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Do conservatives really think that a safety net makes people lazy and unproductive?
Do they really think that fear is such a grand solution to get people out to work, be productive and escape poverty?
Those who think so are extremely cynical if you think that the majority of those who use the welfare system do not wish to be productive. You cannot punish a majority because of a minority.
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- Gone UnderLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
I've seen the generational effect.
Source(s): 28yrs. law-enforcement - 8 years ago
Not everyone because some people have integrity but there are many people the do not have shame.
They will milk anything they can get free.
There are many people in the U.S. that is satisfied just living on welfare.
Unions make unproductive workers. The more unproductive you can be the more employees you need hence creates more union dues.
In Socialism everyone wants the easiest job if everyone is going to get paid the same.
Just ask all the Democrats in prison (overwhelming majority) and they will tell you they are innocent.
Most all that draw welfare will tell you that they want a job.
- Anonymous8 years ago
Empathy. Empathy. Empathy. What liberal is empathetic to the tax payer who must now pay enough in taxes to support his family and another family? Who is empathetic to that? They want to eliminate or reduce rights granted in the constitution. That is because they are not empathetic to people who cherish those rights.
- Anonymous8 years ago
When the safety net turns into a hammock, yes.
" You cannot punish a majority because of a minority."
Shouldn't that apply to Obamacare then? Should we repeal it?
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- yLv 78 years ago
Isn't that what health care id doing, punishing the 300,000,000 for the sake of 30,000,000
- Anonymous8 years ago
"Conservatives" suffer from an astounding empathy deficit.