Comments on: Get Ready for the Robert Reich Workfare State http://pjmedia.com/blog/get-ready-for-the-robert-reich-workfare-state/ Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:21:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Marc Malone http://pjmedia.com/blog/get-ready-for-the-robert-reich-workfare-state/#comment-205123 Marc Malone Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:04:11 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=46708#comment-205123 vivo - There IS a solution. God invented it. It's called hunger. When your stomach gets empty enough, it touches your backbone and motivates you to action. the underclass is where it is, because Liberals have taken the edge off their hunger. They've been crippled by taking away their greatest asset - hunger. vivo – There IS a solution. God invented it. It’s called hunger. When your stomach gets empty enough, it touches your backbone and motivates you to action. the underclass is where it is, because Liberals have taken the edge off their hunger. They’ve been crippled by taking away their greatest asset – hunger.

]]> By: vivo http://pjmedia.com/blog/get-ready-for-the-robert-reich-workfare-state/#comment-204787 vivo Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:54:31 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=46708#comment-204787 73. joe: I agree, sometimes there are no acceptable solutions. I don't care what you call me, all I know is that I don't fit one mold. I look at situations as they are and then at the broad outlook. 73. joe:

I agree, sometimes there are no acceptable solutions.

I don’t care what you call me, all I know is that I don’t fit one mold. I look at situations as they are and then at the broad outlook.

]]> By: joe http://pjmedia.com/blog/get-ready-for-the-robert-reich-workfare-state/#comment-204514 joe Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:38:30 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=46708#comment-204514 vivo Sometimes there are no solutions. I realize that might be difficult for you to accept. Just as I have come to accept there is no solution to how wrong your point of view is about both America, the American people and their desire for socialism. vivo

Sometimes there are no solutions. I realize that might be difficult for you to accept.

Just as I have come to accept there is no solution to how wrong your point of view is about both America, the American people and their desire for socialism.

]]> By: Larr http://pjmedia.com/blog/get-ready-for-the-robert-reich-workfare-state/#comment-204487 Larr Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:48:47 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=46708#comment-204487 I was talking with my mom (born 1932) and mentioned the WPA...It was as if she were thinking of back then, because she immediately responded that they referred to it as "We Poke Along"... I was talking with my mom (born 1932) and mentioned the WPA…It was as if she were thinking of back then, because she immediately responded that they referred to it as “We Poke Along”…

]]> By: Blankman http://pjmedia.com/blog/get-ready-for-the-robert-reich-workfare-state/#comment-204394 Blankman Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:30:48 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=46708#comment-204394 Unfortunately, with exceptions, the long-term unemployed are that way because they're unemployable for one reason or another so simply setting aside jobs and/or funds for this group isn't going to accomplish much. And exactly how is someone with little education or training going to provide me with any help in improving my energy efficiency (not to mention that I'm not exactly thrilled about allowing someone that hasn't been seriously vetted by his employer to look through my home). Unfortunately, with exceptions, the long-term unemployed are that way because they’re unemployable for one reason or another so simply setting aside jobs and/or funds for this group isn’t going to accomplish much.

And exactly how is someone with little education or training going to provide me with any help in improving my energy efficiency (not to mention that I’m not exactly thrilled about allowing someone that hasn’t been seriously vetted by his employer to look through my home).

]]> By: shaun fischer http://pjmedia.com/blog/get-ready-for-the-robert-reich-workfare-state/#comment-204382 shaun fischer Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:14:18 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=46708#comment-204382 To use the chronic unemployed and no skill workers to canvas neighborhoods to tell me how to save energy? They can't at the most read at a 3rd grade level!! Thats why they are chronically unemployABLE 1They won't be canvasing the neighborhoods somuch as casing it!!! To use the chronic unemployed and no skill workers to canvas neighborhoods to tell me how to save energy? They can’t at the most read at a 3rd grade level!! Thats why they are chronically unemployABLE 1They won’t be canvasing the neighborhoods somuch as casing it!!!

