Posted: Jun 08, 2013 5:11 pm
FACT-MAN-2 wrote:Imagination Theory wrote:CdesignProponentsist wrote:epete wrote:I've seen reports and articles documenting that welfare spending is one of the best ways to stimulate an economy. As you say, virtually all of it is pumped straight back into the economy.
From the government to welfare recipient to the crack dealer to the gold watch manufacturer.
That was uncalled for. Those are stereotypes. I guess people on welfare only do crack and wear gold, they don't eat or rent or shop for clothes and electronics, nope, just crack and gold.
I think he meant that crack dealers wear gold, but this kind of racially biased comment is uncalled for pond scum language. It's hard to imagine people in this day and age still spout this kind of nonsense, even harder to imagine they actually believe it. It's dumber than a box of razor wire.
What "race" is a welfare recipient FACT-MAN? It seems to me you are the one generalizing all recipients as crack smoking welfare recipients of a particular race. That's pretty bigoted if you ask me.
So it seems your premature ad hominem attack has backfired on you.
Secondly my statement was not generalizing, it was pointing to a problem among recipients. It is inefficient to merely cut checks and dole them out. It is far more efficient to put the money into resources that cannot be abused by recipients and into programs that work to remove the recipients from the situation that they are in, like work training programs, addiction treatment, counseling, food and necessities. Not a fucking check.