Yea, Many American "Christian" Politicians are Really saying "F*^& the Poor".
Too harsh ? After all, the poor don't have Political Action Committees, and an unlike the those living through the Arab Spring, the majority of Americans still believe the myth of the Protestant Work Ethic . The facts are that we work harder and more hours than any other developed nation and have poorer health, shorter life spans and lower incomes at the same time. A co-worker had the nearsightedness to say to my local manager after I filled in as a morning talk show host discussing hypocrisy that I was a liberal. "People die for lack of knowledge." I discussed legislation introduced in Tennessee where families on food stamps (maxed at $189 a month) would lose 40% of their benefits if their cold, hungry, under developed children didn't get good grades in school. Certainly taking away more food from them will give them increased cognitive functions to get all A's, regardless of the treatment t...