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Even Critics of Safety Net Increasingly Depend on It
nytimes.com/2012/02/12/us/even-critics-of-safety-net-increasingly-depend-on-it.html
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The government safety net was created to keep Americans from abject poverty, but the poorest households no longer receive a majority of government benefits.
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If you read only one long story this weekend, let me suggest: http://t.co/Es3Glg4S. On our Middle-Class Entitlement Society.
Fantastic NYT frontpager on Americans increasing dependence on safety net and the politics of dissonance
Cognitive dissonance: Depending on govt benefits and railing against govt spending
"They are frustrated that they need help, feel guilty for taking it and resent the government for providing it." http://t.co/JnIXJILM
Middle class folks "are frustrated they need help, feel guilty for taking it and resent gov for providing it." http://t.co/g8gQllK8
"as more middle-class families..land in the safety net..anger at..govt has increased alongside." http://t.co/uieCrZtv ht @Noompa @DLeonhardt
Features research from my colleague Dean Lacy MT @DLeonhardt: http://t.co/QX8xlHY1. On our Middle-Class Entitlement Society.
Irrational. #GOP voters voting against their own interests. Even Critics of Safety Net Increasingly Depend on It http://t.co/xAik7PQ5
http://t.co/PERWHj3k NYT talks to people with little use for 'big gov't', who none the less depend on gov't aid
Many Americans are completely out of touch with the reality of what the government should and does do for them. Sad
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@KevDough LOL that's why Red states have the highest level of welfare http://t.co/5FgyOtnT
RT @JustABrick: Even Critics of Safety Net Increasingly Depend on It: http://t.co/JT3nYmbR #p2 #tcot #tlot
Even Critics of Safety Net Increasingly Depend on It: http://t.co/A1oQD1Vr
@RepSeanDuffy @GOP Even Critics of Safety Net Increasingly Depend on It: http://t.co/FCdjeJr2
Link: Even critics of safety net increasingly depend on it http://t.co/qz1gDE3i
Great summary of why so many "F the safety net, Im independent" voters are fucking retarded: much of them depend on it