safety net should taken down and poor people supported by charity. His comments showed the disconnect I've seen before by poor Republicans who keep voting for cheap labor conservatives who steal from the 99% and give to the 1%.


from Vanguard's documentary "Two Americas"

recorded 12/11/2011

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Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• poor
• economic collapse
• republicans
• taxes
• unemployment
• 2012 presidential election
• income inequality
• social safety net

[abdulazizmuqa]

He reminds me of Egyptian women who voted overwhelmingly for ultra-Islamist parties that want to restrict women's rights and opportunities. Ideology deprive people from good sense of self interest by convincing its followers that they must sacrifice for the ideal, while the people who benefit from it rarely sacrifice

[IAMASPACEALIEN]

Dude, don't smoke cig's in the house around your kids.

[Mossstar12]

@yatroutsniffer I agree. I know them and I hate how they say "we dont have the money to this or that." Well if they got a smaller house and got rid of one of the cars they would have a little bit more money. When i looked at the comments on the trailer for this show on the actual web site and the wife had posted one sayin "Somewhere in there I was married and divorced from my first husband who treated me like crap and I was smart enough to get out" I know her ex and he did not treat her unkindly

[booley]

if government doesn't need to be helping you, then why are you asking for the help?

Food stamps require you to go out, do the forms and get interviewed to assess your need. And qualification is not automatic.

I keep wanting to believe that there is more to this, that this guy was just taken out of context and there's something edited out he said that will not make him look like a moron.

But I have heard too many cons say this same thing unedited to discount it out of hand.

[VolcanicPenguin]

is this a parody? 

[melowar78]

If he didn't need government assistance, why does he take it? From the look on his wife's face, my guess is that she doesn't agree with him but keeps quiet.

[yatroutsniffer]

And he borrowed from his mother's social security to pay his electricity bill... All he received from charity was around $75. Paul and his family would probably be on the streets if his ideal, libertarian government existed, and none of those candidates he agreed with would give a damn.

I could not believe his nonchalant response.

[UltraCybertronian]

HAHA I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR A CLIP OF THIS. YEP, TYPICAL REPUBLICAN RIGHT-WING RETARD. I JUST WISH THAT HE HAS BEEN LAID OFF AGAIN AND THAT HE OFFED HIMSELF. HE DOESNT DESERVE WHATEVER HELP HE IS GETTING. HE IS BOTH AN IGNORANT AND ARROGANT DOUCHEBAG WHO HAS BEEN PRIVILIGED IN HIS LIFE TO AFFORD TO WORK (CONSTRUCTION) EVEN THOUGH HE HAS NOT FINISHED SCHOOL (LIKE SEAN VANNITY) AND HAVING A DADDY WHO HELPED HIM OUT GAIN EMPLOYMENT WITH HIS COMPANY (LIKE W.). HE IS A JACKASS. A COMPLETE DISGRACE

[shadowym1]

What an idiot. Typical GOPer.