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Monday, March 17, 2014

Krugman: Republicans Pumping "Bums On Welfare" Even Though There Are None


Snopes: Lincoln never said this.

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What else don't dunderheaded conservatives know?

Gobs.

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KRUGMAN: That old-time whistle. "One odd consequence of our still-racialized politics is that conservatives are still, in effect, mobilizing against the bums on welfare even though both the bums and the welfare are long gone or never existed. Mr. Santelli's fury was directed against mortgage relief that never actually happened. Right-wingers rage against tales of food stamp abuse that almost always turn out to be false or at least greatly exaggerated. And Mr. Ryan's black-men-don't-want-to-work theory of poverty is decades out of date." Paul Krugman in The New York Times.

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