]]> By: vivo http://pjmedia.com/blog/get-ready-for-the-robert-reich-workfare-state/#comment-204222 vivo Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:46:18 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=46708#comment-204222 67. deguello: "Providing training to the american underclass in the expectation that they will work, is like providing an amputee with a football uniform expecting him to go pro. The underclass in the USA is a morally,mentally crippled welfare class that lives on welfare ." And the solution IS . . . ? 67. deguello:

“Providing training to the american underclass in the expectation that they will work, is like providing an amputee with a football uniform expecting him to go pro. The underclass in the USA is a morally,mentally crippled welfare class that lives on welfare .”

And the solution IS . . . ?

]]> By: Bilgeman http://pjmedia.com/blog/get-ready-for-the-robert-reich-workfare-state/#comment-204161 Bilgeman Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:48:59 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=46708#comment-204161 #53 GlennH: "-Red Rocks Amphitheater: The 3rd most visited attraction in Colorado has brought in HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of dollars to the local economy since its opening. . -Sewer systems, disposal plants and water filtration plants. -3,500 miles of paved roads. -Irrigation systems that were crucial to farming along the South Platte River. -3400 bridges." And what does the stimulus signed by that fellow who claims to have been born in Hawaii give us? Public tennis courts in Virginia Beach, VA and solar water heaters for rural Puerto Rico. The TVA it ain't. A lot of FDR's programs were more like capital improvements that just HAPPENNED to provide quite a few high-skilled jobs. Uncle Bam's dog's breakfast looks a lot more like LBJ's "Great Society"...a bunch of "Lifestyle Subsidies" and political reward from the public purse. #53 GlennH:
“-Red Rocks Amphitheater: The 3rd most visited attraction in Colorado has brought in HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of dollars to the local economy since its opening. .
-Sewer systems, disposal plants and water filtration plants.
-3,500 miles of paved roads.
-Irrigation systems that were crucial to farming along the South Platte River.
-3400 bridges.”

And what does the stimulus signed by that fellow who claims to have been born in Hawaii give us?

Public tennis courts in Virginia Beach, VA and solar water heaters for rural Puerto Rico.

The TVA it ain’t.

A lot of FDR’s programs were more like capital improvements that just HAPPENNED to provide quite a few high-skilled jobs.

Uncle Bam’s dog’s breakfast looks a lot more like LBJ’s “Great Society”…a bunch of “Lifestyle Subsidies” and political reward from the public purse.

]]> By: deguello http://pjmedia.com/blog/get-ready-for-the-robert-reich-workfare-state/#comment-204051 deguello Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:49:42 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=46708#comment-204051 VIVO:" At least I'm happy" What did you mistake your anti-psychotic drugs for saccharine tablets? Providing training to the american underclass in the expectation that they will work, is like providing an amputee with a football uniform expecting him to go pro. The underclass in the USA is a morally,mentally crippled welfare class that lives on welfare . That is why they vote democrat,and why they ask Obama for houses,cars and kitchens.These losers have been carefully groomed to be welfare addicts since the sixties; They serve as a key mental aids for libs like you who need welfare dependent rabble to "help" tolerate having to deal with guilt at not being in the underclass yourself. It is gruesomely sick to be happy by pushing people into welfare dependency. VIVO:” At least I’m happy” What did you mistake your anti-psychotic drugs for saccharine tablets? Providing training to the american underclass in the expectation that they will work, is like providing an amputee with a football uniform expecting him to go pro. The underclass in the USA is a morally,mentally crippled welfare class that lives on welfare . That is why they vote democrat,and why they ask Obama for houses,cars and kitchens.These losers have been carefully groomed to be welfare addicts since the sixties; They serve as a key mental aids for libs like you who need welfare dependent rabble to “help” tolerate having to deal with guilt at not being in the underclass yourself. It is gruesomely sick to be happy by pushing people into welfare dependency.

]]> By: vivo http://pjmedia.com/blog/get-ready-for-the-robert-reich-workfare-state/#comment-203913 vivo Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:33:34 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=46708#comment-203913 65. therealist: You sound like an acrid, immature, paunchy, lurid Con. At least I'm happy . . . 65. therealist:

You sound like an acrid, immature, paunchy, lurid Con. At least I’m happy . . .

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