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[quote=FruminousBandersnatch][quote=Anonymous]It's not so much a conservative v. Liberal thing as a white male hegemony v. Minorities and women. It's taken decades for the white man to convince people of color and women that they're only worth the mere scraps that welfare provides. They've fallen for it and consequently stay in the welfare pigeonhole. This keeps them from being competition for the white man. The hegemony stays the same as well as the status quo for minorities and women. The plan has worked so well that you have people demanding welfare for them to invest in their children. Beyond disgusting. I'll never see it, but one day minorities and women are going to rise up and tower above the white man. They'll be saying welfare is not good enough for me and I'm just as talented and hard working as the white man. I deserve what they've always had and I'm going to out work them for it. We shall overcome some day.[/quote]

You do realize that "welfare" is a bunch of different programs - some run at the Federal level and some at the state level - that have different eligibility criteria and benefits, as well as different goals.

Is there any peer-reviewed research that supports your position that "welfare" (we'll use your generic term for all the different safety net programs) keeps people in the "welfare pigeonhole" and "keeps them from being competition for the white man," or are you just blowing smoke based on what your favorite pundit said?

On the conservative vs. liberal front, the social conservatives advocate removing sex ed from schools, limiting access to birth control (including as part of women's health insurance), cutting access to medical/family planning support like Planned Parenthood, cutting the budget for drug rehabilitation programs and half-way houses, etc., etc. (you know, despite all of that stuff in the Bible about charity, helping the poor, etc.), while fiscal conservatives are fighting to keep the minimum wage low, cut the Food Stamp programs, neuter unions and generally make the world safe for unregulated, unfettered capitalism - all of which makes life more difficult for those who are trying to break out of the poverty cycle.

Perhaps I've missed it, but I don't remember those goals in the Democratic party platforms.

What do you propose as an alternative? [/quote]

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