The problem is that they're taught that their benefits come from the "government" and not the TAXPAYERS. Put a face on it and educate your neighbor!

That last sentence is perfection. (Of course when the gov doesn't want people to BE reasonable...and they control the schools.. it's now wonder it's not taught. Public schools are a HUGE part of the problem. Parents need to buck up and realize they have a responsibility to educate their kids...not the gov. The only answer is to home school.)

Used to watch the tenants of our building near Oakland repeatedly voting for bond after bond and every Democrat they could. Every year they heard the claim: This affects only land-owners - THEY have to pay extra.
Then they wondered why their rents went up, their food went up, the gas went up, EVERYTHING went up in cost.

There is a serious disconnect in reasoning and it is not being addressed in our educational system.

Yes. These people don't mess around.

That's all I'm going to say about that...

Have you watched "Hating Breitbart"? I watched it last night on Netflix... it's amazing how they operate... it goes into the "racist" name calling tactic. Despicable behavior. It's not even adult-like conversation. It's a bullying shut-you-up maneuver. And we've let them get away with it waaaaay too long. I still think Breitbart's death is mysterious. :(

What programs, specifically, helped you and where do you think you would be today if not for those programs? Relying on other programs? Here's what I think we need to get to the bottom of. What makes one person have the will to succeed and another the attitude that someone else owes them something because they exist. I would be more willing to volunteer my help to someone who WANTS to succeed on their own than someone who couldn't care less about his own achievement in life. (However I'm not interested in being FORCED to help anyone.)
No disrespect, rmcd1957, but I will always judge those who steal the labors of others. It's no different than judging a slave owner. A labor stealer is a labor stealer is a labor stealer.....

Thanks for your input. It sounds like the system worked as intended for you, as it does for others, but it also makes me want to ask you a question. Why do you suppose so many programs that are well-intended have not benefited the less affluent? The statistics all support the view the situation has not improved since the 1950s, in one sense, as education levels, and employment levels have fallen, the nuclear family has been shattered, and the gap between the very wealthy and the poor has grown, with the middle class steadily shrinking.

While your drive to help others is obviously personal, Democrats have generally seemed to have looked at what was good in society, usually driven by religious institutions, and tried their best to instill some of those same ideas in government as a secular imitation. Why do you suppose they've been less successful than hoped for?

As a big, blue-eyed white guy I regularly have people mistake me for a racist. It always catches me off guard. It's disapointing, too. Just another prejudice, I suppose.

And how. They keep voting for more of the same and don't make the connection. Reaching their minds is a huge challenge.

I recently heard about this. I think it may be a beautiful piece of work.

The Democrats have really screwed people of color. Nice to see somebody else bring that up...

me too! tonight!

Thanks for the recommendation. I look forward to watching it.